Episode Details

(1945, US, Crime|Film-Noir|Mystery|Romance, Language English, b&w)
Director: Otto Preminger
Writers: Harry Kleiner, Marty Holland
Stars: Alice Faye, Dana Andrews, Linda Darnell
Fallen Angel is a 1945 American film noir directed by Otto Preminger, with cinematography by Joseph LaShelle, who had also worked with Preminger on Laura a year before. An unemployed drifter, Eric Stanton (Dana Andrews) wanders into a small California town and begins hanging around the local diner. While Eric falls for the lovely waitress Stella (Linda Darnell), he also begins romancing a quiet and well-to-do woman named June Mills (Alice Faye). Since Stella isn't interested in Eric unless he has money, the lovelorn guy comes up with a scheme to win her over, and it involves June. Before long, murder works its way into this passionate love triangle.