Black Angel
| Black Angel | |
|---|---|
 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 Broderick Crawford |
| Music by | Frank Skinner |
| Cinematography | Paul Ivano |
| Editing by | Saul A. Goodkind |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release dates |
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| Running time | 81 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Black Angel is a 1946 film noir, based on the novel The Black Angel by Cornell Woolrich. The film was director Roy William Neill's last film.[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, who is Martin's wife. Their investigation leads them to face-to-face confrontations with a determined policeman (Broderick Crawford) and a shifty nightclub owner (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
- Junius Matthews as Dr. Courtney
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 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
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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 at YouTube