Sunday, February 09, 2020

Movie review - "Johnny Angel" (1945) *** (re-watching)

I'm rewatching a bit of George Raft especially his 40s thrillers. This was an unexpected hit for RKO - I think audiences were going to anything but they also simply liked Raft in this sort of movie. He's a sea captain, it starts on a boat, he's investigating his dad's murder, there's slinky Claire Trevor and various others. No classic just tight unpretentious stuff with some flourishing support cast performances. RKO made very good B movies.

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