The Razor’s Edge

Following the trauma of the First World War, an American pilot embarks on the soul-searching quest to answer the ultimate question of what brings happiness to life.

  • Director

    Edmund Goulding

  • With

    Tyrone Power, Gene Tierney, John Payne, Anne Baxter

  • USA 1946. 145min

  • Digital 4K (restoration)

  • Certificate

    PG

This adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham’s novel is a searing exploration of upper-class American society in the aftermath of the First World War. War pilot Larry leaves his friends behind to seek meaning in his life. Tierney is mesmerising as a spoiled rich woman who needs to decide between her status and love, while Anne Baxter is on Oscar-winning form in the supporting role of Sophie, a young woman who struggles to put her life back together following a personal tragedy.