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Angel Face (1952) Certificate PG

Angel Face

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Rated 3.5 stars
Average rating
(67%)
 
Starring: Robert Mitchum | Jean Simmons | Mona Freeman | Herbert Marshall | Leon Ames | Barbara O'Neil | Kenneth Tobey | Raymond Greenleaf | Griff Barnett | Robert Gist | Morgan Farley | Jim Backus
Director: Otto Preminger
Studio: ORBIT MEDIA LTD.
Run time: 91 mins
Genres: Drama
Languages: English
Released: January 19, 2009

Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons team in this outstanding example of classic Noir. Directed by Otto Preminger (Laura, The Man with The Golden Arm). Mitchum is at his best as Frank Jessup, an ambulance driver, driven and ensnared by Simmons who demonstrates her own brilliant talents in this compelling plot that leads to a taut and suspenseful climax.

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Rated 2.0 stars
Angel Face

odle from , 26th November, 2009

I found this narrative very predictable, film noir by numbers in my opinion. Mitchum sleep walks his way through it and the endless shots of Jean Simmons attempting the smouldering femme fatale with vengence on her mind become tiring. For me she lacks the menace and the sexiness to carry this off. The best scene is that between the two women. Not a patch on Laura.

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Rated 5.0 stars
Good story, excellent acting, great sound

A Customer from in the sticks, Ingerlund, 1st February, 2010

This is not to be missed. And can somebody please say why sound was so much better in films half a century ago than today's poor techies can produce despite enormous strides in technology?

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