| Series: | Playhouse 90 |
| Season: | 2 |
| Episode: | 8 |
| Director: | Arthur Hiller |
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"The Edge of Innocence" was an American television film broadcast on November 7, 1957, as part of the CBS television series, Playhouse 90. It aired as the ninth episode of the second season.
A lawyer, Robert Rainey, defends a friend, Lowell Williams, who is charged with murder.
The cast included performances by:
Arthur Hiller was the director and Eva Wolas the producer. Berne Giler wrote the script. The film was produced by Screen Gems for Playhouse 90.[1]
In The New York Times, Jack Gould wrote that "absurdities were plentiful" and Berne Giler's familiarity with legal procedure was "remote" and his knowledge of play-writing "even more distant." He did credit Cotten with "a competent portrayal as a defense attorney."[2]