Rent Fallen Angel (1945)
3.6 of 5 from 80 ratings
1h 37min
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- Synopsis:
- Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), a press agent down on his luck, drifts into a small Californian coastal town. He meets June (Alice Faye), a wealthy but reclusive woman, and has his eye on Stella (Linda Darnell), a sultry waitress. In love with Stella but broke, Eric marries June for her money, planning a rapid divorce. However when Stella is murdered, the story takes an unexpected turn.
- Actors:
- Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford, Anne Revere, Bruce Cabot, John Carradine, Percy Kilbride, Dorothy Adams, Robert Adler, Herbert Ashley, Matthew 'Stymie' Beard, Betty Boyd, Paul E. Burns, Chick Collins, Jimmy Conlin, Franklyn Farnum, Gus Glassmire, William Haade, Olin Howland
- Directors:
- Otto Preminger
- Producers:
- Otto Preminger
- Voiced By:
- Dick Haymes
- Writers:
- Harry Kleiner, Marty Holland
- Studio:
- BFI Video
- Genres:
- Classics, Drama, Thrillers
- Collections:
- inema Paradiso's 2023 Centenary Club: Part 2, A Brief History of Film..., Top 10 Best Last Films: World Cinema, Top Films
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 28/09/2015
- Run Time:
- 97 minutes
- Languages:
- English LPCM Mono
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Full Screen 1.33:1 / 4:3
- Colour:
- B & W
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Original Theatrical Trailers
- Audio Commentaries for 'Whirlpool' by film scholar and critic Adrian Martin
- The Guardian Lecture: Otto Preminger interviewed by Joan Bakewell (1972, 80 mins, audio with stills): the director talks about his career in film in this discussion with the English journalist
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Reviews (2) of Fallen Angel
“My favourite brand.” “Oughta be, I got it out of your bureau drawer.” - Fallen Angel review by LJ
Starts out with a con artist manipulating a woman but turns into a murder mystery love story. Despite being tropey and rushed, this is an enjoyable noir.
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Forties Noir. - Fallen Angel review by Steve
Erratic small town murder mystery, with an all time great film noir title. Dana Andrews is the grifter who drifts into a dead end beach resort and intends to marry a churchgoing spinster (Alice Faye) to bankroll his infatuation for the sexy waitress (Linda Darnell) who wants to convert her visual appeal into a steady income…
Only when she turns up dead, the stranger feels the noose around his neck. This is Otto Preminger’s follow up to Laura (1944) and it’s not in that class. There’s an inferior script, ridiculous motivations and some poor casting in the support roles. It's slipshod, like the director’s heart isn’t in it.
Yet the photography is outstanding. The standard noir scenario will engage genre fans and while Darnell as the trashy bad girl is on, it generates a little heat. Which is then extinguished by Faye. After the murder, it becomes a whodunit as Dana attempts to clear his name. Though, the real suspect is obvious.
Anyone who isn’t engaged by the prospect of watching an immoral bum fall for hot sleazy trouble in a scuzzy diner on a studio set of a California beach town is in the wrong place… And doesn’t like film noir. But this Fox production is too clean. Maybe better if it had been made on poverty row, like Detour at PLC the same year.
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