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Fallen Angel
1945
Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), is a down-on-his-luck press agent who isliving in a small Californian town and begins to frequent a diner called "Pop's Eats" , where he meets a beautiful waitress by the name of Stella (Linda Darnell). He falls for Stella but she is not interested in him. Eric decides that if he had more money he .. Read more
| Starring | Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford |
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| Director | Otto Preminger |
| Genres | Drama |
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Fallen Angel
Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), is a down-on-his-luck press agent who isliving in a small Californian town and begins to frequent a diner called "Pop's Eats" , where he meets a beautiful waitress by the name of Stella (Linda Darnell). He falls for Stella but she is not interested in him. Eric decides that if he had more money he would be able to get his girl. To get the money he decides to woo and marry wealthy June Mills ( Alice Faye ) and then divorce her and get as much of her money as he can. However Stella is then mysteriously murdered and Eric finds himself a suspect. June, although she discovers Eric's real plans, stands by Eric and supports him as he tries to find the real murderer. Eric makes a shocking discovery ...
| Starring | Dana Andrews, Alice Faye, Linda Darnell, Charles Bickford |
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| Director | Otto Preminger |
| Studio | BFI VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 38 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Drama |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Released | DVD: 18 May 2004 Production year: 1945 |
| Format | DVD |
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A made-for-TV drama about a 13-year-old girl who runs away from home and straight into the arms of a pornographer, who persuades her and other children to pose for pictures. Reminiscent of Paul Schrader's 1979 film Hardcore, which starred George C Scott, its controversial subject matter earned the movie huge ratings on American TV as well as an Emmy nomination. The film stars Melinda Dillon as the girl's mother, Richard Masur as the pornographer and Dana Hill as the unfortunate youngster. RoboCop's Ronny Cox is also in the cast.
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Oddly sleazy melodrama, not more successful then because it was unexpected than now because it is miscast. Some good sequences, though.
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5 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Sleepwalking the nightmare
A cracking film noir with a perfect opening - guy is being shuffled off a Greyhoud in the middle of the night. This is a far as his fare gets him. He looks around to find he is in Walton, in the middle of nowhere. And that's were the trouble starts. Dana Andrews is a perfect casting as nearly unlikeable, tough-talking representation of ambiguity and he wanders through Preminger's film like a sleepwalker through a nightmare.
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Good (not great) noir
The opening is highly promising. A down on his luck fast-talker ends up stranded in a small town where he gets mixed up with a phoney clairvoyant and Linda Darnell, the resident femme fatale, who works in the local diner (but, truth be told, does very little time slinging hash). Despite this opening, and despite being directed by Otto Preminger (known for his controlled and expressive camera work), it goes flat after about forty-five minutes.
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Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), is a down-on-his-luck press agent who isliving in a small Californian town and begins to frequent a diner called "Pop's Eats" , where he meets a beautiful waitress by the ... -