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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e5/Edge_of_Doom_movie_poster.JPG 1.5x" data-file-width="255" data-file-height="391" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Theatrical release poster</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Directed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Mark_Robson_(film_director)" title="Mark Robson (film director)">Mark Robson</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Screenplay by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Philip_Yordan" title="Philip Yordan">Philip Yordan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Based on</th><td class="infobox-data">the novel<br />by <a href="/wiki/Leo_Brady" title="Leo Brady">Leo Brady</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Produced by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn" title="Samuel Goldwyn">Samuel Goldwyn</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Starring</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Farley_Granger" title="Farley Granger">Farley Granger</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Joan_Evans_(actress)" title="Joan Evans (actress)">Joan Evans</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Narrated by</th><td class="infobox-data">Dana Andrews</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Cinematography</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Harry_Stradling" title="Harry Stradling">Harry Stradling</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Edited by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Daniel_Mandell" title="Daniel Mandell">Daniel Mandell</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Music by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hugo_Friedhofer" title="Hugo Friedhofer">Hugo Friedhofer</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Production<br />company</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="vertical-align: middle;"><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Goldwyn_Productions" title="Samuel Goldwyn Productions">Samuel Goldwyn Productions</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Distributed by</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/RKO_Radio_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="RKO Radio Pictures">RKO Radio Pictures</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Release dates</div></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist film-date"> <ul><li>August 2, 1950<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1950-08-02</span>)</span> (Premiere-<i>New York City</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>August 30, 1950<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1950-08-30</span>)</span> (<i>US</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-AFI_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AFI-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0; white-space: normal;">Running time</div></th><td class="infobox-data">99 minutes</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Country</th><td class="infobox-data">United States</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap; padding-right: 0.65em;">Language</th><td class="infobox-data">English</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>Edge of Doom</b></i> is a 1950 <a href="/wiki/Black-and-white" title="Black-and-white">black-and-white</a> <a href="/wiki/Film_noir" title="Film noir">film noir</a> directed by <a href="/wiki/Mark_Robson_(film_director)" title="Mark Robson (film director)">Mark Robson</a> and starring <a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/Farley_Granger" title="Farley Granger">Farley Granger</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Joan_Evans_(actress)" title="Joan Evans (actress)">Joan Evans</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot">Plot</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Plot"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The story concerns a young man, Martin Lynn (<a href="/wiki/Farley_Granger" title="Farley Granger">Farley Granger</a>), who becomes emotionally untethered after his sick mother dies. One of the main targets of his anger is the <a href="/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholic Church</a> which, in addition to slighting him when he had requested a priest for his mother,<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> had years before refused to bury his father who had committed suicide. </p><p>Martin, blaming the environment he lives in for the state of his life, lashes out at his cheap boss, a mortician and - most tragically - a <a href="/wiki/Priesthood_(Catholic_Church)" class="mw-redirect" title="Priesthood (Catholic Church)">Catholic priest</a>, Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea), who refuses to give Martin's impoverished mother a big funeral. The hard-line priest is elderly and worn out from the strain of working with the desperate people in the neighborhood. He adopts an indifferent attitude which drives Martin into a blind rage. </p><p>Martin beats Father Kirkman with a heavy <a href="/wiki/Crucifix" title="Crucifix">crucifix</a>, killing him. Kirkman's assistant, Father Roth (<a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a>), suspects the young man, who finds himself accused of a separate crime, of the murder. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cast">Cast</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Cast"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Dana_Andrews" title="Dana Andrews">Dana Andrews</a> as Father Thomas Roth</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Farley_Granger" title="Farley Granger">Farley Granger</a> as Martin Lynn</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joan_Evans_(actress)" title="Joan Evans (actress)">Joan Evans</a> as Rita Conroy</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Keith_(actor)" title="Robert Keith (actor)">Robert Keith</a> as Lieutenant Mandel</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Stewart_(actor)" title="Paul Stewart (actor)">Paul Stewart</a> as Craig</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mala_Powers" title="Mala Powers">Mala Powers</a> as Julie, Martin's girlfriend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adele_Jergens" title="Adele Jergens">Adele Jergens</a> as Irene, Craig's girlfriend</li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Ridgely" title="John Ridgely">John Ridgely</a> as 1st Detective</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Douglas_Fowley" title="Douglas Fowley">Douglas Fowley</a> as 2nd Detective</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harold_Vermilyea" title="Harold Vermilyea">Harold Vermilyea</a> as Father Kirkman</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mabel_Paige" title="Mabel Paige">Mabel Paige</a> as Mrs. Pearson</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ellen_Corby" title="Ellen Corby">Ellen Corby</a> as Mrs. Jeanette Moore</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Karnes" title="Robert Karnes">Robert Karnes</a> as George, a Priest narrated to</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Critical_response">Critical response</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical response"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>When the film was released, the staff at <i><a href="/wiki/Variety_(magazine)" title="Variety (magazine)">Variety</a></i> magazine gave the film a positive review, writing, "A grim, relentless story, considerably offbeat, gives some distinction to <i>Edge of Doom</i>. It is played to the hilt by a good cast and directed with impact by Mark Robson."<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i> wrote, "Robson's direction gives flashes of high tension to the film, for he has made effective use of street scenes and noises and has skillfully reflected the oppressive atmosphere of poverty and squalor, but his actors run more to types than to real people."<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Awards">Awards</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Wins</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/National_Board_of_Review_of_Motion_Pictures" class="mw-redirect" title="National Board of Review of Motion Pictures">National Board of Review of Motion Pictures</a>: NBR Award - Top Ten Films; 1950.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Edge_of_Doom&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-AFI-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-AFI_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-AFI_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20160927064226/http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26302">"Edge of Doom: Detail View"</a>. American Film Institute. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.afi.com/members/catalog/DetailView.aspx?s=&Movie=26302">the original</a> on September 27, 2016.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Edge+of+Doom%3A+Detail+View&rft.pub=American+Film+Institute&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.afi.com%2Fmembers%2Fcatalog%2FDetailView.aspx%3Fs%3D%26Movie%3D26302&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AEdge+of+Doom" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.filmaffinity.com/en/film664018.html">FilmAffinity</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://vimeo.com/609097951">Giving Up on God: Edge of Doom and the Burden of Faith - Art & Trash on Vimeo</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://variety.com/1949/film/reviews/edge-of-doom-1200416673/"><i>Variety</i></a>, film review, 1950. Accessed: July 13, 2013.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9E07E4DA1230E333A05757C0A96E9C946192D6CF">"THE SCREEN IN REVIEW; Goldwyn's 'Edge of Doom,' Based on the Novel by Leo Brady, in Premiere at the Astor"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_New_York_Times" title="The New York Times">The New York Times</a></i>. August 4, 1950<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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