Edge of Darkness

The story

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising.

Cast

E Errol FlynnGunnar Brogge A Ann SheridanKaren Stensgard W Walter HustonDr. Martin Stensgard H Helmut DantineCaptain Koenig R Ruth GordonAnna Stensgard J Judith AndersonGerd Bjarnesen R Roman BohnenLars Malken M Monte BlueJens Petersen V Virginia ChristineHulda (Stensgard maid) M Morris CarnovskySixtus Andresen C Charles DingleKaspar Torgerson R Richard FraserPastor Aalesen

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A Art SmithKnut Osterholm N Nancy ColemanKatja, Koenig's woman J John BealJohann Stensgard F Frank WilcoxJensen, the shoemaker H Henry BrandonMajor Ruck T Tom FaddenHammer F Francis PierlotMortensen, the tailor K Kurt KatchGerman Landing Party Captain T Tonio SelwartGerman Corporal Paul L Louis V. ArcoGerman Lieutenant (uncredited) N Nora BushTownswoman (uncredited) G Glen CavenderCannery Worker (uncredited) A Albert CavensSoldier (uncredited) N Noble 'Kid' ChissellTownsman (uncredited) T Tom ColemanTownsman (uncredited) V Victor CoxTownsman (uncredited) W William EdmundsElderly Sailor (uncredited) F Frederick GiermannGerman Pilot (uncredited) K Kit GuardTownsman in Church (uncredited) A Al HaskellTownsman (uncredited) K Kenner G. KempSoldier (uncredited) K Kurt KreugerGerman Co-Pilot (uncredited) A Ann KundeTownswoman (uncredited) W Walt La RueVillage Patriot (uncredited) R Rolf LindauGerman Lieutenant (uncredited) D Dudley Field MaloneWinston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited) T Torben MeyerCannery Clerk (uncredited) P Peter MichaelGerman Soldier (uncredited) R Robert MilaschTownsman (uncredited) E Ernesto MolinariSoldier (uncredited) H Harry 'Snub' PollardTownsman in Church (uncredited) J John RiceTownsman (uncredited) H Henry RowlandHelmut (uncredited) J John RoySoldier (uncredited) A Allen D. SewallTownsman (uncredited) C Carl SkloverSoldier (uncredited) C Cap SomersSoldier (uncredited) R Ray SpikerTownsman (uncredited) W William SundholmTownsman (uncredited) H Helene ThimigMrs. Frida Malken (uncredited) D Dorothy TreeSolveig Brategaard (uncredited) P Peter van EyckGerman Soldier (uncredited) R Roland VarnoGerman Lieutenant (uncredited) H Hans Heinrich von TwardowskiGerman Co-Pilot (uncredited) L Lottie WilliamsMrs. Mortensen (uncredited) W William Yetter Sr.German Officer (uncredited) J Jack YoungFranklin D. Roosevelt (voice) (uncredited) P Paul Kruger G George Magrill R Robert R. Stephenson