The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1945
The Suspect
Directed by
Robert Siodmak
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
The story
Genial shopkeeper Philip has to endure the constant nagging of a shrewish wife while he secretly yearns for a pretty young stenographer. When the henpecking gets to be too much, Philip murders his wife and manages to make her death look like an accident. A ruthless blackmailer and a low-key detective both discover Philip's secret, and he has to decide which of them poses the more dangerous threat.
Cast
Charles LaughtonPhilip Marshall
Ella RainesMary Gray
Dean HarensJohn Marshall
Stanley RidgesInspector Huxley
Henry DaniellMr. Simmons
Rosalind IvanCora Marshall
Molly LamontMrs. Simmons
Raymond SevernMerridew
Eve AmberSybil
Maude EburneMrs. Packer
Clifford BrookeMr. Packer
Gerald HamerGriswold (uncredited)
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Ernie AdamsCabbie (uncredited)
Eve AshleyBackground Woman (uncredited)
Jimmy AubreyPogson (uncredited)
Walter BaconCommuter (uncredited)
John BerkesDet. Sgt. Pennyfeather (uncredited)
Lillian BronsonMiss Crevy (uncredited)
Nina CampanaCashier at Luigi's (uncredited)
Tommy CookChild Violinist (uncredited)
Frank DawsonJarvis (uncredited)
Elspeth DudgeonPauline Barlow (uncredited)
Helena GrantMiss Pomfret (uncredited)
Barbara GrayModel (uncredited)
Grayce HamptonMargaret (uncredited)
Keith HitchcockWilliam Crummit (uncredited)
Olaf HyttenMr. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles KnightMr. Chadwick (uncredited)
Sidney LawfordLord Eldon (uncredited)
Vera LewisHannah Barlow (uncredited)
Kate MacKennaMrs. Jevne (uncredited)
Charles McNaughtonWaiter (uncredited)
Richard NeillRestaurant Patron (uncredited)
Edgar NortonMr. Frazer (uncredited)
Hilda PlowrightMrs. Margett (uncredited)
Rebel RandallModel (uncredited)
Sheila RobertsModel (uncredited)
John RogersMr. Margett (uncredited)
Tony SantoroWaiter (uncredited)
Sally ShepherdMrs. Brown (uncredited)
Cecil WestonMrs. Chadwick (uncredited)
Katherine YorkeModel (uncredited)
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