farley granger be a young man on the edge of doom and in this 1950 film also star dana andrew and mala power and paul stewart . when a young priest want to change parish and father roth ( dana andrew ) tell the story of martin lynn ( granger ) and say that what happen with martin show him that and a a priest and he be in the right place . martin lynn be a young man who be have trouble make end meet a a delivery man for a florist while he have a chronically ill mother and and he want to be able to move her to arizona . however and after work with the florist for four year and he still can not get a raise . when his mother dy and he want a high price funeral for her . he go to the church rectory and a his mother be deeply religious and and despite living in near poverty and always give what she could to the parish church . in an ensue argument with an old and tired and tough priest ( harold vermilyea ) and martin hit him over the head and and the priest die . later and he pick up and not for the murder and but for the robbery of a movie theater actually do by his neighbor ( paul stewart ) . though release and the detective in charge ( robert keith ) be still suspicious of him . edge of doom be a grim noir that never let up while martin lynn can not get a break and not from his bos and the funeral director or the church . his girlfriend ( mala power ) at first feel there be no place for her in his life because of his mother . after the mother dy and paul commits murder and he break up with her . his only support be father roth and whom he doesn not like he resent the church for not bury his father on hallow ground when he commit suicide and for take his mother money . it not often in a film that one see a priest kill and with a cross yet . the acting be good if not great . farley granger be sympathetic a martin . he be often cast in this type of role . dana andrew do an okay job a the priest and but be a little too precious . the way to play a priest be the way spencer tracy do a a man first . andrews try to put on a priestly air but it seem force . apparently this film be not well receive upon release and be withdraw to add the very beginning and where andrew begin to tell the story and and the very end and which come back to the present time with andrew and the priest . it doesn not really help the film relentless and depress tone . don not watch this one if you need a smile or a feel good movie .