Edge of Doom

Young Martin Lynn (Farley Granger) ekes out a meager wage as a delivery boy while caring for his tubercular mother, a devout Catholic. Upon her death, Father Kirkman (Harold Vermilyea) refuses to help arrange a proper funeral, driving the grief-stricken youth to frenzied measures. In this bleak film noir, doors close on embittered Martin wherever he turns, although sympathetic Father Roth (Dana Andrews) extends a redemptive hand.