Fallen Angel

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Fallen Angel (1945)

NR 11/15/1945 (US) Crime, Mystery, Drama, Romance 1h 38m

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The creator of "Laura" does it again!

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An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella, he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills. Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.

Otto Preminger

Director
Marty Holland

Novel
Harry Kleiner

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Alice Faye

June Mills
Dana Andrews

Eric Stanton
Linda Darnell

Stella
Charles Bickford

Mark Judd
Anne Revere

Clara Mills
Bruce Cabot

Dave Atkins
John Carradine

Professor Madley
Percy Kilbride

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Dorothy Adams

Stella's downstairs neighbor (uncredited)
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A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on July 18, 2020

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. The film stars Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell & Charles Bickford. Seen as something of a lesser entry in film noir and on Preminger's CV (he claimed to not even remembering the film when quizzed about it once!), the piece is famous for being the last film Faye made as a major Hollywood actress. Disappointed at how studio boss Darryl F. Zanuck and Preminger cut her role out of the picture... read the rest.

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