Angel Face (1952)

Note Générale:

7,3/10   

Réalisateur:

Otto Preminger

Scénaristes:

Frank S. Nugent (screenplay) and
Oscar Millard (screenplay) ...

Date de sortie:

11 décembre 1952 (USA)

Genre:

Drame | Film-Noir | Crime

Accroche:

She loved one man ... enough to KILL to get him!

Intrigue:

Ambulance driver Frank Jessup is ensnared in the schemes of the sensuous but dangerous Diane Tremayne.

Plot Keywords:

Ambulance | Chauffeur | Murder | Lawyer | Murder Trial

Avis des utilisateurs:

fast your seat belts

Ensemble

Robert Mitchum	...	Frank Jessup
Jean Simmons	...	Diane Tremayne Jessup
Mona Freeman	...	Mary Wilton
Herbert Marshall	...	Mr. Charles Tremayne
Leon Ames	...	Fred Barrett
Barbara O'Neil	...	Mrs. Catherine Tremayne
Kenneth Tobey	...	Bill Crompton
Raymond Greenleaf	...	Arthur Vance
Griff Barnett	...	The Judge
Robert Gist	...	Miller
Morgan Farley	...	Juror
Jim Backus	...	Dist. Atty. Judson
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Grandon Rhodes	...	Prison chaplain (scenes deleted)
Charles Tannen	...	TV broadcaster (scenes deleted)
Ralph Volkie	...	Good Humor man (scenes deleted)
Peggy Walker	...	TV girl (scenes deleted)

Durée:

91 min

Pays:

USA

Langue:

Anglais | Japonais

Couleur:

Noir et Blanc

Rapport de forme:

1,37 : 1

Son:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Classification:

Norway:16 | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #15993) | Sweden:15 | Australia:PG

Lieux de tournage:

Beverly Hills Fire Department, Beverly Hills, California, USA

Société:

RKO Radio Pictures

Anecdotes:

When Robert Mitchum got fed up with repeated re-takes in which the director Otto Preminger ordered him to slap Jean Simmons across the face, he turned around and slap Preminger, asking whether it was this way he wanted it. Preminger immediately demanded of Howard Hughes for Mitchum to be replaced. Hughes refused.

Goofs:

Erreurs factuelles: As is so often the case in film and TV (and I'm not sure why this is), the chess board - which must always have a white square in the lower right corner where each person's rook (castle) is initially placed - is positioned incorrectly, with a dark square in the lower right corner. Thus, kings and queens are not on their correct color.

Guillemet:

Frank Jessup: [to Mary] You know something? You're a pretty nice guy - for a girl.

Connexions:

Référencé sur Watching the Detectives (2007)

Bande son:

Oh, Promise Me

fast your seat belts

Otto Preminger takes the noir/ femme fatale genre a step beyond in his usual pessimism. This world of shady mansions, sad piano-playing and lonely boulevards perpetually driven, suits well Jean Simmons's calm insanity and Mitchum's stoic acceptance of his tragic destiny. Mitchum uses the same discontent tone to order a beer and to refuse to be part of a murder. He smokes, empty-minded, staring out of the window, too tired to get his way out of the schemes of his employers. He may take the most important decision of his life, but after the cigarette's over he'll be doing the total opposite. On the other hand one has the feeling that the film wouldn't worked as well with one more conventional noir leading lady, like Lana Turner. Simmons' charming and weak aspect makes her character irresistible. To top it all there's a masterful score by Dimitri Tiomkin and the most surprising of endings.