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Black Angel

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A boozing songwriter (Dan Duryea) helps a woman (June Vincent) prove her husband did not kill his lover, the songwriter's wife.
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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 2/5 Jul 4, 2005 Full Review Frank Swietek One Guy's Opinion Rated: 3/5 Apr 13, 2004 Full Review Carol Cling Las Vegas Review-Journal Rated: 4/5 Mar 19, 2004 Full Review Dennis Schwartz Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews This was Duryea's first starring role after playing heavies. Rated: B+ Sep 17, 2001 Full Review Read all reviews

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Richard D A noir whose message is don’t drink. It’s well made and the relationship is well done if a bit awkward. The trap that was set didn’t really make sense to exist but whatever. Lot more singing than I was expecting. Dan Duryea does a great job as a budget Humphrey Boggart. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/05/24 Full Review acsdoug D A couple of fine performances from Peter Lorre and Dan Duryea fail to take this beyond standard film noir fare. That's okay, I like standard film noir fare. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 04/07/24 Full Review nick s Well directed film noir, with good pacing and energy. A lot of nice camera work and framing. The story built organically and had a strong finish. The excellent acting was helped along by a captivating script. Actually, hard to fault. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 10/16/23 Full Review j F Duryea was excellent, sleazy yet compassionate. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 10/04/23 Full Review paul d Roy William Neill's Black Angel is a very good crime thriller and human drama. It's got a great 40s ambiance, a pleasing and very economic style typical of that era, and good performances from Dan Duryea, June Vincent, Peter Lorre and Broderick Crawford. The film is resolved by a surprising and somewhat annoying deus ex machina, but still comes out as a very satisfying story. To film buffs: I've heard that Duryea and Vincent are doing their own piano playing and singing in this film. Is that right ? It was very nice on both counts. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review andy f An entertaining if slightly lightweight film noir. Peter Lorre and Dan Duryea are terrific and worth the time for their performances. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A boozing songwriter (Dan Duryea) helps a woman (June Vincent) prove her husband did not kill his lover, the songwriter's wife.
Director
Roy William Neill
Producer
Tom McKnight, Roy William Neill
Screenwriter
Cornell Woolrich, Roy Chanslor
Production Co
Universal Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Sep 13, 2016
Runtime
1h 20m
Sound Mix
Mono
Aspect Ratio
35mm
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