Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Mild
- brooding
- sardonic
- paranoid
- classic noir night
- crime movie marathon
What critics said
Critics broadly praise the performances, atmospheric black-and-white cinematography, taut direction, and hard-boiled dialogue while finding the murder story less convincing than the film's character work.
What sets it apart
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Eric Stanton schemes for money and social mobility, marrying June while pursuing Stella, making personal ambition inseparable from moral compromise.
Preminger's moving camera and dueling points of view give Eric, June, Stella, and the surrounding townspeople competing interpretive weight.
The local diner, roadhouse atmosphere, and shadowy coastal-town interiors concentrate the film's romantic and criminal tensions.
June continues loving Eric despite learning of his dishonest intentions and supports his effort to investigate Stella's murder.
Films like Fallen Angel, and why
Laura
shared film noir atmosphere, moral ambiguity, obsessive desire, and a compromised male protagonist
The Postman Always Rings Twice
shared hard-boiled crime mystery, shifting motives, atmospheric black-and-white photography, and romantic manipulation
Double Indemnity
shared noir fatalism, seductive corruption, intricate murder investigation, and morally compromised characters
Out of the Past
shared small-town noir setting, sexual obsession, betrayal, and shadowy criminal intrigue
Movie Details
- Director
- Otto Preminger
- Release Date
- 1945-11-15
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (135)
Cast
- Alice Faye
- Dana Andrews
- Linda Darnell
- Charles Bickford
- Anne Revere
- Bruce Cabot
- John Carradine
- Percy Kilbride
- Dorothy Adams
- Robert Adler
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel
- Rent
- FlixFling
- Buy
- FlixFling
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Fallen Angel about?
- A broke drifter manipulates romance and money in a coastal town where a waitress's murder exposes the dangerous cost of ambition.
- What is Fallen Angel like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Fallen Angel as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Fallen Angel violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Fallen Angel as mild.
- What did critics think of Fallen Angel?
- Critics broadly praise the performances, atmospheric black-and-white cinematography, taut direction, and hard-boiled dialogue while finding the murder story less convincing than the film's character work.
- Which films are like Fallen Angel?
- Films with a similar feel include Laura, The Postman Always Rings Twice, Double Indemnity, and Out of the Past.
- How long is Fallen Angel?
- Fallen Angel runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Fallen Angel?
- In United States, Fallen Angel streams on FlixFling, IndieFlix, IndieFlix Shorts Amazon Channel.
