In 1948, Robert Wise directed Blood on the Moon, a terse psychological western, shot in California and Sedona Arizona, with interiors using the vocabulary of film noir, courtesy of master cinematographer Nicholas Musuraca.
Angel Face (1952): Preminger’s Film Noir, Starring Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons
February 14, 2007 by
One of Otto Preminger best films is still underestimated by scholars and critics alike. An exploration of obsession, “Angel Face” is a quintessential film noir, starring the young Jean Simmons as a wide-eyed seductive murderess.
