Johnny Angel

Johnny Angel (1945)

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

Date of release
1945-10-25
TMDB
6.0 / 10 (30)
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
Crime, Drama
Director
Edwin L. Marin

Casting

Interesting facts

Johnny Angel is a 1945 American film noir directed by Edwin L. Marin and written by Steve Fisher from the 1944 novel Mr. Angel Comes Aboard by Charles Gordon Booth. The movie stars George Raft, Claire Trevor and Signe Hasso, and features Hoagy Carmichael.

Production

Mr Angel Comes Aboard was published in 1944. The New York Times described it as "a tale of adventure, mystery, treachery, and murder, that reaches a happy ending amid a welter of gore." RKO bought the film rights that year, with Jack Gross originally signed to produce and Pat O'Brien mentioned as a possible star.

In July 1944, George Raft signed to play the lead and the film was to be called Johnny Angel. Ray Enright was to direct. Eventually William Pereira became producer and Edwin L. Marin was the director, his first assignment under a two-picture deal with RKO. Signe Hasso was borrowed from MGM and Claire Trevor hired to play the main female lead.

Hoagy Carmichael, who had just made his film debut in To Have and Have Not, was hired to play a small role and to sing "Memphis in June".

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