

Black Angel
1946-08-02 · 81 min · ★ 6.1
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.
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- Directors
- Roy William Neill
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures
- Countries
- United States of America
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Dan DuryeaMartin Blair
June VincentCatherine Bennett
Peter LorreMarko
Broderick CrawfordCaptain Flood
Constance DowlingMavis Marlowe
Wallace FordJoe
Hobart CavanaughJake
Freddie SteeleLucky, Manager of Rio's
Ben BardBartender
Junius MatthewsDr. Courtney
Marion MartinMillie
John PhillipsKirk Bennett
Archie TwitchellGeorge Mitchell
Robert B. WilliamsSecond Detective
Florence AuerMadame (Uncredited)
Eddy ChandlerPolice Sergeant (Uncredited)Title information and images are supplied by TMDb. Explore our discovery guide for advice on comparing metadata and legal viewing options.
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