Edge of Eternity

Edge of Eternity (1959)

Mile-High Suspense In The Grand Canyon!

Helped by socialite Janice Kendon and barkeeper Scott O'Brien, Arizona deputy sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts leads to the killer fleeing with Janice as a hostage and a chase by car and helicopter lead to a climax on a miner's bucket on cables a mile above the canyon floor.

Date of release
1959-11-02
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (33)
Runtime
1h 20m
Genres
Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Director
Don Siegel

Casting

Interesting facts

Edge of Eternity is a 1959 American crime film starring Cornel Wilde, Victoria Shaw, and Mickey Shaughnessy. Directed by Donald Siegel, it was shot in CinemaScope on location in the Grand Canyon.

Production

It was known as Rim of the Canyon. Felicia Farr was to play the female lead but was replaced by Victoria Shaw. Filming started 27 April 1959.

Filming took place in Kingman, Oatman, and Gold Road, Arizona. The climax of the film, involving a fight on a US Guano cable car suspended above the Grand Canyon, was filmed in the aerial tramway to the Bat Cave mine, in the western Grand Canyon of Arizona. US Guano owned and operated the Bat Cave Mine at the time. Guano is a good organic fertiliser commercially important before the use of modern synthetics.

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