Johnny Angel (1945)

★ 5.9 1h 19m IMDb
Drama Crime

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

Johnny Angel

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George Raft
George Raft as Johnny Angel Died 1980 · Los Angeles, California, USA George Raft (born George Ranft; September 26, 1901 – November 24, 1980) was an American film actor and dancer identified with portrayals of gangsters in crime melodramas of the 1930s and 1940s. A styl...
Claire Trevor
Claire Trevor as Lilah 'Lily' Gustafson Died 2000 · Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA Claire Trevor (née Wemlinger; March 8, 1910 – April 8, 2000) was an American actress. She appeared in 65 feature films from 1933 to 1982, winning the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her...
Signe Hasso
Signe Hasso as Paulette Girard Died 2002 · Stockholm, Sweden Signe Eleonora Cecilia Hasso (née Larsson; 15 August 1915 – 7 June 2002) was a Swedish actress, writer, and composer..
Lowell Gilmore
Lowell Gilmore as Sam Jewell Died 1960
Hoagy Carmichael
Hoagy Carmichael as Celestial O'Brien Died 1981 · Bloomington, Indiana, USA Hoagy Carmichael was an American composer, pianist, singer, actor, and bandleader. He is best known for composing the music for "Stardust", "Georgia on My Mind", "The Nearness of You", and "Heart and...
Marvin Miller
Marvin Miller as George 'Gusty' Gustafson Died 1985 · Saint Louis, Missouri, USA
Director Edwin L. Marin
Cast George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso, Lowell Gilmore, Hoagy Carmichael, Marvin Miller, Margaret Wycherly, J. Farrell MacDonald, Mack Gray, Ernie Adams

Audience Reviews

John Chard 6/10 Jul 22, 2018
Gustafson Goings On.

Johnny Angel is directed by Edwin L. Marin and adapted to screenplay by Frank Gruber and Steve Fisher from Mr. Angel Comes Aboard written by Charles Gordon Booth. It stars George Raft, Claire Trevor, Signe Hasso and Hoagy Carmichael. Music is by Leigh Harline and cinematography by Harry J. Wild.

Merchant sailor Johnny Angel (Raft) returns from duty to seek out who was responsible for his Father's death...

Fans of film noir as a film making style will get much from this, in fact the story has enough about it for fans of the form to enjoy. Yet peeking through the wonderful fogs and shadows, you find a pretty unadventerous narrative, a routine job where Raft is on auto-pilot and Trevor has you hankering for her other (great) noir endeavours. Still, what do us amateur reviewers know? Film made money at the box office!

Noir shadings in look and narrative twists, Johnny Angel is however lacking in thrills and surprises. 6/10

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