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| Directed by | Edwin L. Marin |
| Produced by | William L. Pereira |
| Written by | Story: Charles Gordon Booth Screenplay: Frank Gruber Steve Fisher |
| Starring | George Raft Claire Trevor Signe Hasso Hoagy Carmichael |
| Music by | Leigh Harline |
| Cinematography | Harry J. Wild |
| Editing by | Les Millbrook |
| Distributed by | RKO Radio Pictures |
| Release date(s) | December 20, 1945 (Sweden) December 27, 1945 (United States) |
| Running time | 79 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Johnny Angel (1945) is a film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin, written by Frank Gruber and Steve Fisher from the novel Mr. Angel Comes Aboard by Charles Gordon Booth. The movie features George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, and Hoagy Carmichael.[1]
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A merchant marine sailor, played by Raft, comes home from the war and searches for his father's murderer. As he uncovers the mystery, he busts up the local mob.
The staff at Variety magazine gave the film a lukewarm review, and wrote, "Johnny Angel is another in the seemingly never-ending series of maritime intrigues involving murder and lust. It is slow and plodding, with poor story development...Raft is his invariably glowering self as a guy who really handles his mitts - and the dames - while Claire Trevor and Signe Hasso are the romantic interests. Rest of the cast is weighted down too much by the story..."[2]
Time Out film guide gave the film a positive review and wrote, "The world of Johnny Angel is very noir indeed...They all inhabit a closed world, where even pastoral idylls reek of claustrophobia and obsession. The men struggle against the towering shadows of their fathers, the women are dangerously enigmatic, and the docks of New Orleans glisten under the diffuse light of a single street-lamp. Even Hoagy Carmichael sounds eerie singing "Memphis in June." There are no black diamonds, but Johnny Angel glitters like one."[3]
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