Black Angel

"DURYEA! ...that fascinating tough-guy of "Scarlet Street"!"

1946 1h 21m EN

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★6.1TMDB · 59★6.9IMDB · 4,540

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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.

“DURYEA! ...that fascinating tough-guy of "Scarlet Street"!”

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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

Credits

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Director: Roy William Neill
Writers: Roy Chanslor
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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RUNTIME

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81 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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80 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Roy William Neill, shot by Paul Ivano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Frank Skinner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Saul A. Goodkind shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Dan Duryea and June Vincent and Peter Lorre carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "DURYEA! ...that fascinating tough-guy of "Scarlet Street"!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0038360 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Roy William Neill directs. Paul Ivano behind the camera. Frank Skinner scores. Saul A. Goodkind cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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181 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
280 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Directed by Roy William Neill, shot by Paul Ivano. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Frank Skinner. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor Saul A. Goodkind shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Dan Duryea and June Vincent and Peter Lorre carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "DURYEA! ...that fascinating tough-guy of "Scarlet Street"!".
8IMDB entry: tt0038360 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 59 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Cinematography: Paul Ivano
Original score: Frank Skinner
Editing: Saul A. Goodkind
Costume design: Vera West
Makeup / hair: Carmen Dirigo
Runtime: 81 min · 1h 21m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): NR
IMDB: Black Angel (1946)
IMDB rating: 6.9/10 · 4,540 votes
MPAA: Approved

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CinemaSerf2022-07-07
★ 6/10
When a blackmailing singer is found dead, poor old "Kirk Bennett" (John Phillips) is convicted of her murder. His wife, June Vincent ("Catherine") enlists the help of bar-fly "Blair" (Dan Duryea) who happens to be the ex-husband of the murdered woman and, posing as a pianist and singer, they start to investigate, ending up playing quite a complex game of cat and mouse with the excellently sleazy nightclub owner/petty criminal "Marko" (Peter Lorre). Duryea raises his game with his performance here and the safe pair of hands at the tiller from Roy William Neill keeps this well constructed, if occasionally soggy, crime noir moving along quite well with quite a few interesting twists and trust to keep it unpredictable.

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