The Shadow's Edge
2025 · Action · Crime
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Film / 2007
Rendition
Directed by
Gavin Hood
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
The story
When an Egyptian terrorism suspect "disappears" on a flight from Africa to Washington DC, his American wife and a CIA analyst find themselves caught up in a struggle to secure his release from a secret detention facility somewhere outside the US.
Cast
Reese WitherspoonIsabella Fields El-Ibrahimi
Jake GyllenhaalDouglas Freeman
Meryl StreepCorrine Whitman
Alan ArkinSenator Hawkins
Peter SarsgaardAlan Smith
Omar MetwallyAnwar El-Ibrahimi
Igal NaorAbasi Fawal
Hadar Ratzon RotemSafiya
J.K. SimmonsLee Mayer
Simon AbkarianSaid Abdel Aziz
Moa KhouasKhalid
Zineb OukachFatima Fawal
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Aramis KnightJeremy El-Ibrahimi
Rosie Malek-YonanNuru El-Ibrahimi
Laila MrabtiLina Fawal
David FabrizioWilliam Dixon
Mounir MargoumRani
Driss RoukheBahi
Bob GuntonLars Whitman
Del Hunter-WhiteDC Female Security Guard
Boubker FahmiSenior Prison Guard
Nava ZivSamia Fawal
Reymonde AmsallemLayla Fawal
Wendy PhillipsSamantha
Christian MartinSenator Lewis' Aide
Hassam GhancyHamadi
Najib OudghiriOmar Adnan
Omar SalimRashid Salimi
Bunnie RiveraCorinne's Housekeeper
Noureddine AberdineStudent Leader
Mohamed El Habib AhamdaneHamadi's 2nd in Command
Fatima RegraguiKhalid's Grandmother
Anne BetancourtSharon Lopez
Salaheddine Ben ChegraAl Jazeera Newscaster
Natalia ZonovaFrench Tourist
Hassan HammoucheHospital Doctor
Skylar T. AdamsCIA Agent at DC Airport
Tim ThomasCIA Agent at DC Airport
Richard DortonCIA Agent at DC Airport
Abdellah LamsabhiTea House Owner
Lasfer AbdelghniHamid, Douglas' Driver
Floella BenjaminCIA Staffer
Akram AllieCape Town Businessman
Michael DubeCape Town Businessman
Pope JerrodCape Town Businessman
Anthony WattersonCape Town Businessman
Marisia MorenoWoman Who Helps Isabella
Tanane BoussifPrison Soldier
Lofti HassanTaxi Driver
El Oualid MezouarDonkey Cart Driver
Craig JohnsonCapitol Hill Police
Wade HarlanCapitol Hill Police
Derek HansenReception Guest
Steve TomReception Guest
Robert ClotworthyReception Guest
Muna OtaruSenate Staffer
Nick TothCNN Announcer
David J. RandolphTodd Hamilton
Mustapha LouchouKhalid's Brother
Marina AndersonNeighbor with Collie (uncredited)
David BlackJanitor (uncredited)
Elaine Anne FurstLabor and Delivery Nurse (uncredited)
Paul HodgeCapitol Hill Officer (uncredited)
Jason RoehmSecret Service (uncredited)
Joseph Andrew SchneiderSecurity Officer (uncredited)
Levi TinkerPress Member (uncredited)
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