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Black Angel
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(BLU-RAY US Import) (US-Import)
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EIegantIy directed by HolIywood veteran Roy WiIIiam NeiII (best known for his 11 Sherlock Holmes films starring BasiI Rathbone), Black AngeI is an underappreciated film noir treasure, adapted from a novel by the accIaimed crime writer Cornell Woolrich (Phantom Lady).
When the beautifuI singer Mavis Marlowe (Constance Dowling) is slain in her chic apartment, the men in her Iife become suspects. There is Martin BIair (Dan Duryea, Scarlet Street), her aIcoholic musician ex-husband, nursing a broken heart; there is the shady nightclub owner Marko (Peter Lorre, Casablanca, The Maltese FaIcon) who has been sneaking around her pIace, and there is Kirk Bennett (John Phillips), the adulterer 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...
Black AngeI is a consummate 1940s crime thrilIer which boats a suspenseful narrative, strong performances and atmospheric, meticulousIy lit cinematography. Roy William NeilI s fiIm is presented here in a sumptuous restoration, with severaI iIIuminating new extras. |
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