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Black Angel( 1946)

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

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.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Dan Duryea

      Martin Blair

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      June Vincent

      Catherine Bennett

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      Peter Lorre

      Marko

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      Broderick Crawford

      Captain Flood

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      Constance Dowling

      Mavis Marlowe

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      Wallace Ford

      Joe

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      Hobart Cavanaugh

      Jake

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      Freddie Steele

      Lucky, Manager of Rio's

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      Ben Bard

      Bartender

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      Junius Matthews

      Dr. Courtney

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      Marion Martin

      Millie

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      John Phillips

      Kirk Bennett

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      Archie Twitchell

      George Mitchell

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      Maurice St. Clair

      Dancer

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      Vilova

      Dancer

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      Robert B. Williams

      Second Detective

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      Florence Auer

      Madame (Uncredited)

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      Ralph Brooks

      Interne (Uncredited)

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      Eddy Chandler

      Police Sergeant (Uncredited)

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      Gary Delmar

      Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

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      Mary Field

      Mavis' Maid (Uncredited)

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      Dorothy Granger

      Woman by Phone Booth (Uncredited)

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      Eula Guy

      Neighbor Lady (Uncredited)

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      Chuck Hamilton

      Pedestrian (Uncredited)

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      Shep Houghton

      Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

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      Mauritz Hugo

      Gambler (Uncredited)

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      Georg Kreisler

      Pianist (Uncredited)

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      Clark Kuney

      Announcer (Uncredited)

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      Bud Lawler

      Specialty Dancer (Uncredited)

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      Ann Lawrence

      Clerk (Uncredited)

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      Steve Olsen

      Bartender (Uncredited)

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      Pat Starling

      Tap Dancer (Uncredited)

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      Wally Webb

      Banjo Player (Uncredited)

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      Dick Wessel

      Mavis' Doorman (Uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by CinemaSerf

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    Written by CinemaSerf on Thu Jul 07 2022
    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 occ...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

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    Keywords

    • falsely accused
    • film noir