When a murder case is this shocking, which do you trust? Your emotions or your evidence?
After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and earnest.
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- John Chardon TMDB · Jun 20147/10
Sharp film, serrated ending. Teddy Barnes is a conflicted lawyer, still reeling from the dubious methods of a colleague, she takes on the defence of Jack Forrester, who is accused of murdering his wife with a jagged edged knife. Gradually falling for Jack's seductive powers, Teddy falls in love with the man she now has to defend, her problems it seems, are about to become far far worse. Jagged Edge, directed by Richard Marquand, starring Glenn Close (Teddy), Jeff Bridges (Jack), Robert Loggia (Sam Ransom) and Peter Coyote (Thomas Krasny), is bringing nothing new to the table of a much replicated genre. It does however boast brilliant acting, a tremendous screenplay (Joe Eszterhas) and a production value that demands it be viewed with less than cynical eyes. That it is written by Eszterhas is obvious when looking at the structure of the picture, death, sex, troubled romance, greed and that old devil called obsession (Basic Instinct anyone?), yet aided by a competent director and an exemplary cast, Jagged Edge shines brighter than most other films of its ilk. It looks a little frayed (not jagged) around the edges now, but that is purely because of the advent of time and the ream of t
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Cast
- Glenn CloseTeddy Barnes
- Jeff BridgesJack Forrester
- Peter CoyoteThomas Krasny
- Lance HenriksenFrank Martin
- Robert LoggiaSam Ransom
- Michael DornDan Hislan
- Maria MayenzetPage Forrester
- William Allen YoungGreg Arnold
- Ben HammerDr. Goldman
- James KarenAndrew Hardesty
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- Richard MarquandDirector
- Joe EszterhasScreenplay
- Matthew F. LeonettiDirector of Photography
- John BarryOriginal Music Composer
- Sean BartonEditor
- Conrad Buff IVEditor
- Martin RansohoffProducer
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