Dan Duryea in his first starring role
“Black Angel” (1946), based on a novel by Cornell Woolrich, is a slick mystery thriller featuring Dan Duryea in his first starring role. The film departs from typical noir elements and is one of the lesser known B pictures of the 1940s.<br /><br />Duryea plays Martin Blair, a songwriter who joins forces with housewife Catherine Bennett (June Vincent) to solve the murder of Martin’s ex-wife, singer Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling). Catherine’s husband, Kirk (John Phillips), was having an affair with Mavis and was seen entering her apartment just before her death. That same night Martin, hoping to win Mavis back, turns up at her building in an alcoholic frenzy that same night but is turned away by the doorman.<br /><br />The cops arrest Kirk for Mavis’ murder. Catherine, convinced Kirk is incapable of murder, goes to Martin thinking he knows something that will clear her husband. A jury finds Kirk guilty and he’s sentenced to death. Time is vital as Martin and Catherine attempt to discover the real killer before Kirk is executed. A police captain (Broderick Crawford, foreshadowing his later TV role on “Highway Patrol”) pops up from time to time to follow leads given to him by Martin and Catherine but, since Kirk has already been tried and convicted, he doesn’t put in a lot of effort.<br /><br />One clue takes Catherine and Martin to a nightclub run by shady mobster Marko (Peter Lorre), who has ties to Mavis. To get closer to Marko and observe him, they audition for Marko as a professional cabaret act — he a piano player, she a singer. They get the gig and Catherine charms her way into Marko’s confidence.<br /><br />In its brief running time of 81 minutes, the film bogs down during Catherine’s less-than-exciting singing but otherwise moves briskly. Director Roy William Neill, best known for a series of Sherlock Holmes movies starring Basil Rathbone, combines elements of whodunit with noir. “Black Angel” lacks the shadowy, gritty look of typical film noir, but Neill does include some noir-style settings, particularly the dingy boarding house where Martin lives and a high-angle, heavily shadowed shot of an interrogation room. A time-saving montage takes us in seconds through Kirk’s trial and conviction. The femme fatale is dispensed with early on, though Mavis sets the whole plot in motion. The story keeps us involved through the film’s twist ending.<br /><br />Duryea plays against type in a sympathetic lead. Dowling is memorable as a vindictive seductress and it’s a shame she doesn’t have more screen time. With her fiery personality and knock-em-dead looks, she disappears too quickly. Crawford adds his no-nonsense, business-only cop persona, and Lorre provides an aura of danger and menace. June Vincent is the film’s weak link. She’s rather bland throughout, even when she transforms from the mousy wife of the man who done her wrong to a glamorous chanteuse. The chemistry between her and Duryea fails to set off sparks.<br /><br />Author Woolrich didn’t like the movie because it departed a great deal from his 1943 novel. The film does, however, retain the book’s surprise ending. But it never achieves the heights of the best noirs, probably because it’s more a traditional whodunit with occasional touches of noir.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the unrated Blu-ray release include an audio commentary by writer/film scholar Alan K. Rode; “A Fitting End,” a video appreciation by film historian Neil Sinyard; original trailer; gallery of original stills and promotional materials; an illustrated booklet containing a critical essay; and a reversible sleeve with original and new artwork.
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Elegantly directed by Hollywood veteran Roy William Neill (best known for his 11 Sherlock Holmes films starring Basil Rathbone),.