

1946·Mystery·1h 21m
7.0
★






A falsely convicted man's wife, Catherine, and an alcoholic composer and pianist, Martin, team up in an attempt to clear her husband of the murder of a blonde singer, who is Martin's wife.
Directed by Roy William Neill
falsely accused
film noir

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Cast

Dan Duryea
Martin Blair

June Vincent
Catherine Bennett

Peter Lorre
Marko

Broderick Crawford
Captain Flood

Constance Dowling
Mavis Marlowe

Wallace Ford
Joe

Hobart Cavanaugh
Jake

Freddie Steele
Lucky, Manager of Rio's

Ben Bard
Bartender

Junius Matthews
Dr. Courtney

Marion Martin
Millie

John Phillips
Kirk Bennett
Crew

Roy William Neill
Director

Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer

Roy William Neill
Producer

Cornell Woolrich
Novel

Jack Pierce
Makeup Supervisor

Chuck Hamilton
Stunts

Freddie Steele
Stunts
Popular Reviews
14 reviews
ScottPRO
6.0★ · 07/10/26

Noir City New York opening night double feature
The woman in front of me said it best when, as soon as it ended, she asked "Why was that called Black Angel?"
The woman in front of me said it best when, as soon as it ended, she asked "Why was that called Black Angel?"
Noir City New York opening night double feature
The woman in front of me said it best when, as soon as it ended, she asked "Why was that called Black Angel?"
The woman in front of me said it best when, as soon as it ended, she asked "Why was that called Black Angel?"
Kari Rogers
6.0★ · 02/13/26

went to the film noir festival tn w my parents and this is my first noir film! was good overall but don’t have much to compare it to since i haven’t watched any other noir. now my father has a list of other movies in this genre he wants to show me so we’ll see where this journey takes us haha
went to the film noir festival tn w my parents and this is my first noir film! was good overall but don’t have much to compare it to since i haven’t watched any other noir. now my father has a list of other movies in this genre he wants to show me so we’ll see where this journey takes us haha
Mel RygusPRO
6.0★ · 11/16/25

A noir that somehow manages to be both bleak as hell and entirely optimistic about human nature’s capacity to do the right thing. Nobody wins, the best you can hope for is to emerge with your integrity intact.
A noir that somehow manages to be both bleak as hell and entirely optimistic about human nature’s capacity to do the right thing. Nobody wins, the best you can hope for is to emerge with your integrity intact.
christy
5.0★ · 03/26/25

it’s not horrible but the set up never really drew me in and the whole thing felt kind of boring. the twists near the end don’t hit as hard due to the shorter run time, it feels rushed. some interesting sequences near the end. the last like maybe 5-10 mins is probably the best part of this. i feel like it could have benefited from a longer run time where everything could have been more fleshed out. i also felt like the suspense in some scenes could've been better, like the stakes are high but I’m just not feeling it. peter lorre doesn’t have enough screen time to carry 😣
it’s not horrible but the set up never really drew me in and the whole thing felt kind of boring. the twists near the end don’t hit as hard due to the shorter run time, it feels rushed. some interesting sequences near the end. the last like maybe 5-10 mins is probably the best part of this. i feel like it could have benefited from a longer run time where everything could have been more fleshed out. i also felt like the suspense in some scenes could've been better, like the stakes are high but I’m just not feeling it. peter lorre doesn’t have enough screen time to carry 😣
angie
3.0★ · 03/16/26
