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The Razor's Edge is a american film of genre Drama directed by John Byrum released in USA on 19 october 1984 with Bill Murray
The Razor's Edge (1984)
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Add to a movie listThe Razor's Edge is the second film version of W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel, following the 1946 film version with Tyrone Power and Gene Tierney. This version stars Bill Murray (who also co-writes), Theresa Russell, Catherine Hicks, Denholm Elliott, Brian Doyle-Murray and James Keach. It was directed and co-written by John Byrum.
This marked Murray's first starring role in a dramatic film, though Murray did inject some of his dry wit into the script. The book's epigraph is dramatized as advice from kathopanishad : "The path to salvation is narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge."
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The film opens in 1917 Illinois at a fair planned to raise money to support Gray Maturin and Larry Darrell, who are joining World War I as ambulance drivers in the period before America joins the war. Larry looks forward to returning home to marry his longtime sweetheart Isabel. Larry shares a final night with Isabel watching the fireworks along with Gray, their close friend Sophie, and her husband Bob. At the front, commanding officer Piedmont schools his new men on the harsh reality of war. For example, he has both armed, because in spite of it being an ambulance unit and America's neutrality, the enemy can and will kill those helping the Allies. He also destroys the headlights and windows of a fellow ambulance truck because the lights will signal enemies to their unit. Larry adapts quickly, shooting the headlights and windows of his own truck.Actors
Bill Murray
(Larry Darrell)
Theresa Russell
(Sophie MacDonald)
Denholm Elliott
(Elliott Templeton)
Catherine Hicks
(Isabel Bradley)
James Keach
(Gray Maturin)
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