Preminger points allow this film a much higher than deserved rating. It's a dull sleeper from the start. The acting is wooden and not believable. People just don't behave like that and the dialogue would have been phony even it's day. The film hasn't aged badly, it's just bad and always was. I tried and tried to like the film and gave it every angle but it's not there. This is a poorly scripted and poorly acted film. There are some nice scenes and lighting is interesting. But it's got nothing beyond that.
Review of Fallen Angel
Fallen Angel
(1945)
Wooden Acting, Dull Script, artificial characters with unlikely interactions
12 April 2018