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Angel Face

1953 · 91 min

A slow, seductive descent into obsession and doom, with a cold, fatalistic pull that lingers.

Tagline
She loved one man …enough to KILL to get him!
Overview
Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.
Free in the UK
  • BBC iPlayer
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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • betrayal
  • guilt
  • fate
  • love
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Directed by
Otto Preminger
Written by
Oscar Millard, Frank S. Nugent, Ben Hecht
Starring
Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf
Music
Dimitri Tiomkin
Cinematography
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Runtime
91 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Japanese

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