The Razor's Edge

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The Razor's Edge is a 1946 drama film, adapted from W. Somerset Maugham’s novel, about a World War I veteran’s spiritual quest for meaning and enlightenment.

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film
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authorOfSourceWork W. Somerset Maugham
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress
awardReceivedBy Anne Baxter
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character Elliott Templeton
Isabel Bradley
Larry Darrell
Sophie MacDonald
W. Somerset Maugham
surface form: W. Somerset Maugham (character)
cinematographyBy Arthur C. Miller
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Edmund Goulding
distributor 20th Century Fox
20th Century Fox
surface form: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation
editedBy J. Watson Webb Jr.
genre drama film
mainCharacter Larry Darrell
musicBy Alfred Newman
narrativeDevice framing narration by Maugham
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Art Direction
surface form: Academy Award for Best Art Direction – Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Cinematography
surface form: Academy Award for Best Cinematography – Black-and-White

Academy Award for Best Film Editing
Academy Award for Best Picture
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor
originalLanguage English
producer Darryl F. Zanuck
productionCompany 20th Century Fox
protagonistOccupation World War I veteran
releaseYear 1946
runtimeMinutes 145
screenwriter Darryl F. Zanuck
surface form: Darrell F. Zanuck

Lamar Trotti
setInPeriod post-World War I era
setting Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Europe
India
Paris
sourceWorkPublicationYear 1944
starred Anne Baxter
Clifton Webb
Gene Tierney
Herbert Marshall
John Payne
Tyrone Power
theme enlightenment
search for meaning
spiritual quest

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