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The Black Raven
USA 1943
produced by Sigmund Neufeld for PRC
directed by Sam Newfield
starring George Zucco, Glenn Strange, Charles Middleton, Robert Livingston (as Robert Randall), Wanda McKay, Noel Madison, Byron Foulger, Robert Middlemass, I.Stanford Jolley
screenplay by Fred Myton, cinematography by Robert E. Cline
review by Mike Haberfelner
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Many a B-horror-pic made by a small studio like Monogram or
PRC is undeservedly neglected by the snotty critics
just because it's a B-horror-pic made by a small studio like Monogram
or PRC. This is however not the case with this one, this one did vane into
obscurity & it might be best left there (not that it is particularly
bad, it's just ... rather boring). The
somewhat muddled script concerns many sinister persons taking refuge
from a storm in a roadhouse owned by George Zucco. & as these
Old-Dark-House-tales go, the first murder soon occurs ...
Horror faves Glenn Strange & Charles Middleton play a dimwitted
handyman & an inept sheriff respectively, the heroics are handled by
Bob Livingston (as Robert Randall, his birth-name actually), who by
the way was more famous for his Western roles, having handled both Zorro
(The Bold Caballero) & the Lone Ranger (The Lone Ranger
Rides Again) at Republic as well as their (original) Stony Brooks of the
3
Mesquiteers (in an incredible 29-picture-run) plus he played the second
Lone
Rider here at PRC (6 movies, all co-starring Fuzzy
Al St.John).
Much later Livingston would appear in cult faves The Naughty
Stewardesses & Blazing Stewardesses.
Zucco & Strange also appeared in PRC's much better The Mad Monster the
previous year, also directed by Sam Newfield. |
review © by Mike Haberfelner
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