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Black Angel

Black Angel

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Black Angel

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

1946

1h 21m

6.1(59 votes)

Mystery

Crime

Thriller

Overview

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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Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Roy William Neill
Written by: Roy Chanslor
Produced by: Tom McKnight
Roy William Neill

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