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Actors: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Herbert Marshall, Mona Freeman, Barbara O'Neil, Leon Ames
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Angel Face |
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ANGEL FACE is a movie produced by Howard Hughes and directed by Otto Preminger in 1952. Music by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Robert Mitchum, an ambulance driver, finds the wealthy Mrs Tremayne in a state of shock and claiming she was poisoned after her husband Herbert Marshall has called the local hospital. Jean Simmons, Mrs. Tremayne's stepdaughter, follows Mitchum and seduces him. She eventually asks him to drive her sportscar at the next car race. Mitchum, a former mechanic, is beginning to neglect his girlfriend Mary and accepts a job at the Tremayne's house as a chauffeur. He soon understands that Jean Simmons hates her stepmother for having destroyed her father's career as a writer. As Mitchum is about to leave the dangerous Simmons, Mr. and Mrs. Tremayne are killed in an automobile accident in front of their home. The police suspect Simmons and Mitchum to have sabotaged the car and both must face a trial. Their lawyer suggest they get married in order to win the jury's sympathy.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1930's-1950's
Family, struggling with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Step Parent(s)
Crime & Scandal
Yes
Blackmail & Seduction?
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Profession/status:
- simply wealthy
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- obsessed
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (man) short/standard wavey
Body type
- (man) muscular
How much in movie?
- 90%-100%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- not employed but independently wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 40%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Mountains:
- falling off
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
- wealthy
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
- prison
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Movie makes you feel...
- depressed/sad
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
Check here if B&W
Yes
If soundtrack VERY NOTICEABLE...
- Orchestra/classical
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