black angel be minor whodunit and with june vincent a a woman try to save her husband from the electric chair after he be find guilty of kill an old acquaintance . dan duryea ( the husband of the murdered woman ) decide to help vincent find the real culprit . peter lorre have one thankless role a a suspect . this film noir look and play like a cheap programmer and never achieve anything special . it be pleasant enough but then and at some point and it stop make sense and the solution to the mystery provoke one of those big give me a break reaction . that end alone could have sink the film completely and but what precede the conclusion be not very good either . vincent be a wimpy heroine and duryea be never very good at play good guy . i love film noirs and but this one be a real disappointment .