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Jagged Edge (18) (Richard Marquand, US, 1985)

Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, Peter Coyote, Robert Loggia. 109 mins. Page Forrester, a wealthy San Francisco newspaper heiress, is found brutally slain, her body rent by multiple stab wounds from a serrated heavy-bladed 6 inch hunting knife

The police discover her maid in a similar condition and distraught husband Jack (Jeff Bridges) suffering from concussion. It transpires thatJack is the sole beneliciary of the lady's demise and the lingerolsuspicion points clearly in his direction.

District Attorney Tom Krasny (Peter Coyote) is convinced of Jack’s guilt. Circumstantial evidence would appear to corroborate his theory and a charge of double homocide is made. Teddy Barnes (Glenn Close) is coaxed out at retirement to defend his case. A former assistant to Krasny she has a few old scores at her own to settle and, with the help of an uncouth private eye, she begins to assemble her evidence. Lawyer and client tumble into bed and

o Letterto Brezhnev ( 15) (Chris Bernard. L'K. 1985) Peter Firth. Margi Clarke. Alexandra Pigg. ()5 mins. Lively Liverpudlian comedy—romance of rough charm and ready wit. Edinburgh; Dominion o The Man Who Knew Too Much ( PU) (Alfred Hitchcock. US. 1956) James Stewart. Doris Day. 120 mins. ()n holiday in Marrakesh an all-American family are inadvertently plunged into international intrigue when the father is passed a crucial message by a dying secret service agent and the young son is subsequently kidnapped.

Leisurer Hitchcock remake of his

: own 1934 success with Stewart

conventionally cast as the outraged paterfamilias and Day offering

( innumerable renditions onue Sera. Sera. Edinburgthilmhouse

o The Man With Two Brains ( 15) i:

((‘arl Reiner. US. 1983) Steve

Martin. Kathleen Turner. David

Warner. 93 mins. Delighfully zany Martin-Reiner romp in which the

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their personal involvement adds another jagged edge to the proceedings. The stage is now set for a traditional courtroom showdown with revealing testimony, surprise witnesses, red herrings and dramatic incident. Basically, it's a question at did he or didn’t he?

ll Bridges is accused ol the oldest crime in the world then Richard Marquand's film is saddled with one of the oldest plotlines in the world; an unoriginal Perry Masonish melange ol the type that the old Hollywood would have dashed off as a nifty ‘8' picture. However, the lead actors are personable, the outcome moderately intriguing and the handling commendany competent. However, the dead hand of cliche stalks virtually every frame and there’s very little to raise this above the level of a standard American television film. The Verdict provided a rousing roasting at some

hoary old legal chestnuts, Jagged Edge ; ; is merely a blandly prolessional ; restatementolsome cosilylamiliar

genre staples.(Al|an Hunter)

great man plays a brilliant brain surgeon driven to the depths of despair when he weds Turner. a man-hungry murderess with a penchant for driving elderly husbands to early graves and pocketing the legacies. Their first problem arises when Martin appears to be on the brink of a substantial

inheritance but more worrying still is ;

her absolute refusal to consummate their marriage.

Strongly recommended to be reviewed in full next issue. Edinburgh: Filmhouse

o Matter at Heart ( U) (Mark Whitney. US. 1984) 1()()mins. A

unique film biography of C. (i. Jung

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consisting of rare footage of the man himself and a fascinating collage of interviews with those who knew him best. Glasgow; (EFT

0 Mighty Mouse and the Great Space Chase(U) (US. 1979) 87 mins. Harry the Heartless is a venal cat bent on nothing less than galactic domination. The mouse queen of the interstellar federation languisth in his evil clutches and only Mighty

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