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7.0/10
5.9K
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A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.
IMDb RATING
7.0/10
5.9K
YOUR RATING
- Harry Kleiner(screen play)
- Marty Holland(novel)
- Stars
- Harry Kleiner(screen play)
- Marty Holland(novel)
- Stars
Dorothy Adams
- Stella's Neighbor
- (uncredited)
Robert Adler
- Coroner at Murder Scene
- (uncredited)
Herbert Ashley
- Reporter
- (uncredited)
Matthew 'Stymie' Beard
- Shoeshine Boy
- (uncredited)
Betty Boyd
- Bank Clerk
- (uncredited)
Chet Brandenburg
- Man in Drug Store
- (uncredited)
Paul E. Burns
- News Vendor
- (uncredited)
Chick Collins
- 2nd Bus Driver
- (uncredited)
Jimmy Conlin
- Walton Hotel Clerk
- (uncredited)
Franklyn Farnum
- Man Leaving Drugstore
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAccording to Wade Williams in Alice Faye: The Star Next Door (1996), when Alice Faye saw a rough cut of the film and realized that Otto Preminger's editing had diminished the impact of her performance in favor of newcomer Linda Darnell, she got up from the screening, drove off the 20th Century Fox lot, threw her dressing room key to the security guard and vowed never to work for the studio again.
- GoofsAmong the works listed on the church reader board for June Mills's upcoming organ recital are a "Stabat Mater" by Beethoven and a "Requiem" by Brahms. Beethoven never wrote a 'Stabat Mater', and the only 'Requiem' by Brahms is a massive choral work, highly unlikely to be played as an organ solo.
- Quotes
June Mills: I need you, Eric.
Eric Stanton: [sarcastically] You need me, right.
June Mills: You're my husband, and I'm your wife.
Eric Stanton: Right out of a book, again.
June Mills: Yes, out of a book: "We were born to tread the earth as angels, to seek out heaven this side of the sky. But they who race above shall stumble in the dark, and fall from grace."
Eric Stanton: Go on. Sounds good.
June Mills: "Then love alone can make the fallen angel rise. For only two together can enter Paradise."
- Crazy creditsThe opening credits appear on the screen as a series of road signs seen through the windshield of a bus driving at night time.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Biography: Linda Darnell: Hollywood's Fallen Angel (1999)
- SoundtracksSlowly
Music by David Raksin
Lyrics by Kermit Goell
Sung by Dick Haymes (uncredited)
[Continually played on the jukebox at Pop's]
Review
Featured review
Better and more haunting than Preminger's "Laura"
This neglected film noir gem by the great Otto Preminger is better and more poetic than Preminger's previous classic "Laura". For one thing, Preminger's fluid camera work and long takes here reach perfection, pointing them toward his mature long takes and objectivity in 1950s with such dazzling masterworks as "Where the Sidewalk Ends", "Angel Face", "Anatomy of a Murder". Each scene is shot and elaborated with precision, with minimum amount of edits to elucidate the emotions of the characters.
Also, Dana Andrews, with all his unique ambiguity and minimalism, turns in one of his finest performances ever; just a hint of his outstanding performance (and probably his best) in "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Andrews' co-stars Alice Faye and a sluttish Linda Darnell are great as well. The magnificent chiaroscuro photography by Joseph LaShelle has certain crispness and lucidity that is similar to Anthony Mann's "T-Men".
Some may find the second half of the film quaintly melodramatic and David Raksin's romantic score is admittedly less memorable than "Laura" but "Fallen Angel" deserves to be seen and viewed within its credentials.
The effect is haunting and breathtaking.
Also, Dana Andrews, with all his unique ambiguity and minimalism, turns in one of his finest performances ever; just a hint of his outstanding performance (and probably his best) in "Where the Sidewalk Ends". Andrews' co-stars Alice Faye and a sluttish Linda Darnell are great as well. The magnificent chiaroscuro photography by Joseph LaShelle has certain crispness and lucidity that is similar to Anthony Mann's "T-Men".
Some may find the second half of the film quaintly melodramatic and David Raksin's romantic score is admittedly less memorable than "Laura" but "Fallen Angel" deserves to be seen and viewed within its credentials.
The effect is haunting and breathtaking.
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- Kalaman
- Jul 23, 2002
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