- Johnny Angel
Infobox Film
name = Johnny Angel
caption = Theatrical poster
director =Edwin L. Marin
producer =William L. Pereira
writer = Story: Charles Gordon Booth Screenplay: Frank Gruber Steve Fisher
starring =George Raft Claire Trevor Signe Hasso Hoagy Carmichael
music =Leigh Harline
cinematography =Harry J. Wild
editing = Les Millbrook
distributor =RKO Radio Pictures
released =December 20 1945 (Sweden)December 27 ,1945 (U.S.A.)
runtime = 79 minutes
country =United States
language = English
budget =
amg_id = 1:26420
imdb_id = 0037832|"Johnny Angel" (1945) is a
film noir directed byEdwin L. Marin , written by Frank Gruber and Steve Fisher from the novel "Mr. Angel Comes Aboard" by Charles Gordon Booth. The movie featuresGeorge Raft ,Claire Trevor ,Signe Hasso , andHoagy Carmichael . [imdb title|id=0037832|title=Johnny Angel.]Plot
A
merchant marine sailor, played by Raft, comes home from the war and searches for his father's murderer. As he uncovers the mystery, he busts up the local mob.Cast
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George Raft as Johnny Angel
*Claire Trevor as Lilah "Lily" Gustafson
*Signe Hasso as Paulette Girard
* Lowell Gilmore as Sam Jewell
*Hoagy Carmichael as Celestial O'Brien
* Marvin Miller as George "Gusty" Gustafson
*Margaret Wycherly as Miss Drumm
*J. Farrell MacDonald as Capt. Angel
* Mack Gray as Mack, the BartenderCritical reception
The staff at "Variety" magazine gave the film a lukewarm review, and wrote, "Johnny Angel is another in the seemingly never-ending series of maritime intrigues involving murder and lust. It is slow and plodding, with poor story development...Raft is his invariably glowering self as a guy who really handles his mitts - and the dames - while Claire Trevor and Signe Hasso are the romantic interests. Rest of the cast is weighted down too much by the story..." [ [http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117792168.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0 "Variety"] . Film review, 1945. Last accessed:
January 24 2008 .]"
Time Out " film guide gave the film a positive review and wrote, "The world of "Johnny Angel" is very noir indeed...They all inhabit a closed world, where even pastoral idylls reek of claustrophobia and obsession. The men struggle against the towering shadows of their fathers, the women are dangerously enigmatic, and the docks of New Orleans glisten under the diffuse light of a single street-lamp. Even Hoagy Carmichael sounds eerie singing "Memphis in June." There are no black diamonds, but "Johnny Angel" glitters like one." [ [http://www.timeout.com/film/reviews/77239/Johnny_Angel.html "Time Out"] . Film Guide, review, 2008. Last accessed: January 24, 2008.]References
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