Black Angel

Black Angel

1946 · 81 min · EN · NR · 6.0 (46 votes)
Dir. Roy William Neill · Starring Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre, Broderick Crawford, Constance Dowling, Wallace Ford · Music Frank Skinner

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

MysteryCrimeThrillerDrama

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.

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A smoky, rain-slicked night where desperation and suspicion hang heavy. The jazz score underscores a mood of fatalism and mounting dread as characters navigate a labyrinth of deceit and moral ambiguity.

suspensefulmelancholicnoirtensesteadyclassic film noiratmosphericdialogue-drivenshadowyjusticeobsessionbetrayalguilt
falsely accusedfilm noir
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