BLACK ANGEL

Details

• Release Year: 1946
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Film-Noir, Mystery
• Plot: When a beautiful hard-boiled blackmailer is murdered in her swank apartment, there are any number of men who might have done it. There’s Martin Blair (Dan Duryea), the drunken husbands she’s dumped; there’s shady nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre); and tire’s Kirk Bennett (John Philips), who was cheating on his wife with her.; ; It’s Bennett who was spotted at the crime scene, and it’s his long-suffering wife, Catherine (June Vincent), who sets out to save him from being executed. Suspecting Marko, she teams up with Blair to perform in Marko’s club and investigate. Suspense - and romance - follow at this taut murder-mystery winds its way through a maze of clues to a first-rate surprise ending.; ; Strong performances and stylish atmosphere result in edge-of-you-seat entertainment and one of “the 25 most memorable cult films” (Andrew Sarris, Village Voice).
• Cast: Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford, Hobart Cavanaugh, Freddie Steele, John Phillips, Ben Bard, Junius Matthews, Marion Martin, Archie Twitchell, Maurice St. Clair, Vilova, Robert Williams, Florence Auer, Ralph Brooks, Eddy Chandler, Mary Field, Dorothy Granger, Eula Guy, Chuck Hamilton, Shep Houghton, Mauritz Hugo, Georg Kreisler, Clark Kuney, Bud Lawler, Ann Lawrence, Steve Olsen, Pat Starling, Wally Webb, Dick Wessel, Roy William Neill, Roy Chanslor, Cornell Woolrich
• Director: Roy William Neill
• Runtime: 1:21
• Company: Universal
• Media Format: Movie