We take a look back.

This article contains spoilers for Jagged Edge.

We start on a dark and stormy night.

The weapon used is believed to be a hunting knife with a jagged edge.

The prime suspect is her husband Jack Forrester (Jeff Bridges), who runs her familys newspaper empire.

From the moment he is introduced, it is clear that Krasny is not someone you want to cross.

A man with dubious methods and aspirations for higher office, Krasny has a personal grudge with Forrester.

All he needs is evidence.

It is not long before Krasnys investigators find something potentially incriminating.

Krasny thinks he has his man.

Initially, Teddy refuses to take part in the case.

After learning of the suicide of the man she and Krasny had wrongly prosecuted, Teddy joins Forresters defence.

Guilty or innocent, he is going to be the vehicle for her eventual redemption… Close and Bridges are terrific in the leads.

As Teddy Barnes, Close is smart, witty and extremely sympathetic.

The real diamond in the cast is the now sadly departed Robert Loggia as veteran gumshoe Sam Ransom.

Loggia received an Oscar nomination for this role, one of the few major honours for this veteran talent.

Finally a word about the director.

His work onJagged Edgeis excellent.

However, it is the third act where Marquand really gets to show off.

In the end, Teddy is able to discredit Krasny and free Forrester.

Krasny had decided the cases were unrelated and had not brought it up.

After winning the case, Teddy does the right thing and confesses her culpability in the Henry Styles case.

Krasny is destroyed, justice is served, everyone lives happily ever…

Nah, just kidding.

After a night of passion, Teddy goes into Forresters closet and finds a typewriter.

As the tension mounts, she takes it down and types a single sentence:

HE IS GUILTY.

The T is raised.

Forrester was the one sending the anonymous notes.

Forrester was the killer after all.

From here until the ending, Marquand plays the suspense like an old hand.

When Teddy tries to leave Forresters estate, she finds her engine wont start.

Who should come along to help her but Forrester.

Marquand does not do the obvious thing and intercut Forrester with shots of the hidden typewriter.

Will he look over?

Will he see whats in the coat?

Teddy manages to get away from Forrester with a story about one of her kids being sick.

Overall,Jagged Edgeis a fine example of a studio genre picture.