Edge of Doom (1950) on DVD

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Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) has crossed his breaking point; Poor; stuck in a menial job and mourning his recently deceased; devoutly Catholic mother; the mentally fraying youth visits his local pastor to arrange a decent funeral for her and; in a frustrated rage; kills the cleric with a crucifix; On the run in a clouded haze; Martin slips into the night and anxiously watches as circumstances result in someone else being arrested for the crime; But the empathetic Father Roth (Dana Andrews); inquiring into the incident; sees something suspect in Martin – as well as a soul worth saving; The only crime drama produced by Samuel Goldwyn; this under-recognized film-noir thriller with a unique religious twist is powered by a searingly intense performance by Granger as a man undone by unforgiving forces closing in on him; Directed with clockwork urgency by Mark Robson; shot in shimmering black-and-white by Harry Stradling and named one of 1950’s 10-best films by the National Board of Review; Edge of Doom is a haunting vision of darkness not easily shaken;