Black Angel

For other uses, see Black Angel (disambiguation).

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
Music by	Frank Skinner
Cinematography	Paul Ivano
Edited by	Saul A. Goodkind
Production company	Universal Pictures
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	August 2, 1946 (1946-08-02) (United States)
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

Films directed by Roy William Neill

The Price Mark (1917)
Yes or No? (1920)
Something Different (1920)
The Woman Gives (1920)
The Idol of the North (1921)
The Conquest of Canaan (1921)
The Iron Trail (1921)
What's Wrong with the Women? (1922)
The Man from M.A.R.S (1922)
Vanity's Price (1924)
Broken Laws (1924)
Marriage in Transit (1925)
The City (1926)
The Viking (1928)
Lady Raffles (1928)
Wall Street (1929)
The Melody Man (1930)
The Menace (1932)
That's My Boy (1932)
The Circus Queen Murder (1933)
Black Moon (1934)
Jealousy (1934)
The Black Room (1935)
Doctor Syn (1937)
Gypsy (1937)
The Viper (1938)
Thank Evans (1938)
Simply Terrific (1938)
Many Tanks Mr. Atkins (1938)
Everything Happens to Me (1938)
A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939)
Murder Will Out (1939)
Hoots Mon! (1940)
The Good Old Days (1940)
Madame Spy (1942)
Eyes of the Underworld (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943)
Frankenstein Meets the Wolf Man (1943)
Rhythm of the Islands (1943)
Sherlock Holmes in Washington (1943)
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
The Spider Woman (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944)
The Pearl of Death (1944)
Gypsy Wildcat (1944)
Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
The Woman in Green (1945)
Pursuit to Algiers (1945)
Terror by Night (1946)
Dressed to Kill (1946)
Black Angel (1946)

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