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Deconstructing Bill Murray ep.8-"The Razor's Edge" (1984)


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The Razor's Edge is a drama film starring Bill Murray. The film is an adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's 1944 novel The Razor's EdgeTheresa RussellCatherine HicksDenholm ElliottBrian Doyle-Murray and James Keach also star in the film. John Byrum directed the film, which was co-written by Murray and Byrum.

This marked Murray's first starring role in a dramatic film, though Murray did inject some of his dry wit into the script. The book's epigraph is dramatized as advice from the Katha Upanishad: "The path to salvation is narrow and as difficult to walk as a razor's edge."

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