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The Naked Edge

The Naked Edge

6.2

1961

100 min

Mystery

Thriller

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.

The Naked Edge

6.2

1961

100 min

Mystery

Thriller

Five years after George Radcliffe was the chief witness in a high profile murder case, his wife receives a blackmailing letter accusing him of the crime.

Cast

Gary Cooper

George Radcliffe

Deborah Kerr

Martha Radcliffe

Eric Portman

Jeremy Clay

Diane Cilento

Mrs. Heath

Hermione Gingold

Lilly Harris

Peter Cushing

Mr. Evan Wrack

Michael Wilding

Morris Brooke

Ronald Howard

Mr. Claridge

Ray McAnally

Donald Heath

Sandor Elès

Manfridi

Wilfrid Lawson

Mr. Pom

Helen Cherry

Miss Osborne

Reviews

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

2 years ago

Gary Cooper is "George Radcliffe" whose testimony at the Old Bailey sends a young, alcoholic "Donald Heath" (Ray McAnally) to jail for murder. Years later, his wife Deborah Kerr ("Martha") receives a letter in the post that was sent at the time, but delayed by a mail robbery, trying to blackmail her husband for the murder. Despite wanting to disbelieve this, she cannot quite dismiss the idea and the more uncertain she becomes, the more uncertain we become... There are some good supporting performances from Eric Portman, Hermione Gingold as "Lily" and Diane Cilento as "Mrs. Heath"; a well written/delivered dialogue and Michael Anderson does manage to keep us guessing for much of this superior, quite intriguing drama. Rarely screen anywhere nowadays, but it does hold the attention and Cooper is really rather good.