Angel Face
She sees Simmons' little plots and ploys very early on, and has the nerve to call her out on them. I also think the courtroom scenes deserve a lot credit. I enjoyed the interplay between the two lawyers, and Leon Ames breaks ground he'd later revisit in The Postman Always Rings Twice as an exceedingly clever lawyer. A great example of the genre from the s. Oh, I dug this. Preminger delivers solid Beverly Hills noir with a dollop of Freudian melodrama. Mitchum is great as a super cynical "I'm wise to you" pragmatist who still winds up taking the fall for the nutty dame.
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More Top Movies Trailers. DC's Legends of Tomorrow: Black Panther Dominates Honorees. Trending on RT Avengers: Post Share on Facebook. Movie Info Jean Simmons' fascinating interpretation of an uncharacteristic role is the main drawing card of Otto Preminger's Angel Face. The daughter of Charles Treymayne Herbert Marshall , who remarried a wealthy woman Barbara O'Neil , Diane Treymayne's Simmons angelic countenance masks an unbridled psychotic who'll let nothing stand in the way of her happiness.
Diane arranges for Catherine's death, making it look like an auto accident. Coveting family chauffeur Frank Jessup Robert Mitchum , Diane steals Frank away from his sweetheart Mary Mona Freeman and forces him to become her spiritual accomplice in her stepmother's murder. And when Diane finally realizes that she'll never, ever, be able to hold Frank, she Nugent , Oscar Millard. Jean Simmons as Diane Tremayne Jessup.
Robert Mitchum as Frank Jessup. Mona Freeman as Mary Wilton. Herbert Marshall as Mr. Leon Ames as Fred Barrett. Barbara O'Neil as Mrs.
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Cain murder plot, re-orchestrating this textbook tale of passion and murder into a haunting and haunted refrain. The hallucinogenic nature of the proceedings is accented with Preminger's direction and camerawork, having actors drift from foreground to background or having the camera track to fluid and suffocating close-ups.
Preminger, ever the mesmerizer, weaves his style into a half-dreamt haze of nightmare. Shortly before his death, critic Robin Wood named it as one of his top 10 films. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Angel Face Theatrical release poster.
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This page was last edited on 13 November , at By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Frank Nugent and Oscar Millard. Robert Mitchum Jean Simmons. Dimitri Tiomkin composed and conducted. Harry Stradling , A. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Angel Face film. Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced. A woman secretly suffering from kleptomania is hypnotized in an effort to cure her condition.
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A doctor and a policeman in New Orleans have only 48 hours to locate a killer infected with pneumonic plague. Tremayne is mysteriously poisoned with gas, ambulance driver Frank Jessup meets her refined but sensuous stepdaughter Diane, who quickly pursues and infatuates him. Under Diane's seductive influence, Frank is soon the Tremayne chauffeur; but he begins to suspect danger under her surface sweetness.
When he shows signs of pulling away, Diane schemes to get him in so deep he'll never get out. This world of shady mansions, sad piano-playing and lonely boulevards perpetually driven, suits well Jean Simmons's calm insanity and Mitchum's stoic acceptance of his tragic destiny.
Mitchum uses the same discontent tone to order a beer and to refuse to be part of a murder. He smokes, empty-minded, staring out of the window, too tired to get his way out of the schemes of his employers. He may take the most important decision of his life, but after the cigarette's over he'll be doing the total opposite.
On the other hand one has the feeling that the film wouldn't worked as well with one more conventional noir leading lady, like Lana Turner. Simmons' charming and weak aspect makes her character irresistible.
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