That was an excellent one.

How sad is this?

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

The plot was good and the setting in the Grand Canyon made it atmospheric and visually compelling. At the onset I was dubious about the dated backdrop filming and the corny music score but it was very easy going on the eyes and I enjoyed the film right through to the conclusion.

Take the Grand Canyon, a cave full of tons of bat guano, an aerial tramway, an old deserted mining town, a beautiful red head, Cornel Wilde, Jack Elam, Edgar Buchanan, 50's cars, all filmed in vibrant color, and a few corpses and you get a really different mystery film that moves briskly along during its 80 minutes. This film would be worth watching if only for the scenes of the aerial tramway heading down into the Grand Canyon, something that you'll never see again, and it was all real! The mine depicted in the movie really existed, and so did the U.S. Guano Corporation!!! This movie is a time capsule and is fascinating to watch for just the period effects and the settings. Very enjoyable.

Like all of Don Siegel's movies we are immersed in the action from the beginning of this spectacularly shot mystery thriller.Not a single frame,word or gesture is wasted just like in all of Don's films.No wonder Clint Eastwood attributes his own economical movie-making style to him. Cornel Wilde's deputy sheriff carries the whole film very well like in a old school noir mystery he is in almost every scene piecing the puzzle along with us and we are not given any information other than what he learns therefore the final revelation is as shocking to us as is to him. Like of all Don Siegel movies the supporting cast is great; including the late and great Edgar Buchanon, Siegel regular Jack Elam and the very beautiful and charming Victoria Shaw.But like in all his films the bad guy (revealed at the end)is awesome. Kudos to Don Siegel ,one of my all time favourite directors. Special mention has to be made of the film's stuntmen's work in the climax.I won't spoil it but it's a nail biting sequence.

Don Siegel was an outstanding action director,and although the plotting in EDGE OF ETERNITY is unremarkable,the lushly photographed locations(mostly around the Grand Canyon)and exciting action climax make it very watchable.Cornel Wilde is adequate in a predominately minor cast,but Mickey Shaughnessy and Jack Elam would have been better swapping their roles;despite his comic sense,Elam was always more effective as a slimy villain,whereas Shaughnessy,mostly known for his comedic parts,seems far too genial for this type of part.Still,a lot better than you'd expect,thanks to Siegel's skill at directing.