Black Angel
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| 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 |
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Universal Pictures
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| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
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Running time
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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.
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.
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.
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