Walking the Edge

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Walking the Edge
Walking the Edge 1983 poster.jpg
Video release poster
Directed byNorbert Meisel
Written byCurt Allen
Produced bySergei Goncharoff
Starring Robert Forster
Nancy Kwan
Joe Spinell
A Martinez
James McIntire
Wayne Woodson
Luis Contreras
Russ Courtney
Edited byWarren Chadwick
Music by Jay Chattaway
Distributed by Empire Pictures
Release date
  • January 11, 1985 (1985-01-11)
Running time
93 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Walking the Edge is a 1985 crime film and action film directed by Norbert Meisel, written by Curt Allen and starring Robert Forster, Nancy Kwan, Joe Spinell, A Martinez, James McIntire, Wayne Woodson, Luis Contreras. [1]

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Plot

A criminal gang led by Brusstar (Joe Spinell) enters a home with the intention of killing a man. A housewife, Christine (Nancy Kwan), survives the hit that kills her husband and young son. Shocked, she discovers that her upstanding citizen of a husband (Phil H. Fravel) was a drug dealer. She decides to take revenge on the criminal gang that has murdered her husband and son.

A down on his luck L.A. taxi driver and numbers runner, Jason Walk (Robert Forster) unwittingly becomes involved and helps her in her quest to survive and take revenge on the people who murdered her family.

Cast

Home media

The film was released on videocassette in 1985 by Vestron Video. Afterwards, Anchor Bay released the film onto DVD in 2000. The DVD contained a commentary by director Norbert Meisel and stars Nancy Kwan and Robert Forster. Fun City Editions will release the film on Blu-ray in 2021 with a new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negative.

References

  1. Sandra Brennan (2012). "Walking the Edge". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times . Archived from the original on October 20, 2012.