The Razor's Edge

1946
PG
2h 25m

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7.3/10

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Drama Romance

An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though ... Read allAn adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.An adventuresome young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.

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IMDb RATING

7.3/10

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

2,709

8,185

See production info at IMDbPro

Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total

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Tyrone Power

Larry Darrell

Gene Tierney

Isabel Bradley

John Payne

Gray Maturin

Anne Baxter

Sophie MacDonald

Clifton Webb

Elliott Templeton

Herbert Marshall

W. Somerset Maugham

Lucile Watson

Louisa Bradley

Frank Latimore

Bob MacDonald

Elsa Lanchester

Miss Keith

Fritz Kortner

Kosti

Cecil Humphreys

Holy Man

Dorothy Abbott

Showgirl
(uncredited)

George Adrian

Party Guest
(uncredited)

Demetrius Alexis

Abbe
(uncredited)

Olga Andre

Minor Role
(uncredited)

John Ardell

Banker
(uncredited)

Frank Arnold

Miner
(uncredited)
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Juan Arzube

Minor Role
(uncredited)

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Trivia
There were 89 different sets built for the film, which had the longest shooting schedule for any film at the studio to that date. According to some news items, the film broke all previous studio box office records.

Goofs
After a promising beginning, in which the clothes and hairstyles of 1919 are pleasantly and reasonably accurately interpreted, as soon as it gets to 1920, then on to 1930, and beyond, Gene Tierney's hairstyle is in an unchanging, although very attractive, 1946 mode, and all of her clothes, designed by husband Oleg Cassini, except for lower hemlines, are strictly 1946, complete with the ubiquitous shoulder pads of that era. Anne Baxter's ensembles look more like Tierney/Cassini rejects, an unhappy compromise between opposing styles.

Quotes
Kosti: You sound like a very religious man who does not believe in God!

Crazy credits
When the screenplay credits are shown, a curious symbol appears near W. Somerset Maugham's name. It's a symbol meant to ward off the evil eye, and it more often than not appeared on the covers of many of Maugham's novels.

Connections
Featured in 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)

Soundtracks
April Showers
(1921) (uncredited)
Music by Louis Silvers
Played as dance music at the dinner party

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7/10

Zanuck's Buildup for Ty's Return

Producer Darryl F. Zanuck fashioned a major production for Tyrone Power upon his return to 20th Century Fox after a stint in the military service. No expense was spared in terms of production values, and special care was taken to cast each role to "perfection."

With master story teller W. Somerset Maugham joining in writing the screenplay from his sprawling, multi-character novel, and Edmund Gouling doing the direction and Alfred Newman the score, it was a setup that couldn't miss.

The cast works at a thoroughly respectable level, and the film emerges likewise. Yet, it falls strangely short of the genuine masterpiece Zanuck obviously planned.

There is a rather cold center to "The Razor's Edge," which prevents one from being able to completely empathize with and feel for these characters and their respective plight. While they are interesting, the characters fail to ignite a deep emotional response in the viewer. One ends more observing this enactment, which has the feel of a somewhat slick presentation.

It also represents the best of what 20th Century Fox had to offer in the mid-forties. Power next went on to do "Nightmare Alley," for which he received some of the best notices of his lengthy film career.