Edge of Doom (1950)
Directed by Mark Robson / Charles Vidor
Genres - Drama |
Sub-Genres - Crime Drama |
Release Date - Aug 3, 1950 (USA - Unknown), Aug 3, 1950 (USA) |
Run Time - 99 min. |
Countries - United States |
MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Hal Erickson
An unusually morbid film from producer Samuel Goldwyn, Edge of Doom stars Farley Granger as a sensitive young man trapped in an impoverished slum existence. Granger becomes unhinged when his beloved mother dies, and when an unfeeling elderly priest refuses to provide the woman with a lavish funeral, Granger savagely kills the priest. The boy's subsequent moody behavior is chalked down to grief over his mother, but a younger and more compassionate priest (Dana Andrews) suspects something is amiss. In as gentle a fashion as possible, the priest persuades Granger to confess to the crime and seek divine forgiveness. Joan Evans, a Goldwyn contractee for whom "big things" were predicted, plays the totally forgettable love interest for the tortured Granger.
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religious-leader, boy, business, Catholicism, Christianity, church, conflict, craziness, criminal, crucifix, crush, death, desperation, detective, elderly, forgiveness, funeral, grief, identification, investigator, killing, man, mental-illness, mother, murder, neighbor, parish, police, poverty, priest, rage, religion, skull, slums, society, struggle, suicide, suspect, suspicion, witness, youth
