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Fallen Angel

  • TV Movie
  • 1981
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 40m
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
710
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Dana Hill and Richard Masur in Fallen Angel (1981)
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Twelve-year-old Jennifer is unhappy with her widowed mom's relationship with a family friend. Feeling lonely, she readily accepts the friendship of an adult man named Howie and joins the sof... Read allTwelve-year-old Jennifer is unhappy with her widowed mom's relationship with a family friend. Feeling lonely, she readily accepts the friendship of an adult man named Howie and joins the softball team he coaches. Howie is soon convincing Jennifer to pose for photographs which bec... Read allTwelve-year-old Jennifer is unhappy with her widowed mom's relationship with a family friend. Feeling lonely, she readily accepts the friendship of an adult man named Howie and joins the softball team he coaches. Howie is soon convincing Jennifer to pose for photographs which become more and more revealing. He turns out to be a pedophile who works in child pornography... Read all

  • Director
    • Robert Michael Lewis
  • Writer
    • Lew Hunter
  • Stars
    • Dana Hill
    • Richard Masur
    • Melinda Dillon
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.8/10
    710
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Robert Michael Lewis
    • Writer
      • Lew Hunter
    • Stars
      • Dana Hill
      • Richard Masur
      • Melinda Dillon
    • 13User reviews
    • 4Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 1 win & 3 nominations total

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    Dana Hill
    Dana Hill
    • Jennifer Phillips
    Richard Masur
    Richard Masur
    • Howard Nichols
    Melinda Dillon
    Melinda Dillon
    • Sherry Phillips
    Ronny Cox
    Ronny Cox
    • Frank Dawson
    David Hayward
    David Hayward
    • Dennis
    Virginia Kiser
    Virginia Kiser
    • Mrs. Foster
    Shelby Leverington
    • Jane Rizzo
    Adam Gunn
    • David
    Ronald G. Joseph
    • Lieutenant John Cooper
    • (as Ron Joseph)
    David Rode
    • Tom
    Arthur Rosenberg
    Arthur Rosenberg
    • Simmons
    Sherrie Wills
    Sherrie Wills
    • Heather
    Ed Call
    • Desk Sergeant
    Elizabeth Cheshire
    Elizabeth Cheshire
    • Michelle
    Tamar Cooper
    • Passing Customer
    Buddy Farmer
    • Customer
    Jamie Green
    • Autograph Girl
    Holly Henderson
    • Karen
    • Director
      • Robert Michael Lewis
    • Writer
      • Lew Hunter
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    User reviews13

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    10lisakhemani2

    Wow! This movie had a HUGE impact on me as a tween when it came out.

    To this day, anytime I see Richard Masur, "Howard" in anything, I am still totally creeped out. Granted, I was only 11 When I saw it, but I think his performance was amazing. As an adult looking back now, I imagine it was a difficult role for him to play. And Dana Hill was great too. Her "average kid" persona made the movie so much more realistic. The movie really helped me see and understand what the grooming process looks like, and what to look for as a child. I hope I can find it online somewhere so I can show my daughter.
    10latricia7405

    a really good movie!!!

    I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid now, I am a full grown woman and I remember this guys face in my dreams. That movie is the measuring stick of child abuse movies, I loved it. I wish I could buy it on DVD. He played that role good!!!!! I don't know where I could get, I remember that when I watched this movie I was about 12 or 13 and I was scared to be by myself, so, if you ever find this movie please please watch it with your kids, it will make todays kids think twice about wearing tight clothes and stuff like that, being on my space, watch this movie young ones and it will change your mind, I PROMISE!!!!! thank you!!!!
    10rottenmat

    amazing, disturbing tv movie

    I wholly disagree with the idea that the plot stalls and the behavior of "Howie" is inconsistent. The writers make it quite clear that Howard Nichols seduces both for sex and for business. What makes this movie creepy is that it is too good. The pedophile character is complex, and such a complex depiction would be unthinkable today. This is almost a period piece... It documents an era of innocence long gone. Word of warning.... don't use this film for its intended purposes... it's too bizarre for kids.
    7melissasmail-15-678926

    I remember this movie! And that's why I'm going to have my daughter watch it...

    I remember watching this movie when I was little...and I think (not sure) my mom and dad may have been wanting to teach me about the monsters out there. I think this movie is the best way to make our kids aware of the sick, twisted individuals that threaten to hurt our kids or change their lives forever. This is a must see for naive young girls who don't seem to "get" fully how there are monsters out there. Yes, some may say it will scare them. I'd rather have my daughter scared than have her end up a victim. I know it made ME wiser when I was little...cause I was just like my daughter....overly friendly-never meets a stranger.
    9laurina70

    Excellent and disturbing.

    I remember watching this growing up. I'm 50 and it still haunts me.

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    • Trivia
      Richard Masur once told an interviewer that he got his part because "the other 20 people they went to before me wouldn't do it." He also praised Dana Hill's acting abilities and intelligence.
    • Goofs
      When Howard leaves the boys' apartment before the ball game, The Diamond Head Game (1975) is playing on the living room TV (a series distributed by Columbia Pictures Television, who also packaged this film). The short-lived game show aired for the first half of 1975, yet the film is clearly set in the present time (late 1980, when filming took place).
    • Quotes

      Jane Rizzo: [last lines of film, in voice-over, giving her closing argument during Howard's trial] And so, ladies and gentlemen of the jury, we ask all adults to look at those below our eye level. To take seriously America's current adult-child relations. There are one million runaways today. Child suicide has tripled in the last ten years; thirty each day. More than half the patients in our mental institutions are under twenty-one. Many children rarely relate to their parents, to the adults in their community, or the adults on television. And into this void walks the pedophile, the child lover. Now, we don't want to suggest that every coach, every teacher, every adult our children come in contact with is a pedophile. It is possible that he or she might be, but it is not possible for our children to be psychologically seduced by these sick people, if we know and love and discipline and talk to and discover what is in the very bright minds of the youngsters in our lives. We do want to suggest to you, the jury, that we can take one step closer in spanning America's adult-child chasm by finding Howard Nichols guilty.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 33rd Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (1981)

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    • Release date
      • February 24, 1981 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El ángel caído
    • Filming locations
      • Los Angeles, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Columbia Pictures Television
      • Green/Epstein Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 40m(100 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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