Many reviewers in IMDb have (up to now) mentioned "hitchcockian vibes", or similar, regarding this film, and one, in particular, has mentioned Alfred Hitchcock's "Suspicion" (1941). But there is more. The plot of "The Naked Edge" is exactly the same as "Suspicion": the wife suspects the husband of being a criminal, a murderer, and only in the end the suspicion dissolves (in a neat way in the present film, in a more nuanced way in "Suspicion"). It could be a "standard" plot for thriller movies, and you can expect to find dozens of film sharing it. But, again, there is more.
Does the suspect, in both films, has something to do with real estates? Yes.
Is he, in both films, labelled as "a gambler"? Check.
Is he supposed to be in Paris while in reality he is in London? Does the wife fear that the husband is going to kill her? Do the couple - husband at the wheel - take a dangerous auto ride at high speed on a meandering road overlooking high rocky cliffs upon the sea? Do they dismount from the car and, walking, come near the abyss' edge, with the husband's hand behind the wife's shoulder? Check, check, check, check.
Nothing wrong in getting inspired by masterpieces of the past, but what about not telling a word about it? You don't need to do it - one may say -: everyone will readily see that. Well, nobody has.
Does the suspect, in both films, has something to do with real estates? Yes.
Is he, in both films, labelled as "a gambler"? Check.
Is he supposed to be in Paris while in reality he is in London? Does the wife fear that the husband is going to kill her? Do the couple - husband at the wheel - take a dangerous auto ride at high speed on a meandering road overlooking high rocky cliffs upon the sea? Do they dismount from the car and, walking, come near the abyss' edge, with the husband's hand behind the wife's shoulder? Check, check, check, check.
Nothing wrong in getting inspired by masterpieces of the past, but what about not telling a word about it? You don't need to do it - one may say -: everyone will readily see that. Well, nobody has.