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Actors: Gary Cooper, Deborah Kerr, Eric Portman, Diane Cilento, Peter Cushing, Michael Wilding
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about The Naked Edge |
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THE NAKED EDGE, which is the last film of Gary Cooper, was directed by Michael Anderson (Logan's Run) in 1961.
George Radcliffe witnesses the murder of his boss and testifies in court against his colleague Donald Heath although Heath claims his innocence. The loot of £60'000 has also disappeared. Heath is sentenced to life in jail.
Five years later, Radcliffe has become a wealthy businessman in the City thanks to hazardous but beneficial operations at the stock market. One day, he receives a letter, mailed four years earlier, which accuses him of the murder of his boss. The letter is signed by the washout lawyer Jeremy Clay. Radcliffe's wife, Martha, is distracted by the content of this letter, that confirms her own unsaid thoughts.
Radcliffe's behaviour and explanations don't restore Martha's confidence and, soon, suspicion disquiets this once happy couple. Both will separately conduct their own inquiries and try to find out what has really happened on the night of the murder.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of The Naked Edge |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 20%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 40%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1960's-1970's
Legal/Political Thriller?
Yes
Legal Thriller Plotlets:
- finding out whether someone is really guilty
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- business executive
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sad
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) long straight
Body type
- average (woman)
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- a lawyer creature
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- average (man)
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
City?
Yes
City:
- London
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- all mixed up
How many deaths in film?
- 1
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- knives
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--swords/knives
Check here if B&W
Yes
Non-American film?
Yes
What language?
- English
Any profanity?
- None
If Soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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