Edge of Darkness

Synopsis

The film pivots around the local Norwegian doctor and his family. The doctor's wife (Ruth Gordon) wants to hold on to the pretence of gracious living and ignore their German 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.

Main Cast

Errol Flynn

Gunnar Brogge

Age : 50 | Popularity : 12%

Ann Sheridan

Karen Stensgard

Age : 51 | Popularity : 12%

Walter Huston

Dr. Martin Stensgard

Age : 67 | Popularity : 8%

Helmut Dantine

Captain Koenig

Age : 63 | Popularity : 3%

Ruth Gordon

Anna Stensgard

Age : 88 | Popularity : 7%

Judith Anderson

Gerd Bjarnesen

Age : 94 | Popularity : 7%

Roman Bohnen

Lars Malken

Age : 47 | Popularity : 3%

Monte Blue

Jens Petersen

Age : 76 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Lewis Milestone
Production	Executive Producer	Jack L. Warner
	Producer	Henry Blanke
Editing	Editor	David Weisbart
Sound	Original Music Composer	Franz Waxman
	Music Director	Leo F. Forbstein
	Sound	Everett Alton Brown
Costume & Make-Up	Costume Design	Orry-Kelly
	Makeup Artist	Perc Westmore
Art	Set Decoration	Julia Heron
	Art Direction	Robert M. Haas
Camera	Director of Photography	Sidney Hickox
Writing	Screenplay	Robert Rossen
	Novel	William Woods
Crew	Special Effects	Lawrence W. Butler Willard Van Enger
	Stunts	Walt La Rue Buster Wiles
Department	Role	Name

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