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Bookmark this pageThe Razor's Edge (1946)
Director: Edmund Goulding
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From Time Out Film Guide
A kind of Lost Horizon for the Lost Generation as a soldier returning from the First World War shrugs off his wealthy background to search for spiritual fulfilment. Starting among the smart set in Europe (Paris and the Riviera created in the studio), it then moves rather less persuasively to India. Classic Hollywood kitsch, with the shallow sophistication of Somerset Maugham's novel well matched by the glossiest glitter that Fox could buy. But somehow Goulding (an erratic but underrated director) manages to dominate it all with an almost Premingerian mise en scène, aided by some superb performances (Tierney in particular).Author: TM
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- JGG said...
- Posted on Aug 23 2007 02:53 Great movie the perfromances are all first rate. Gene Tierney is just amazing.
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Cast & crew
Director: Edmund Goulding
Producer: Darryl F Zanuck
Cast: Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall, Elsa Lanchester, Fritz Kortner full cast
Duration: 146 mins
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