Angel Face

1952
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1h 31m

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7,2/10

9,3 k

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Robert Mitchum and Jean Simmons in Angel Face (1952)

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

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Le chauffeur d'ambulance Frank Jessup est pris au piège par la sensuelle mais dangereuse Diane Tremayne.Le chauffeur d'ambulance Frank Jessup est pris au piège par la sensuelle mais dangereuse Diane Tremayne.Le chauffeur d'ambulance Frank Jessup est pris au piège par la sensuelle mais dangereuse Diane Tremayne.

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ÉVALUATION IMDb

7,2/10

9,3 k

MA NOTE

Voir l’information sur la production à IMDbPro

Anecdotes
After Robert Mitchum got fed up with repeated re-takes in which director Otto Preminger ordered him to slap Jean Simmons across the face, he turned around and slapped Preminger, asking whether it was this way he wanted it. Preminger immediately demanded of producer Howard Hughes that Mitchum be replaced. Hughes refused. (Mitchum starred in Preminger's "River of No Return" two years later.)

Gaffes
After Diane insists on paying for dinner, Frank declines her offer, noting that he can afford it even on his salary. He takes out his wallet and places money on the table. Diane then later says, "At least let me pay for my half." He obliges. She takes out her purse and gives him some cash. Frank then picks up the money he had put down (which would have covered the full bill), puts her money (covering half the bill) down in its place, and gives her all of his money, which she puts in her purse. Nobody ends up paying for Frank's half and Diane ends up with more money than she started with.

Citations
Frank Jessup: [of Diane's 'evil' stepmother] ... If she's tryin' to kill you, why did she turn on the gas in her own room first?
Diane Tremayne: ...To make it look as though somebody else were guilty...
Frank Jessup: Is that what you did?
Diane Tremayne: Frank, are you accusing me?
Frank Jessup: I'm not accusing anybody. But if I were a cop, and not a very bright cop at that, I'd say that your story was as phony as a three dollar bill.
Diane Tremayne: ...How can you say that to me?
Frank Jessup: Oh, you mean after all we've been to each other?... Diane, look. I don't pretend to know what goes on behind that pretty little face of yours - I don't *want* to. But I learned one thing very early. Never be the innocent bystander - that's the guy that always gets hurt. If you want to play with matches, that's your business. But not in gas-filled rooms - that's not only dangerous, it's stupid.

Connexions
Featured in She Devil (1957)

Bandes originales
I Couldn't Sleep a Wink Last Night
(uncredited)
Music by Jimmy McHugh
Heard as source music instrumental in Harry's Café

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Better and more Poetic film than Preminger's classic 'Laura'

This very poetic film is really, in essence, a study of two characters: 'Robert Mitchum' and 'Jean Simmons.' It's very style affords them ample opportunities for revealing aspects of their fascinatingly complex personalities that would have never been unveiled in more standard Hollywood fare. Although it doesn't have the ingenious plot of 'Laura,' as soon as you look beyond plot, you realize how much more poetic and ultimately satisfying it is. For some reason, 'Angel Face' isn't out on video, but Turner Classic Movies plays it every other month; so catch it there and make sure you have your VCR running.