Fresh
Superb Freudian crime thriller, noir-inflected in theme but shot by and large in crisp, bright drawing-rooms.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Angel Face
She loved one man …enough to KILL to get him!
1953 · 1h 31m · Approved
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Otto Preminger
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Angel Face
Overview
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Director and cast
- Otto Preminger Director
- Robert Mitchum as Frank Jessup
- Jean Simmons as Diane Tremayne Jessup
- Mona Freeman as Mary Wilton
- Herbert Marshall as Mr. Charles Tremayne
- Leon Ames as Fred Barrett
- Barbara O'Neil as Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
- Kenneth Tobey as Bill Crompton
- Raymond Greenleaf as Arthur Vance
- Griff Barnett as Judge
- Jim Backus as Dist. Atty. Judson
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The sets, characters, and actions are extremely stylized, yet Preminger's moving camera gives them a frightening unity and fluidity, tracing a straight, clean line to a cliff top for one of the most audacious endings in film history.
Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader
Rotten
A capable cast, headed by Jean Simmons and Robert Mitchum, and a nice, taut story idea have been set adrift in a pretentious Freudian mist that wafts through the handsomely mounted proceedings with disastrous results.
New York Times
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