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EDGE OF DOOM
Edge of Doom is the story of a boy who kills a priest in a fit of rage, when he's told he can't have a big funeral for his mother. His mother's worked hard all her life, shared what little monies she's had with the church — and gone without shoes to do it. Yet when her husband died a suicide, he wasn't permitted to be buried in hallowed ground, and now that she herself is dead, she'll only be given the most simple rites by the church which she expected would take care of her splendidly. The boy's confusion, his love for his mother, his guilt, after he murders the priest, torture him, and you know his fate will be grim and inescapable. The picture, though, along with Farley Granger, who's generally one of my favorite actors, seemed to me not especially effective. Its dialogue is far from inspired, and its players appeared to be bogged down by — and in — the proceedings. There were occasional powerful moments— one dreadful scene where the boy is shopping for a casket, one intensely moving scene where the boy talks to his dead mother and tries to explain why he couldn't get more flowers — but by and large, the picture just isn't satisfying. There are too many weaknesses in its structure, so that its hero seems more sullen than tragic. Take the scene where Farley rushes home to his dying mother. He finds her on the street — she's been to church — and he starts berating her. She's too sick and weak to go out like this. He helps her half-way up the stairs to their apartment, and she smiles bravely and tells him to go to his girl friend who's been phoning. Okay. A loving mother might do that. But would a son, as concerned as this son is supposed to be, drop Ma's arm and dash off to have dinner with his fiancee, while Ma crawls back into her bed of pain with the aid of a neighbor lady? I don't believe it. Since Edge of Doom deals with a pretty unusual topic, you can call it brave, but I'm afraid you can't call it adequate.
Cast: Dana Andrews, Farley Granger, Joan Evans. — Goldwyn-RKO.
THE SCARF
Several good actors are put to work in a bad picture here, and it's a shame. The Scarf is draggy, pseudo-philosophic, episodic and unbelievable. John Ireland plays a fellow who escapes from the booby-hatch because he wants to find out if he really murdered his girl-friend. Only reason he never went to the electric chair is that he'd lost his memory. James Barton, an intellectual who raises turkeys, and talks to the wind, takes
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