Fallen Angel (1945)
78 %
Reviews Counted: 9 Fresh: 7 Rotten:2 Average Rating: 6.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 38 mins
Synopsis: Otto Preminger's classic film noir offering captures the common postwar struggle to get ahead, and one man's balancing act between two women. Dana Andrews stars as a drifter named Eric Stanton, who, after landing in a small California town, falls in love with Stella (Linda Darnell), a diner... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell, Alice Faye, Charles Bickford
Director: Otto Preminger
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The overall mood, lighting, and pace of the film, nevertheless, are top, hardboiled film noir.
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10/23/07
The portrait of small-town loneliness and desperation is well and sharply drawn.
10/23/07
Top Critic
Heck, you almost expect Mildred Pierce to show up at Pop's Diner to sell him some pies!
07/05/06
For all of its acting wealth, Fallen Angel falls short of being a top flight whodunit.
03/25/06
Top Critic
Its subtle analysis of shadowy tropes proves both a continuation and a deepening of Preminger's use of moral ambiguity as a tool of human insight.
03/10/06
It lacks that desperation, doom, and paranoia. It's limp; it's just going through the motions.
12/05/04
Worth watching for its fascinating view of the seamy underbelly of parochial life in post-war America.
05/24/03
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