The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 1999
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Directed by
Anthony Minghella
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
The story
Tom Ripley is a calculating young man who believes it's better to be a fake somebody than a real nobody. Opportunity knocks in the form of a wealthy U.S. shipbuilder who hires Tom to travel to Italy to bring back his playboy son, Dickie. Ripley worms his way into the idyllic lives of Dickie and his girlfriend, plunging into a daring scheme of duplicity, lies and murder.
Cast
Matt DamonTom Ripley
Gwyneth PaltrowMarge Sherwood
Jude LawDickie Greenleaf
Cate BlanchettMeredith Logue
Philip Seymour HoffmanFreddie Miles
Jack DavenportPeter Smith-Kingsley
James RebhornHerbert Greenleaf
Sergio RubiniInspector Roverini
Philip Baker HallAlvin MacCarron
Celia WestonAunt Joan
FiorelloFausto
Stefania RoccaSilvana
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Ivano MarescottiColonnello Verrecchia
Anna LonghiSignora Buffi
Alessandro FabriziSergeant Baggio
Lisa EichhornEmily Greenleaf
Gretchen EgolfFran
Jack WillisGreenleaf Chaffeur
Frederick Alexander BoscheFran's Boyfriend
Dario BergesioPolice Officer
Larry KaplanUncle Ted
Claire HardwickGucci Assistant
Antonio PresterAmerican Express Clerk
Lorenzo MancusoBus Driver
Onofrio MancusoPriest
Massimo RealeImmigration Officer
Emanuele Carucci ViterbiAmerican Express Clerk
Caterina DeregibusDahlia
Silvana BosiErmelinda
Gianfranco BarraDesk Manager Aldo
Renato ScarpaTailor
Deirdre LovejoyFighting Neighbor
Brian TarantinaFighting Neighbor
Guy BarkerTrumpet (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Bernardo SassettiPiano (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Perico SambeatAlto Sax (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Gene CalderazzoDrums (Napoli Jazz Septet) mer
Joseph LeporeDouble Bass (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Rosario GiuliuniTenor Sax (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Eddy PalernoElectric Guitar (Napoli Jazz Septet)
Byron WallenCornet (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Pete KingAlto Sax (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Clark TraceyDrums (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Jean ToussaintTenor Sax (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Geoff GascoyneBass (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Carlo NegroniPiano (San Remo Jazz Sextet)
Giuseppe FiorelloSilvana's Fiancé
Marco QuagliaSilvana's Brother
Alessandra VanziSilvana's Mother
Marco RossiPhotographer
Roberto ValentiniOnegin (Eugene Onegin Player)
Francesco BovinoLensky (Eugene Onegin Player)
Stefano CanettieriZaretsky (Eugene Onegin Player)
Marco FotiGuillot (Eugene Onegin Player)
Ludovica TinghiFausto's Fiancée
Nicola PannelliDinelli's Cafe Waiter
Paolo CalabresiCustoms Officer
Pietro RagusaRecord Store Owner
Simone EmplerBoy Singer
Gianluca SecciPoliceman
Manuel RuffiniPoliceman
Pierpaolo LovinoPoliceman
Roberto Di PalmaSan Remo Hotel Desk Clerk
Dominic FumusaItalian Boy in Rome (uncredited)
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