The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1946
Three Strangers
Directed by
Jean Negulesco
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
The story
On the eve of the Chinese New Year, three strangers, Crystal Shackleford, married to a wealthy philanderer; Jerome Artbutny, an outwardly respectable judge; and Johnny West, a seedy sneak thief, make a pact before a small statue of the Chinese goddess of Destiny. The threesome agree to purchase a sweepstakes ticket and share whatever winnings might accrue.
Cast
Sydney GreenstreetJerome K. Arbutny
Geraldine FitzgeraldCrystal Shackleford
Peter LorreJohnny West
Joan LorringIcey Crane
Robert ShayneBertram Fallon
Marjorie RiordanJanet Elliott
Arthur ShieldsProsecutor
Rosalind IvanLady Rhea Beladon
John AlvinJunior Clerk
Peter WhitneyTimothy Delaney aka Gabby
Alan NapierDavid Shackleford
Clifford BrookeSenior Clerk
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Doris LloydMrs. Proctor
Norman AinsleyMr. Giesing (uncredited)
Edward BibyMan on the Street (uncredited)
Benny BurtDrunken Stranger (uncredited)
John BurtonNarrator (uncredited)
Woody ChamblissMan in Pub (uncredited)
Tom ColemanPub Patron (uncredited)
Alec CraigMan on Park Bench (uncredited)
Cyril DelevantiStockbroker (voice) (uncredited)
Leslie DenisonDetective (uncredited)
Creighton HaleMan in Pub (uncredited)
Sam HarrisMagistrate (uncredited)
Holmes HerbertSir Robert (uncredited)
Keith HitchcockDonald Fry (uncredited)
Leyland HodgsonPolice Inspector in Pub (uncredited)
Olaf HyttenPrison Turnkey (uncredited)
Fred KelseyMan on the Street / Man in Pub (uncredited)
Colin KennyAlfred, Innkeeper / Bartender (uncredited)
Connie LeonFlower Woman (uncredited)
Stanley Logan'Major' George Alfred Beach (uncredited)
Stanley MannNewshawker (uncredited)
Thomas MartinReporter in Courtroom (uncredited)
Tom PilkingtonMan in Pub (uncredited)
Jeffrey SayreWaiter (uncredited)
Reginald SheffieldHotel Clerk (uncredited)
Leo WhiteNews Hawker (uncredited)
Eric WiltonBailiff (uncredited)
Ian WolfeGillkie the Barrister (uncredited)
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