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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

Cast

Dan Duryea
Dan Duryea
Martin Blair
June Vincent
June Vincent
Catherine Bennett
Peter Lorre
Peter Lorre
Marko
Broderick Crawford
Broderick Crawford
Captain Flood
Constance Dowling
Constance Dowling
Mavis Marlowe
Wallace Ford
Wallace Ford
Joe
Hobart Cavanaugh
Hobart Cavanaugh
Jake
Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele
Lucky, Manager of Rio's
Ben Bard
Ben Bard
Bartender
Junius Matthews
Junius Matthews
Dr. Courtney
Marion Martin
Marion Martin
Millie
John Phillips
John Phillips
Kirk Bennett

Crew

Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
Director
Frank Skinner
Frank Skinner
Original Music Composer
Roy William Neill
Roy William Neill
Producer
Cornell Woolrich
Cornell Woolrich
Novel
Jack Pierce
Jack Pierce
Makeup Supervisor
Chuck Hamilton
Chuck Hamilton
Stunts
Freddie Steele
Freddie Steele
Stunts

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Scott
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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?"
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?"
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Kari Rogers
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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
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Mel Rygus
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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.
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christy
christy
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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 😣
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angie
angie
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