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Angel Face

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Angel Face

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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.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

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.

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7.2/10

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Cast

rolenameFrank JessupRobert MitchumDiane TremayneJean SimmonsMaryMona FreemanMr TremayneHerbert MarshallFred BarrettLeon AmesMrs TremayneBarbara O'NeilBillKenneth TobeyArthur VanceRaymond GreenleafJudsonJim Backus

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rolenameDirectorOtto Preminger

Details

Theatrical distributor

R.K.O. Radio Pictures Ltd

Released on

1953-01-19

Languages

English | Japanese

Available on

DVD

Formats

Black and white

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