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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.
- Won 1 Oscar
- 3 wins & 3 nominations total
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)
- …
Juan Arzube
- Minor Role
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- Lamar Trotti
- W. Somerset Maugham
- Darryl F. Zanuck(uncredited)
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaThere 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.
- GoofsAfter 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.
- Crazy creditsWhen 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.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years (1997)
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a coming of age film
This film, and the book on which it is based, made strong impressions on me in my youth, but even more so now that I am past middle age. A magnificent cast - Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Herbert Marshall, help to tell the story of a man who walks "in another man's shoes" -- and totally to his own drummer -- after the first world war. In his quest for spirituality and goodness, he is at odds with the materialism and obsession around him. The different layers of "The Razor's Edge" demand attention: Larry's physical desire for Isabel, a woman it turns out he doesn't even know; Isabel's cold-heartedness and desire to possess Larry; and Larry's search for the meaning of life, while the people he loves disintegrate around him from lack of values or hope. These are all seen through the eyes of Somerset Maugham, played by Marshall. Larry's final confrontation scene with Isabel (Tierney) about Sophie (Baxter) is bone-chilling -- Power, who had a tendency to be sometimes stiff and a bit removed from his material, uses that flaw to excellent advantage as Larry Darrell. It's not a showy role, but he's wonderful, and he's reading of poetry in Sophie's room is unforgettable.
Highly recommended.
Highly recommended.
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- Feb 4, 2001
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- Also known as
- W. Somerset Maugham's The Razor's Edge
- Filming locations
- Denver, Colorado, USA(2nd unit exteriors, backgrounds, mountains)
- Production company
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- Budget
- $1,200,000 (estimated)
- Runtime2 hours 25 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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