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Fallen Angel (1945)

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A slick con man arrives in a small town looking to make some money, but soon gets more than he bargained for.

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  • Dana Andrews and Alice Faye in Fallen Angel (1945)
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4 October 2008 | christopher-underwood
8
| wonderful cinematography and dialogue
I liked this a lot, somehow having managed not to see it before. I am indebted to other reviewers for the information regarding Darryl Zanuck, Alice Faye and Linda Darnell. Seemingly Zanuck, head of Fox was dating Darnell and insisted on her part being beefed up at the expense of that of Faye. When she discovered, at the preview, a whole lot of her scenes had been given the chop, she was so annoyed she stomped out not to work again in film for many years. Now, here's where I differ with some viewers, I think it was a mistake. Darnell is good as the sluttish café worker, going out with everyone who asks, but when we see Faye with her hair down towards the end and playing dynamic scenes we surely realize that without intervention, Preminger's film would have been just that little better balanced. As it is it is still great to watch for the wonderful cinematography and dialogue. What's also good is that we are left in doubt, almost till the very end, just who the murderer was and hence why there was a killing anyway. Most enjoyable.

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Trivia

Otto Preminger used much of the crew from Laura (1944) on this film, which was made one year earlier.

Quotes

June Mills: I need you, Eric.
Eric Stanton: You need me, right.
June Mills: You're my husband, and I'm your wife.
Eric Stanton: Right out of a book, again.
June Mills: Yes, out of a book: "We were born to tread the earth as angels, to seek out heaven this side of the sky. But they who race above shall stumble in the...

Goofs

The windows of the San Francisco Bank and Trust Co. advertise "Safety Deposit Boxes". The correct terminology is Safe Deposit Boxes.

Crazy Credits

The opening credits appear on the screen as a series of road signs seen through the windshield of a bus driving at night time.

Soundtracks

Paducah
(uncredited)
Music by Harry Warren
[Played during the scene in the San Francisco hotel bar]

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Plot Summary

Synopsis (WARNING: Spoilers)

Genres

Crime | Film-Noir | Mystery | Romance

Details

Release Date:

20 March 1946

Language

English

Country of Origin

USA

Filming Locations

San Francisco, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$1,075,000 (estimated)

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