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Edge of Doom is a 1950 film noir shot in black and white. The film has never been released on video reportedly due to the subject matter. The film is considered one of the bleakest films of the 1950s. The story concerns a young mentally disturbed man who goes on a rampage after his sick mother dies. One of the man's biggest beefs is with the Catholic church who, in addition to slighting him when his mother needed a priest, once refused to bury his father years earlier because he committed suicide. The man, blaming the environment he lives in, goes on a rampage taking revenge on his cheap boss, a mortician and a priest who refuses to give his poor mother a big funeral. He began his rampage by killing the hard-line Catholic priest who slighted him by beating him with a heavy crucifix. Later, another priest suspects the young man, now arrested for another crime, for the killing. Cinematography by Academy Award winner Harry Stradling Sr.

The film was directed by Mark Robson. The screenplay was written by Philip Yordan (with uncredited writing from screenwriters Ben Hecht and Charles Brackett). The film is based on a novel by Leo Brady.

Cast

Dana Andrews
as Father Thomas Roth
Farley Granger
as Martin Lynn
Joan Evans
as Rita Conroy
Robert Keith
as Lieutenant Mandel
Paul Stewart
as Craig
Mala Powers
as Julie
Adele Jergens
as Irene
Douglas Fowley
as 2nd Detective

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