Black Angel

When Kirk Bennett is convicted of a singer's murder, his wife tries to prove him innocent...aided by the victim's ex-husband.

Black Angel



Kirk Bennett is falsely sentenced to death for killing blackmailer Mavis Marlowe, ex-wife of nice-guy drunk Martin Blair. Bennett's stand-up wife Catherine tries to prove him innocent, enlisting the aid of Blair, who falls in love with her. Bennett's execution draws near as the two pose as piano player and singer, trying to get the goods on sleazy nightclub owner Marko, a prime suspect. Failing to nail Marko, Catherine goes off to meet with her husband, scheduled to die the next morning, and Blair slips into an alcoholic stupor before the real killer is reve! aled. Written by Doug Sederberg <vornoff@sonic.net>





In Los Angeles, when the singer Mavis Marlowe is found dead in her apartment, Kirk Bennett is accused for the murder, since he had been blackmailed by the victim. Kirk's wife Catherine Bennett believes her husband is innocent and joins to Martin Blair, the alcoholic former husband of Mavis, to investigate the crime and try to find the killer. They suspect of Marko, the owner of a night-club that was seen in Mavis' place in the night she was murdered, and they try to prove his possible guilty. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil





Singing star Mavis Marlowe is murdered just after receiving a heart shaped ruby brooch. Before Kirk Bennett, who discovers the body, can call the police, the brooch is taken by someone he can't see, and he flees in panic. Of course, circumstantial evidence ensures Bennett's conviction. But his loyal wife Catherine ! doggedly searches for the truth...aided by alcoholic songwrite! r Marty Blair, ex-husband of the victim, who finds that he and Catherine make a good team. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Genres: Crime Drama Film-Noir Music Mystery

Release year: 1946