The Razor's Edge (1946)
Average Rating: 6.9/10
Reviews Counted: 6
Fresh: 5 | Rotten: 1
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Release Date: Jan 1, 1946 Wide
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After several years' service with the Marines in World War II, Tyrone Power made his much anticipated return to the screen in The Razor's Edge. Power is appropriately cast as disillusioned World War I vet Larry Darrell, who returns from hostilities questioning his old values. To find himself, Larry joins several other members of the Lost Generation in Paris. He is disillusioned once more when the society deb whom he loves, Isabel Bradley (Gene Tierney), marries another for wealth and position.
Jan 1, 1946 Wide
May 24, 2005
Twentieth Century Fox
Cast
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Demetrius Alexis
Abbe -
Tyrone Power
Larry Darrell -
Gene Tierney
Isabel Bradley -
Walter Bonn
Butler -
John Payne
Gray Maturin -
Anne Baxter
Sophie MacDonald -
Eugene Borden
Sea Captain -
Clifton Webb
Elliott Templeton -
Herbert Marshall
Somerset Maugham -
Renee Carson
Sophie's Friend -
André Charlot
Bishop -
Noel Cravat
Russian Singer -
Jean De Briac
Lawyer -
Ray DeRavenne
Bartender -
Jean Del Val
Police Clerk -
Cecil Humphreys
Holy Man -
Fritz Kortner
Kosti -
Isabelle Lamore
Maid -
Elsa Lanchester
Miss Keith -
Frank Latimore
Bob MacDonald -
Henri Letondal
Police Inspector -
Frances Morris
Nurse -
Forbes Murray
Mr. Maturin -
Albert Petit
Albert -
Harry Pilcer
Specialty Dancer -
Lucile Watson
Mrs. Louise Bradley -
John Wengraf
Joseph -
Cobina Wright Sr.
Princess Novemali -
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Louis Bacigalupi
Miner -
Patti Behrs
Guest -
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Mme. Louise Colombet
Concierge's Wife -
Marcel dela Brosse
Conductor -
Bess Flowers
Matron -
Sol (Saul) Gorss
Drunk -
Greta Granstedt
Hospital Telephone Oper... -
Louis Mercier
Little Frenchman -
Barry Norton
Escort of Princess -
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Albert Pollet
Man -
Frances Ray
Trollop -
Richard Shaw
Intern -
George Sorel
French Surete Man -
Adele St. Maur
Nurse -
Hermine Sterler
Nurse -
Marek Windheim
Waiter -
Bud Wolfe
Corsican -
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Hassan Khayyam
Hindu -
Mayo Newhall
Kibitzer -
Eddie Das
Hindu -
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Roger Valmy
Coco -
George Davis
Concierge
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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (3) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (1) | DVD (3)
Edmund Goulding's version deserves crdit for trying to adapt Maugham's difficult existential movel, but Tyrone Power is miscast and the film is too melodramatic and verbose, failing to illustrate the novel's essence.
What could easily by just a one-note character sketch evolves into a real ensemble piece thanks to strong casting and... the on-trial idealistic charm of the source material.
Better seen as a sharp example of women's picture melodrama than as a card-carrying bohemian's guide to spiritual awakening.
Goulding indulges in voluptuously lit scenes dominated by well-dressed extras, lots of carousing and booze, catty dialogue, and water fountains that upstage everybody.
Often pushing against Production Code limits, it is a fine execution of the novel
Glossy, effective version of the Maugham novel.
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