Develiker terrible... so disappointed.

Micitype Pretty Good

Curapedi I cannot think of one single thing that I would change about this film. The acting is incomparable, the directing deft, and the writing poignantly brilliant.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

edwagreen George Raft investigates what happened to his father and the cargo bound for Louisiana. The cargo had gold aboard and someone made off with the shipment killing everyone on board.Signe Hasso spends about 40 minutes of the film on the lamb. She is running away from just about everyone and everything here. In this film, she is vulnerable and cautious, so unlike her memorable turn as Elsa Gephardt in "The House on 92nd Street."Claire Trevor is her usual dame and would you believe she is married to Marvin Miller, a sheepish man who is dominated by the woman who reared him, a cold calculating Margaret Wycherly.You may very well guess who the culprit is after a while, but you would never believe how the person is done in and by whom.

blanche-2 "Johnny Angel" is a 1945 noir starring George Raft, Signe Hasso, Claire Trevor, Hoagy Carmichael, and Marvin Miller. Johnny Angel (Raft) endeavors to find out who stole a gold shipment from his father's ship and killed his father, who was the captain. He discovers that there was a survivor on the ship, which seems empty when he boards it -- Paulette (Signe Hasso). Her father was killed by the hijackers, and she's trying to clear his name by finding out who took the gold.No one from my generation can see Marvin Miller without thinking of him as Michael Anthony, the associate of John Beresford Tipton, who used to give random people $1 million. I'm still waiting for him to show up at my house. Here, Miller plays the weak husband of Lilah (Trevor). Lilah is madly in love with Johnny, and he wonders if she may know something about the missing gold.The big problem here is Raft. I admit that I like him - he had a certain presence, and sometimes even warmth, but he was a very specialized actor. In the right role, he had all the bells and whistles, such as in Nocturne, but in the wrong role, he was ordinary. He wasn't really a leading man. Johnny Angel was a part for Bogart or Mitchum. Without that gravitas, it falls flat. Bogart certainly had a lot to thank him for, since he turned down High Sierra, Casablanca, and The Maltese Falcon. Amazing.Still, it's pretty good, with the film elevated by the presence and singing of Hoagy Carmichael, one of my all-time favorites, as well as the marvelous Trevor and Signe Hasso.

Infofreak I couldn't really get into this one, mainly because of the casting of George Raft as the hero. I'm not a big fan of Raft at the best of times, but he was usually convincing as a gangster or something similar. In this movie he looks uncomfortable as a more conventional leading man, and I just didn't find his character believable. With another actor, say Bogart or Robert Mitchum, I might have enjoyed 'Johnny Angel' a lot more, but as it is I found it very difficult to get interested in the plot, and my attention kept wandering. However the movie isn't entirely worthless, Hoagy Carmichael gives an entertaining turn as the wonderfully named eccentric cabbie Celestial O'Brien. And yes he sings. watch this movie for Hoagy if nothing else.

ctb-2 George Raft plays the good guy for a change, and Claire Trevor plays the villainous femme fatale in a nicely done mystery. This was the first time that I remember seeing Signe Hasso in a film, and I very much enjoyed her performance as the subject of George Raft's rescue, and romantic interest.