The Black Raven

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The Black Raven is a 1943 American mystery film directed by Sam Newfield. It was produced and released by Producers Releasing Corporation, a leading Poverty Row studio.

Plot[]

A heavy storm catches everybody, nearly all with good reasons for fleeing the US, at the Black Raven motel just across the U.S./Canada border, and one of them winds up dead. The motel is run by a Mr. Bradford who seems to have a sinister past. The others are an escaped convict with plans on Bradford's life, a bank employee who has embezzled $50,000, a young couple that has eloped and, for comic relief, a not too bright county sheriff.

Cast[]

• George Zucco as Amos Bradford aka The Raven
• Wanda McKay as Lee Winfield
• Robert Livingston as Allen Bentley
• Noel Madison as Mike Bardoni
• Byron Foulger as Horace Weatherby
• Charles B. Middleton as Sheriff
• Robert Middlemass as Tim Winfield
• Glenn Strange as Andy
• I. Stanford Jolley as Whitey Cole
• Jimmy Aubrey appears uncredited as Roadblock Watchman.

Critical reception[]

Leonard Maltin called the film a "paltry (and obvious) whodunit," awarding it 1.5 out of 4 Stars.^{[citation needed]}

External links[]

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