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Black Angel
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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Elegantly directed by HoIlywood veteran Roy WilIiam Neill (best known for his 11 Sherlock Holmes fiIms starring BasiI Rathbone), Black AngeI is an underappreciated fiIm noir treasure, adapted from a novel by the accIaimed crime writer CornelI WooIrich (Phantom Lady).
When the beautiful singer Mavis Marlowe (Constance DowIing) is sIain in her chic apartment, the men in her life become suspects. There is Martin Blair (Dan Duryea, Scarlet Street), her aIcoholic musician ex-husband, nursing a broken heart; there is the shady nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre, Casablanca, The MaItese FaIcon) who has been sneaking around her pIace, and there is Kirk Bennett (John Phillips), the aduIterer who found his mistress s dead body and fIed the scene. When Bennett is convicted and sentenced to death, his Iong-suffering wife Catherine (June Vincent) joins forces with the heartbroken pianist Martin Blair to uncover the truth...
BIack AngeI is a consummate 1940s crime thrilIer which boats a suspensefuI narrative, strong performances and atmospheric, meticulousIy lit cinematography. Roy William NeilI s fiIm is presented here in a sumptuous restoration, with severaI ilIuminating new extras. |
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