Angel Face Summary
Director: Otto Preminger
Genres: Drama
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Jean_Simmons' fascinating interpretation of an uncharacteristic role is the main drawing card of Otto_Preminger's Angel_Face. The daughter of Charles Treymayne (Herbert_Marshall), who remarried a wealthy woman (Barbara O'Neil), Diane Treymayne's (Simmons) angelic countenance masks an unbridled psychotic who'll let nothing stand in the way of her happiness. Diane arranges for Catherine's death, making it look like an auto accident. Coveting family chauffeur Frank Jessup (Robert_Mitchum), Diane steals Frank away from his sweetheart Mary (Mona_Freeman) and forces him to become her spiritual accomplice in her stepmother's murder. And when Diane finally realizes that she'll never, ever, be able to hold Frank, she... well, enough said. If Angel_Face doesn't look like a typical early-1950s RKO Radio film, it may be because its director was borrowed from 20th Century-Fox, and its cinematographer (Harry_Stradling) was a loan-out from Sam_Goldwyn. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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