Crime drama starring Robert Mitchum as ambulanceman Frank Jessup, who becomes involved with the spoilt and enigmatic Diane Tremayne (Jean Simmons) after administering first aid to Diane's wealthy stepmother. Frank takes a job as the family chauffeur, but events in the household soon take a sinister turn.
Jean Simmons was never happy under contract to Howard Hughes, who made her chop her hair off and obliged her to wear a wig. She also felt Otto Preminger brutalised her during the making of Angel Face, taking rather too much enjoyment in showing Robert Mitchum how to slap her around. The film, however, is a near classic, a Freudian melodrama in which Simmons's beauty is a mask for psychopathy. Mitchum plays the easygoing ambulance driver who becomes ensnared in Simmons's devious plans after he revives her stepmother. Passion has rarely been depicted so chillingly.
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Frank Jessup | Robert Mitchum |
| Diane Tremayne | Jean Simmons |
| Mary | Mona Freeman |
| Mr Tremayne | Herbert Marshall |
| Fred Barrett | Leon Ames |
| Mrs Tremayne | Barbara O'Neil |
| Bill | Kenneth Tobey |
| Arthur Vance | Raymond Greenleaf |
| Judson | Jim Backus |
| role | name |
|---|---|
| Director | Otto Preminger |
