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Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), a press agent down on his luck, drifts into a small Californian coastal town. He meets June (Alice Faye), a wealthy but reclusive woman, and has his eye on Stella (Linda Darnell), a sultry waitress. In love with Stella but broke, Eric marries June for her money, planning a rapid divorce. However when Stella is murdered, the story takes an unexpected turn.
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By R. J. Blower
Format:DVD
There is a great deal in Fallen Angel that does not stack up. The dialogue and characterisation of the heroine does not convince us as viewers, and therefore would not be potent enough to bring about the change in the characterisation of the film's anti-hero, and there his salvation. The hard-boiled cop from New York, with the farcical interrogation technique, does not gell either. But even with these significant flaws, the Fallen Angel qualifies as an outstanding film noir: Dana Andrews makes more than a good fist of the role, and portrays a vulnerability that you know compels him to do bad things, and Linda Darnell, in the femme fatale role, easily draws you in, as does the main location for plot development, the tiny diner on the quayside, surrounded by fog and a sense of foreboding. The flaws of the Fallen Angel are forgiven and, once seen, the film is not forgotten. Almost a masterpiece.
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By rob crawford
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Format:DVD
This is pure film-noir formula: a stranger arrives in town, gets involved in a scam for a beautiful girl, and suddenly finds his life moving in a unexpected direction. Unfortunately, Andrews kind of plods through it without his usual charm and realistic edge. The others actors are not much better. But the underlying flaw is that the plot just doesn't work very well. Rather than getting wrapped up in a fun yarn, I just wanted to get through it.
On the positive side, the atmospherics are very good, i.e. small town desperation and the enticing anonymity of the big nearby town, San Francisco. The viewer is also kept guessing right up until the end, which completely surprised me, both in culprit and resolution. Andrews succeeds in breathing some life into his character.
I would recommend that hardcore film noir fans rent this, but you won't want to re-view it. Casual viewers should go for the other, far better film noirs out there.
On the positive side, the atmospherics are very good, i.e. small town desperation and the enticing anonymity of the big nearby town, San Francisco. The viewer is also kept guessing right up until the end, which completely surprised me, both in culprit and resolution. Andrews succeeds in breathing some life into his character.
I would recommend that hardcore film noir fans rent this, but you won't want to re-view it. Casual viewers should go for the other, far better film noirs out there.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I have to agree with Mr Taylor in support of Alice Faye and Fallen Angel. It is well known that Alice left Fox because of the severe cutting to her scenes and walked out with years still remaining on her contract at $5,500 per week ! Let's get this right - Alice Faye was a huge star at Fox - Linda Darnell never was - she was a leading lady and a very capable and beautiful actress but Linda Darnell was not a cash cow to Fox as Alice had been for a decade.The mutilation of Alice's scenes so upset her at a studio preview that she got in her car and threw her dressing room keys to the gate man as she drove off the lot that she had been queen of for some 10 + years. Betty Grable had it written into her contract that she had to be photographed in colour - Alice Faye had Director approval in her contract and was the only star at Fox with this clause. Zanuck did not want to lose Alice Faye but he did want her to toe the line and stick to musicals so he probably had a direct hand in the deletion of some of her key scenes which gave a fuller interpretation to her characterisation of June Mills. Zanuck was always involved in the editing of his films and in this case he gaffed as he lost Alice Faye and therefore a great deal of income to Fox. I think that although the June Mills character is not fully flesh and blood , faye does a fairly good job of trying to make her so and the quoting from the bible in the hotel room is fantastic. I have read several books about Preminger and he was happy with Faye's performance in Fallen Angel but even Otto could not stop Zanuck tampering which is sad as Fox and the public lost a warm, tender and capable actress at only 30 years of age.
Judge Fallen Angel knowing the facts please.
Judge Fallen Angel knowing the facts please.
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An understated - and underrated - masterpiece
I happened to catch this film on TCM after the opening credits, and fortunately decided to press Record after the first couple of minutes. Read more
Published 15 months ago by J. Kinory
4.0 out of 5 stars
Be fair to Alice Faye!
Having read some other reviews of Fallen Angel, more than one critiscizes Alice Faye's performance as shallow and not equal to that of Linda Darnell. Read more
Published on 23 Mar 2011 by William Taylor
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Then love alone can make the fallen angel rise.
Fallen Angel is directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who also worked with Preminger on the film Laura the year before. Read more
Published on 10 Feb 2011 by Spike Owen
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"Fallen Angel (1945) ... Alice Faye ... Otto Preminger (Director)...
Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation presents "FALLEN ANGEL" (5 December 1945) (98 min/B&W) (Fully Restored/Dolby Digitally Remastered) -- Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews), a... Read more
Published on 16 Jan 2011 by J. Lovins
4.0 out of 5 stars
A second-level noir with a weak star lead, but it has its moments
When con man and general loser Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews) drifts into the small California ocean-side town of Walton late one night, he has dollar in his pocket and few prospects. Read more
Published on 7 Aug 2007 by C. O. DeRiemer
3.0 out of 5 stars
a cigar which is just a cigar
This 1945 thriller has all the necessary ingredients for a first-rate film noir. Dana Andrews is more than qualified to play the noir anti-hero (the actor alternates here, as he... Read more
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