A shady drifter tries to take a small-town woman for her money. Complications: a waitress and murder. Often absorbing Otto Preminger film, despite some dramatic lapses. Well acted., Otto Preminger’s beautiful film noir revolving around the seedier side of the California coast starring Alice Faye, Dana Andress and veteran character actors Charles Bickford, John Carradine., Otto Preminger directed this stylish film noir exercise, intended as a follow-up to his surprise hit Laura. Kicked off a bus traveling cross-country for not being able to come up with the fare, down-and-out press agent Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews) ends up in Walton, a small coastal town in California. Stanton fast-talks Joe Ellis (Olin Howland) into giving him a place to stay for the night in exchange for promoting Professor Madley (John Carradine), a “mentalist” whose show Ellis manages. While in Walton, Stanton makes the acquaintance of June Mills (Alice Faye), a wealthy but reclusive young woman, and has his eye on Stella (Linda Darnell), a good-looking waitress working at the local diner. Thanks to Madley, Stanton learns a few things about June, and when Ellis and the professor pull up stakes after a successful engagement, Stanton opts to stay behind, hoping to win Stella’s heart. Gold digger Stella makes it known that she has no interest in Stanton unless he comes into a lot of money, but June has made her interest in Stanton quite clear. Stanton hatches a plan: he’ll marry June, take her money, divorce her, and then take up with Stella. Stanton and June do in fact marry, but just as he’s about to give her the brush-off, Stella turns up dead. Mark Judd (Charles Bickford), a retired cop-turned-detective, is investigating the murder, and while the initial suspect is Dave Atkins (Bruce Cabot), Stella’s ne’er-do-well ex-boyfriend, Judd’s focus eventually falls on Stanton. Stanton flees Walton for San Francisco, with ever-loyal June at his side; he quickly abandons her after taking her money, but he returns to her side when word reaches him that June has been charged with Stella’s murder. Fallen Angel marked a dramatic change of pace for Alice Faye; however, she was very unhappy with how Preminger edited her performance, convinced that much of her best work ended up on the cutting-room floor. Faye was so angry that she quit the movie business altogether and didn’t appear in another film until State Fair in 1962.
Q&A :
Q: Who are the main cast members in “Fallen Angel ” ?
A: The main cast includes Dana Andrews,Alice Faye,Linda Darnell,Charles Bickford,Anne Revere,Bruce Cabot,John Carradine,Percy Kilbride,Olin Howland,Hal Taliaferro,Mira McKinney,Gus Glassmire,Jimmy Conlin,Leila McIntyre,Garry Owen,Horace Murphy,Martha Wentworth,Paul Palmer,Paul E. Burns,Herbert Ashley,Matthew “Stymie” Beard,Chick Collins,William Haade,Dorothy Adams,Harry Strang,Max Wagner,Dave Morris,J. Farrell MacDonald,Betty Boyd,Harry Reynolds,Lyle Wheeler,Ben Nye,Emil Newman,Leland Fuller,Thomas K. Little,Harry Kleiner,Joseph La Shelle,Fred Sersen,Bonnie Cashin.
Q: When Did the “Fallen Angel” Released?
A: The Movie “Fallen Angel” originally aired on 1945-10-26 and released in the year of 1945.
Q: What Languages are available to watch “Fallen Angel” ?
A: Is also available in eng language.
Q: Where to watch “Fallen Angel” ?
A: “Fallen Angel” is Avaiable on Netflix. as its Netflix Originals.
