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Angel Face (1952)

Rate: 9
Viewed: 2/24

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2/24: Robert Mitchum sure gets mixed up with femmes fatales so easily.

Is he dumb or what? This time, it's Jean Simmons for Angel Face. Her character was trouble from the start. I wasn't sure if she was crazy, dangerous, or plain stupid. But it's been all of these three. She tried to be calculating, but her plan, as exactly the way she wanted it, hadn't been working all along.

Well, the poor sleepy-eyed Robert Mitchum pays the price once again. It's a finely directed picture by Otto Preminger, one of his best. Twenty-three at the time of filming, Jean Simmons dominates the show from start to finish while Robert Mitchum is happy to oblige. Although there are shades of Sunset Boulevard, the ending did catch me off guard. By the way, yes, it's Kenneth Tobey, from The Thing from Another World, who plays Bill.

All in all, Angel Face is a bona fide film noir.