Jagged Edge (1985)

Name: Jagged Edge
Director: Richard Marquand
Genre: Thriller
Released: 1985
Duration: 108 min

"When a murder case is this shocking, which do you trust? Your emotions or your evidence?"

ThumbScore

👍 71%audience score Estimated from TMDB user ratings and critic scores, calibrated to Google's former audience score. Google stopped publishing it in 2026.

Critics Score

🎬 70% (RT: 79%, MC: 60)

Thriller

Seen it? Rate it in one tap.

Favorite Loved it Liked it It was OK Not for me

Rate 5 films and ThumbScore predicts your score for every other one. Not seen it? Get your predicted score →

Where to Watch

Free

Tubi

Streaming

Prime Video

Rent / Buy

Amazon Apple TV Google Play YouTube Fandango at Home

Subtitles on OpenSubtitles.com: English · Español · Español (Latinoamérica) · Español (España)

Most Spanish subtitles are not marked by region.

Full of ads, or out of sync? Fix it free, in your browser

Director

Richard Marquand

Runtime

1h 48m

Country

United States of America

Language

English

TMDB Rating

6.3/10 (305 votes)

Rotten Tomatoes

79%

Metacritic

Cast

Glenn Close as Teddy Barnes · 69% avg

Jeff Bridges as Jack Forrester · 73% avg

Peter Coyote as Thomas Krasny · 71% avg

Lance Henriksen as Frank Martin · 73% avg

Robert Loggia as Sam Ransom · 71% avg

Michael Dorn as Dan Hislan · 78% avg

Maria Mayenzet as Page Forrester

William Allen Young as Greg Arnold

Is Jagged Edge good?

Most people think so. 71% audience score, estimated from 305 TMDB ratings. Critics agree, scoring it 70%.

Overview

After a wealthy heiress is murdered in her beach house, her devastated husband becomes the prime suspect. He hires a lawyer who hasn’t taken a criminal case in years, and as they work together, a complicated romance develops amidst the trial. Wikipedia ↗