Jagged Edge is a film starring Glenn Close, Jeff Bridges, and Peter Coyote. Robert Loggia received an Academy Award nomination as Best Supporting Actor for his role in this film. It is a courtroom thriller, written by Joe Eszterhas, and directed by Richard Marquand. It became a box office hit. The movie opens with the brutal murder of San Francisco socialite 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 is devastated.... To make matters worse, he is then arrested for her murder by Thomas Krasny , a posturing D.A.. Jack tries to hire high-profile lawyer Teddy Barnes 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.
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| Release date: | September 5, 1985 |
| Directed by: | Richard Marquand |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 108 Minutes |
| Producer: | Martin Ransohoff |
| Editor: | Conrad Buff, Sean Barton |
| Music by: | John Barry |
| Cinematography: | Matthew F. Leonetti |
| Screenplay by: | Joe Eszterhas |
| Estimated budget: | $15,000,000 |
| Genre: | Thriller |