The Razor's Edge (1984) on Netflix
Larry Darrell comes back from World War I a changed man. He turns down a stockbroker's job, puts off his engagement to Isabel, and leaves for Paris to search for meaning.
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Plot summary
In 1917 Illinois, a fair is being planned to raise money for Gray Maturin and Larry Darrell, two friends who are going to Europe as ambulance drivers. At the front, Larry watches soldiers and fellow ambulance drivers die, and his unit has only a few men left. When the fighting stops, both friends go back to the United States. Larry rejects work with Gray's father as a stockbroker, delays his engagement to Isabel, and travels to Paris to look for meaning. There he keeps to a simple life and reads.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Razor's Edge (1984)
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- Dan Aykroyd suggested that Murray could appear in Ghostbusters for Columbia Pictures in exchange for the studio approving The Razor's Edge; Murray agreed and a deal was made with Columbia.
SPOILER
Byrum and Murray drove across America while writing the screenplay, and Murray included a farewell speech to his recently deceased friend John Belushi in the script. It appears as Larry Darrell's farewell speech to Piedmont, a fellow ambulance driver in World War I.
