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