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  • Director: Martin Campbell
  • AMG Rating: starstar
  • Genre: Mystery
  • Movie Type: Detective Film
  • Themes: Murder Investigations, Political Corruption
  • Release Year: 1986
  • Country: UK
  • Run Time: 307 minutes

Plot

The British government's nuclear policy is in for a royal drubbing in the tense BBC TV miniseries Edge of Darkness. Bob Peck stars as London police detective Ron Craven, whose political-activist daughter is murdered right before his eyes. Meticulously following the trail of clues, Craven uncovers a dark conspiracy involving the government and the powerful American CEO of a nuclear power plant. Joe Don Baker and a young Joanne Whalley co-star. The six-part series became a cult favorite in England, where it originally aired in November and December of 1985. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Joe Don Baker; Charles Kay; Bob Peck - Detective Inspector Ronald Craven; Zoë Wanamaker; Joanne Whalley; Paul Williamson - Harold Bewes; Jack Woodson; John Woodvine; Bill Stewart; Ian McNiece

Credit

Martin Campbell - Director, Eric Clapton - Composer (Music Score), Michael Kamen - Composer (Music Score), Michael Wearing - Producer, Troy Kennedy Martin - Screenwriter

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This article is about the 1943 World War II film starring Errol Flynn. For the 1985 British television drama of the same name, see Edge of Darkness. For the 2010 film starring Mel Gibson of the same name, see Edge of Darkness (2010 film).
Edge of Darkness
Directed by Lewis Milestone
Produced by Henry Blanke
Written by William Woods (novel)
Robert Rossen (screenplay)
Starring Errol Flynn
Ann Sheridan
Walter Huston
Music by Franz Waxman
Cinematography Sid Hickox
Editing by David Weisbart
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures
Release date(s) April 24, 1943
Running time 119 min.
Country United States
Language English

Edge of Darkness is a war film released in 1943. It was directed by Lewis Milestone and stars Errol Flynn, Ann Sheridan, and Walter Huston. It was based on a script by Robert Rossen which was adapted from a novel by William Woods.

The film is unrelated to the 1985 BBC drama serial Edge of Darkness, which was a science fiction murder mystery.

Synopsis

A Norwegian fishing village, Trollness, under years of oppressive Nazi occupation, starts a guerrilla resistance effort, establishing contacts with the British.

Plot

The film pivots around the local doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretense of gracious living and ignore the occupiers. The doctor, Martin Stensgard (Walter Huston), would also prefer to stay neutral, but is torn. His brother-in-law, the wealthy owner of the local fish cannery, collaborates with the Nazis. The doctor's daughter, Karen (Ann Sheridan), is involved with the resistance and with its leader Gunnar Brogge (Errol Flynn). The doctor's son, has just returned to town, having been sent down from the university, and is soon influenced by his Nazi-sympathizer uncle. Captain Koenig (Helmut Dantine), the young German commandant of the occupying garrison, whose fanatic determination to do everything by the book and spoutings about the invincibility of the Reich hides a growing fear of a local uprising. A secondary love story, concerns a German sergeant and the innkeeper/lead female resistance fighter. A pivotal event forces the doctor to choose sides, which leads to the final showdown between the Nazis and the Norwegians.

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