The Naked Edge
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Michael Anderson
Gary Cooper
Deborah Kerr
Eric Portman
Diane Cilento
Hermione Gingold
Film Details
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Synopsis
The courtroom testimony of George Radcliffe, an American businessman working in London, is so persuasive that a coworker, Donald Heath, is convicted of robbing and murdering the owner of the trucking firm where they were both employed. Although no trace of the money is found, Heath is sentenced to life imprisonment. Immediately after the trial, George tells his wife, Martha, that he has made a "killing" in the stock market and is using his new wealth to join Morris Brooke in buying out a shipping concern. The venture proves to be enormously successful and within 5 years George has become extremely wealthy. Then a blackmail note arrives in which a disbarred attorney, Jeremy Clay, accuses George of having himself committed the murder. Recalling the vagueness of the circumstances under which George acquired his money, Martha begins to doubt her husband. Hoping for reassurance, she conducts a series of private investigations, but each effort only makes her more certain of George's guilt. Finally, she visits Clay, who tells her he actually saw George commit the murder. Fearing that George will now kill her, Martha returns home. As she enters the bathroom she is seized by Clay, who tapes her mouth and attempts to slash her wrists. But George bursts into the room and subdues Clay. Before the police arrive, Clay admits he committed the crime for which Heath was convicted.
Director
Michael Anderson
Cast
Gary Cooper
Deborah Kerr
Eric Portman
Diane Cilento
Hermione Gingold
Peter Cushing
Michael Wilding
Ronald Howard
Ray Mcanally
Sandor Eles
Wilfrid Lawson
Martin Boddey
Helen Cherry
Joyce Carey
Diane Clare
Frederick Leister
Peter Wayn
Crew
Len Alexander
William Alwyn
Ernest Archer
Bill Beavis
Ron Benton
Peter Bolton
Gordon Bond
Marlon Brando Sr.
Wally Byatt
Bill Cartlidge
Robert Cartwright
Norman Coggs
Bill Cook
Rusty Coppleman
Carmen Dillon
Vernon Dixon
Inez Easton
Ernie Farrer
Gordon Gilbert
George Glass
Deveril Goodman
Ted Hallowes
Julie Harris
Bluey Hill
Erwin Hillier
William Kirby
G. Lee
Robert Lennard
Jock Macgregor
Angela Martelli
Muir Mathieson
Dudley May
Sid Payne
Gordon Pilkington
Ted Reed
Walter Seltzer
Tony Sforzini
Sinfonia Of London
Joseph Stefano
Eileen Sullivan
Gus Walker
Tony West
Tony White
Film Details
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Filmed in London; opened there in August 1961.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 28, 1961
Gary Cooper's last film.
Released in United States Summer June 28, 1961
