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The Razor's Edge

1946 · 145 min

A long, reflective journey through loss and self-discovery, with elegant period settings and a quiet, lingering sadness.

Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
Hunger no love... woman... or wealth could satisfy!
Overview
An adventurous 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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Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • love
  • obsession
  • class
  • grief
Places
  • big city
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism7
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Edmund Goulding
Written by
Lamar Trotti
Starring
Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, Herbert Marshall, Anne Baxter, Clifton Webb, John Payne, Lucile Watson, Frank Latimore
Music
Alfred Newman
Cinematography
Arthur C. Miller
Runtime
145 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, French

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