Fallen Angel

Sure, 'Fallen Angel's' plot is full of holes and improbabilities - but what noir isn't full of them?! Indeed much of the appeal and frisson of the genre stems from its tales' and characters' nightmarish, inexplicable irrationality.The almost always underrated... Full review

The star player is Alice Faye. She gives a superb, if slightly overstated, performance. This is the only movie of hers I've seen, as musicals are generally not my thing. Here she is vulnerable but strong and exceptionally appealing.The rest... Full review

Otto Preminger used 20th Century Fox stars - Alice Faye, Linda Darnell, and Dana Andrews for "Fallen Angel," a film noir about a drifter who falls for a sultry waitress.Since Linda Darnell's heyday was the 1940s, and she has now... Full review

I agree with virtually all that has been written about this film. It is true that Alice Faye's part seems to be less than fully fleshed out. According to Alice, who was a dear friend of our family for many... Full review

There is so much to say about the way Otto Preminger directs a movie. His previous success, "Laura" (1944), was a blockbuster, but lacked the murky influence of film noir that was so popular during this time. Sure there was... Full review

This is pretty much a lost noir of the 40s, not on video and rarely shown on TV. Too bad, because it was Otto Preminger's follow up to "Laura," and it's pretty damn good. All the traditional noir elements are... Full review

This neglected film noir gem by the great Otto Preminger is better and more poetic than Preminger's previous classic "Laura". For one thing, Preminger's fluid camera work and long takes here reach perfection, pointing them toward his mature long takes... Full review

Otto Preminger liked using Dana Andrews in his film noirish melodramas and, while this one is not quite up to the classic "Laura", it's a well played story of a drifter (Andrews) who comes into a small town and cons... Full review

Otto Preminger rarely gets credit for being one of the founding fathers of film noir; in addition to this film, there's of course Laura, and Angel Face, Where the Sidewalk Ends, the Thirteenth Letter, and other films with a heavy... Full review

Many film critics have glossed over this wonderful movie. It is an engrossing story about a man (Dana Andrews) who marries a woman (Alice Faye) for her money, but seeks to kill her in order to inherit her fortune and... Full review

MADMAN has recently released three fine films noirs from director Otto Preminger that were made for Fox in the 1940s and early 1950s..... ... Full Review

Fallen Angel may not satisfy genre fans who like their noir with fewer gray zones, but the director's take on obsession remains no less fascinating for trading suspense for multilayered lucidity. Fallen Angel , the director's follow-up to his 1944 classic, is often predictably looked down as a lesser genre venture, yet 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. ... Full Review

Fallen Angel may not satisfy genre fans who like their noir with fewer gray zones....though the titular fallen angel is later revealed to be tainted drifter Dana Andrews, who comes to town.... ... Full Review

this stylish film noir exercise....Faye was so angry that she quit the movie business altogether....very unhappy with how Preminger edited her performance.... ... Full Review

are top, hardboiled film noir.....Faye felt that some of her best scenes had been chopped and considered herself betrayed..... ... Full Review

MADMAN has recently released three fine films noirs from director Otto Preminger that were made for Fox in the 1940s and early 1950s. The selection does not include the most famous example from this period, the dark and witty Laura... ... Full Article

Otto Preminger directs Dana Andrews in a dark, cynical tale of blind love, betrayal and death Like many of the best examples of film noir, Fallen Angel was based on a successful contemporary piece of pulp fiction - a best-selling... ... Full Article

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)... ... Full Article