Black Angel (1946 film)

Black Angel
	Theatrical release insert 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 date	August 2, 1946 (United States);
Running time	81 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Black Angel is a 1946 American film noir crime film directed by Roy William Neill and starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent and Peter Lorre.[1]

Premise

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.

This was the final film for the prolific Neill, whose directing career encompassed over 100 films starting in 1917.

References

Notes

Black Angel on IMDb.

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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[1] Black Angel on IMDb.