Jagged Edge

San Francisco heiress Page Forrester is brutally murdered in her remote beach house. Her husband Jack..

• Director: Richard Marquand
• Genre:Crime / Mystery / Romance / Thriller
• Runtime:109 minutes

Cast

Maria Mayenzet : Page Forrester
Peter Coyote : Thomas Krasny
Dave Austin : Policeman
Richard Partlow : Policeman
Lance Henriksen: Frank Martin

The movie opens with the brutal murder of Paige Forrester at her remote beach house. An intruder in a black mask ties her up in bed and kills her with a hunting knife. He writes the word ‘Bitch’ on the wall above the bed with her blood. Her husband Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges) is devastated. To make matters worse, he is then arrested for her murder by Thomas Krasny (Peter Coyote), a posturing D.A.. Jack tries to hire lawyer Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) to defend him. Barnes used to work for Krasny, and she is reluctant to take the case, as she stopped working in criminal law after an incident with Krasny.

Krasny runs into Barnes in a restaurant, where she is dining with her ex-husband. He tells her that “Henry Styles hanged himself in his cell”, which clearly distresses her. Barnes visits Sam Ransom (Robert Loggia), a two-bit private detective who used to work for Krasny’s office as well. He stopped private investigations at the same time that Barnes left Krasny’s office, and it becomes clear that Styles’ case was the reason why. During her visit with Ransom, Barnes decides to take the case.

In the course of preparing for the trial, Barnes and Forrester spend a great deal of time together, and eventually, they sleep together. Ransom warns Barnes that Forrester is just trying to make her care more about his case so that she won’t lose it. She says, “I know that!” In the run up to the trial, her office begins receiving anonymous typed letters that mention things about the case. All of the ‘t’s’ in the letters are slightly raised, and Ransom has the notes analyzed, determining they were typed on a 1942 Corona typewriter.

In a pre-trial meeting, Barnes tells the judge that Krasny has a history of not meeting his discovery obligations. She is warned about making such powerful claims without any evidence.The prosecution’s case relies mainly on circumstantial evidence. A jilted woman claimed that Paige told her she was divorcing Jack, but Barnes discredits her with evidence, including a love letter, that her advances had been rejected by Jack, causing Paige to cut off all communication with her. The other main witness is a locker room attendant at a private club who claims to have seen a hunting knife in Forrester’s locker. Barnes discredits him by proving that the knife was in another member’s locker. Read more

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