Black Angel

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.

Cast

Dan Duryea

as Martin Blair

June Vincent

as Catherine Bennett

Peter Lorre

as Marko

Broderick Crawford

as Captain Flood

Constance Dowling

as Mavis Marlowe

Wallace Ford

as Joe

Hobart Cavanaugh

as Jake

Freddie Steele

as Lucky, Manager of Rio's

Ben Bard

as Bartender

Junius Matthews

as Dr. Courtney

Reviews

CinemaSerf

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 t...

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