Jagged Edge (film)
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| Directed by | Richard Marquand |
| Produced by | Martin Ransohoff |
| Written by | Joe Eszterhas |
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| Music by | John Barry |
| Cinematography | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Edited by | Sean Barton Conrad Buff |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
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108 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $15 million |
| Box office | $40,491,165 |
Jagged Edge is a 1985 American film starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, and Peter Coyote. It is a courtroom thriller, written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Richard Marquand. Robert Loggia was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role.
An intruder in a black mask and clothing ties up San Francisco socialite Page Forrester at her remote beach house, kills her with a jagged-edged hunting knife, and writes the word "Bitch" on the wall with her blood. Her husband Jack (Bridges) later recovers in a clinic with a bloody head wound, claiming to have been knocked unconscious and awakened to find Page's body. After Page's funeral, Jack is arrested by DA Thomas Krasny (Coyote) for her murder, based on evidence that includes a witness at a club who saw a hunting knife in Jack's locker; medical suggestion that Jack's head wound was self-inflicted; Jack's fingerprints, which were found at the crime scene with Page's; and Jack's inheriting all of Page's corporate and personal assets in the event of her death. Forrester tries to hire high-profile lawyer Teddy Barnes (Close) to defend him after hearing of her high success rate, but Barnes used to work for Krasny and is reluctant to take the case, as she stopped working in criminal law after an incident with Krasny.
Krasny runs into Barnes. He tells her, "Henry Styles hanged himself in his cell," which distresses her. Barnes visits Sam Ransom (Loggia), another private detective who used to work for Krasny's office. Ransom stopped private investigations at the same time that Barnes left Krasny's office, and it becomes clear that the Styles case was the reason. Barnes decides to take the case on the condition that Jack does not lie to her. Results from a polygraph test that Forrester takes indicate that his testimony is truthful.
While preparing for the trial, Barnes and Forrester spend a great deal of time together and eventually end up having a series of wild sexual romps. Ransom warns Barnes that Forrester is just trying to make her care more about his case. Barnes replies that she is aware of that. Her office then begins receiving anonymous typed letters that mention things about the case, especially that Forrester is innocent. All of the letter t's are slightly raised, and analysis determines that they were written on a 1942 Corona typewriter.
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