Black Angel
Black Angel | |
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Theatrical release poster | |
Directed by | Roy William Neill |
Produced by |
Tom McKnight Roy William Neill |
Screenplay by | Roy Chanslor |
Based on |
the novel The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich |
Starring |
Dan Duryea June Vincent Peter Lorre |
Music by | Frank Skinner |
Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
Edited by | Saul A. Goodkind |
Production company |
Universal Pictures |
Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release dates |
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Running time | 81 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Black Angel is a 1946 American crime film noir directed by Roy William Neill starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent and Peter Lorre.[1]
Plot
A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin (Dan Duryea), team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling), who had been Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman, Captain Flood (Broderick Crawford), and a shifty nightclub owner, Mr. Marko, (Peter Lorre), who Catherine and Martin suspect may be the real killer.
Cast
- Dan Duryea as Martin Blair
- June Vincent as Catherine Bennett
- Peter Lorre as Marko
- Broderick Crawford as Captain Flood
- Constance Dowling as Mavis Marlowe
- Wallace Ford as Joe
- Hobart Cavanaugh as Hotel Caretaker
- Freddie Steele as Lucky
- John Phillips as Kirk Bennett
- Ben Bard as Bartender
- Junius Matthews as Dr. Courtney
- Marion Martin as Millie
- Archie Twitchell as George Mitchell (as Michael Branden)
- Maurice St. Clair as Dancer (as St. Clair)
- Vilova as Dancer
- Robert Williams as Second Detective
Reception
Dark City: The Film Noir, by Spencer Selby, calls Black Angel: "Important, stylish B-noir, featuring Dan Duryea as the ironic central character".
Writer Cornell Woolrich reportedly hated this adaption of his story which, aside from the conclusion, differed greatly from his book.
References
Notes
- ↑ Black Angel at the Internet Movie Database.
Additional references
- Eddie Muller (1998). Dark City The Lost World of Film Noir. St. Martin Press. ISBN 0-312-18076-4.
- Spencer Selby (1984). Dark City The Film Noir. mcFarland Classics. ISBN 0-7864-0478-7.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Black Angel (film). |
- Black Angel at the Internet Movie Database
- Black Angel at AllMovie
- Black Angel at the TCM Movie Database
- Black Ange film trailer on YouTube