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Edge of Darkness

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.

1943 |1h 59m |  Drama, War

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Cast

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Errol Flynn

Gunnar Brogge

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Ann Sheridan

Karen Stensgard

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Walter Huston

Dr. Martin Stensgard

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Helmut Dantine

Captain Koenig

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Ruth Gordon

Anna Stensgard

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Judith Anderson

Gerd Bjarnesen

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Roman Bohnen

Lars Malken

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Monte Blue

Jens Petersen

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Virginia Christine

Hulda (Stensgard maid)

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Morris Carnovsky

Sixtus Andresen

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Charles Dingle

Kaspar Torgerson

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Richard Fraser

Pastor Aalesen

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Art Smith

Knut Osterholm

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Nancy Coleman

Katja, Koenig's woman

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John Beal

Johann Stensgard

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Frank Wilcox

Jensen, the shoemaker

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Henry Brandon

Major Ruck

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Tom Fadden

Hammer

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Francis Pierlot

Mortensen, the tailor

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Kurt Katch

German Landing Party Captain

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Tonio Selwart

German Corporal Paul

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Glen Cavender

Cannery Worker (uncredited)

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Noble 'Kid' Chissell

Townsman (uncredited)

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William Edmunds

Elderly Sailor (uncredited)

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Kit Guard

Townsman in Church (uncredited)

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Kenner G. Kemp

Soldier (uncredited)

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Kurt Kreuger

German Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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Dudley Field Malone

Winston Churchcill (voice) (uncredited)

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Torben Meyer

Cannery Clerk (uncredited)

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Robert Milasch

Townsman (uncredited)

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Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Townsman in Church (uncredited)

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Henry Rowland

Helmut (uncredited)

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Carl Sklover

Soldier (uncredited)

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Cap Somers

Soldier (uncredited)

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Ray Spiker

Townsman (uncredited)

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Helene Thimig

Mrs. Frida Malken (uncredited)

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Dorothy Tree

Solveig Brategaard (uncredited)

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Peter van Eyck

German Soldier (uncredited)

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Roland Varno

German Lieutenant (uncredited)

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Hans Heinrich von Twardowski

German Co-Pilot (uncredited)

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Paul Kruger

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George Magrill

More Details

Status

Released

Language

English

Budget

$1,653,000.00

Revenue

$3,669,000.00