Black Angel
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| 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 Junius Matthews |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
| Release date(s) | August 2, 1946 (U.S. release) |
| Running time | 81 min |
| Language | English |
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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.
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.
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.
Main 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
Pop culture
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.
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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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Black Angel". Image Credit.
