Black Angel
1946 · Movie · NR · 81 min · ★ 6.1 · 65% critics
After a singer is murdered, an innocent man is convicted and time is running out. His wife teams up with a troubled musician connected to the victim, and together they go undercover in the city’s nightclub scene to chase leads, dodge danger, and uncover the truth.
Based on The Black Angel
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Details
- Years
- 1946
- Release date
- 1946-08-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 81 min
- Critic score
- 65/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.1/10 (59 votes)
About
If you enjoy classic noir mysteries with nightclubs, blackmail, and a race-against-time investigation, this should hit the spot, especially if you like Lady in the Lake or The Verdict; Not for you if slow pacing or heavy drinking themes bother you.
Pros: moody noir atmosphere; strong lead performances; suspenseful mystery turns | Cons: occasional slow stretches; some melodrama; overlong musical interludes
Themes
- falsely accused
- film noir
Cast & crew
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 Jake
Freddie Steele
as Lucky, Manager of Rio's
Ben Bard
as Bartender
Junius Matthews
as Dr. Courtney
Directed by Roy William Neill