Black Angel

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Black Angel
Directed by Roy William Neill
Produced by Tom McKnight
Roy William Neill
Written by Cornell Woolrich (novel)
Roy Chanslor
Starring Dan Duryea
June Vincent
Peter Lorre
Broderick Crawford
Constance Dowling
Wallace Ford
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) August 2, 1946 (U.S. release)
Running time 81 min
Language English
IMDb profile

Black Angel is a 1946 black-and-white film noir based on the novel by Cornell Woolrich. It was directed by Roy William Neill, who directed many of the Sherlock Holmes film series. This was his last film.

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[edit] Plot

A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine (June Vincent), and an alcoholic piano man, Martin (Dan Duryea) team up in an attempt to clear husband of the murder of the drunkard's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman (Broderick Crawford) and a shifty nightclub owner (Peter Lorre). Catherine, as the investigation goes on, begins to suspect her new partner of the crime.

[edit] Reaction

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 hated this adaption of his story which, aside from the conclusion, differed greatly from his book.

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[edit] Pop culture

Theatre marquee featuring Black Angel, June 2005.
Theatre marquee featuring Black Angel, June 2005.

Black Angel is referenced in the 2006 noir-influenced film The Black Dahlia starring Scarlett Johansson and Hilary Swank. It is the movie shown playing at the cinema featured in the rainy street scene.







[edit] 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. 


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