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Angel Face   1952         N/R, 91 min. Genre: Drama / Mystery Director: Otto Preminger   Cast: Robert Mitchum, Jean Simmons, Mona Freeman, Herbert Marshall, Jim Backus, Leon Ames, Barbara O'Neil, Kenneth Tobey, Raymond Greenleaf, Griff Barnett, Robert Gist, Morgan Farley, Bess Flowers, Herbert Lytton   When a beautiful—but psychotic—rich woman, Diane (Jean Simmons), plots to kill her stepmother Catherine (Barbara O'Neil), ambulance driver Frank (Robert Mitchum) unwittingly becomes involved in the crime. Frank is hired as the family chauffeur, and Diane fixes the car so that it goes over a cliff, but the accident kills not only Catherine but Diane's father Charles (Herbert Marshall) as well. Frank and Diane are now charged with murder. In an effort to sway the jury, Diane's lawyer (Leon Ames) suggests Diane and Frank marry, they do, and are acquitted. After being freed, Frank realizes that he cannot be married to a murderess and tells Diane that he is leaving her. Not a good move because Diane now puts the car into reverse, they fall over a cliff, and hurtle to their deaths. Cast Robert Mitchum Frank Jessup Jean Simmons Diane Tremayne Jessup Mona Freeman Mary Wilton Herbert Marshall Mr. Charles Tremayne Jim Backus District Atty. Judson Leon Ames Fred Barbara O'Neil Mrs. Catherine Tremayne Kenneth Tobey Bill Crompton Raymond Greenleaf Arthur Vance Griff Barnett The Judge Robert Gist Miller Morgan Farley Juror Bess Flowers Shirley Herbert Lytton Doctor