Directed by:
Richard MarquandScreenplay:
Joe EszterhasCinematography:
Matthew F. LeonettiComposer:
John BarryCast:
Glenn Close, Peter Coyote, Jeff Bridges, Lance Henriksen, James Karen, Robert Loggia, Michael Dorn, Leigh Taylor-Young, Walter Brooke, Brandon Call (more)VOD (3)
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Jeff Bridges is the prime suspect and Glenn Close plays the attorney who falls in love with him. When a San Francisco socialite is viciously murdered, her publisher-husband, Jack Forrester (Bridges), is accused of committing the crime. Teddy Barnes (Close) decides to defend the charming, manipulative Jack, only to disregard legal ethics by having an affair with him. With the help of private eye Sam Ransom (Robert Loggia), she takes on a ruthless District Attorney (Peter Coyote) who's using the case as a political stepping stone. However, a startling revelation puts Teddy in jeopardy of becoming the next victim of the JAGGED EDGE. (official distributor synopsis)
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From the beginning, I was thinking that the American eighties gave us a number of interesting films. I secretly hoped that this film could also have the proper old atmosphere that is literally gushing from the American movies of the time. And it did. The actors are absolutely amazing, although Glenn Close is still about two levels above the rest of them. While at times it is a weaker legal drama, towards the ending it turns into an absolutely amazing thriller that simply deserves the fourth star.
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