[Re: TCM’s Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:15 and 10 a.m. ET is The Window (1949), Starring Bobby Driscoll, Arthur Kennedy, Barbara Hale, Paul Stewart and Ruth Roman; Plus, Memories of a Banned, Oscar-Winning Masterpiece, Walt Disney’s Song of the South (1946), which black supremacists have decreed that Nobody May See.”]
Re-posted by N.S.
Noir Alley: The Window (1949) Intro 20171112
TCM's Film Noir of the Week Saturday Night-Sunday Morning at 12:30 and 10 am ET is Edwin L. Marin's Johnny Angel (1945) with George Raft, Signe Hasso, Hoagy Carmichael, Marvin Miller, and Margaret Wycherly.
ReplyDeleteFilm Noir Guide: "A two-fisted sea captain (Raft) tries to unravel the mystery of his father's murder. The only witness to the crime is a beautiful French girl (Hasso), who was a passenger aboard his father's ship.
But she's making herself scarce in New Orleans. With some help from a friendly cab driver (Carmichael), Raft tracks her down and convinces her to help.
Meanwhile, Raft must fight off the advances of his boss' wife (femme fatale Trevor), who's disgusted with her weak husband (Miller) and his overly protective ex-nanny (Wycherly).
There's too much talk between fistfights and too many women throwing themselves at Raft, who gives a stiff performance. Hasso is bland, but Miller (from TV's The Millionaire) is enjoyable as the spineless cuckold."
David In TN: Raft "gives a stiff performance." As noted previously, the saying was "Raft couldn't act." This was the type role Raft got after turning down High Sierra, The Maltese Falcon, etc.
This time Hoagy Carmichael plays a cab driver rather than a piano player who is a friend of the star.