The Razor's Edge Movie Review 1946

Adaptation of the W. Somerset Maugham novel. A rich young man spends his time between WWI & WWII searching for essential truth, eventually landing in India. A satisfying cinematic version of a difficult novel, supported by an excellent cast. Remade in 1984 with Bill Murray in the lead role.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 146 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Coming of Age, Big Ideas, India, Postwar, Books to Film: W. Somerset Maugham, The Meaning of Life, Flashback

Screenplay

Lamar Trotti

Cast

Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, Herbert Marshall, John Payne, Elsa Lanchester, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore, Cecil Humphreys, Harry Pilcer, Cobina Wright, Noel Cravat, John Wengraf

Cinematography

Arthur C. Miller

Director

Edmund Goulding

Music

Alfred Newman

Producer

Darryl F. Zanuck, 20th Century-Fox

Awards

Oscars 1946: Support. Actress (Baxter); Golden Globes 1947: Support. Actor (Webb), Support. Actress (Baxter).