The Black Raven (1943) [Mystery]

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The Black Raven is a 1943 American film directed by Sam Newfield, produced and released by Producers Distributing Corporation. The movie is about Amos Bradford who is the criminal owner of the Black Raven Inn. During a bad storm a nearby bridge is washed out and a couple of strange characters have to stay overnight at the Black Raven. The result is murder and mystery …

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Directed by Sam Newfield, produced by Sigmund Neufeld, written by Fred Myton, starring 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 and Jimmy Aubrey appears uncredited as Roadblock Watchman.

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36 Replies to “The Black Raven (1943) [Mystery]”

  28. The drama of our own government's draining the Swamp, is better than most movies. It's just unfolding and we are amazed at the treason and corruption .. let's hope the witches and warlocks are obliterated by our justice system !!! Draining the Swamp yey!

  31. One of our favorites, too bad it wasn't remastered. Glenn Strange is awesome as the bumbling clerk and well, George Zucco is great in every movie! this movie has it all, rainy night, stranded strangers, murder, theft, thugs, a dumb sheriff, and a cpl of good chuckles thanks to Strange.

  32. Watch the first scene when Andy goes out with his rain hat on backwards. I guess nobody on set had worn foul weather gear. In the next sequence when he returns, the hat is on correctly. It's hard to imagine a time before television when people would go to the movies almost as frequently as we turn on the TV or watch YouTube each evening. Thank you, Timeless, for this flick!

  33. For the longest time I wondered about that big fish hanging on the stairway wall. Then it dawned on me, it's a red herring With four known criminals and a total of six suspects there were already enough of them.
    Interesting camera movement at 3:12 as Whitey moves left ( to his right)
    the camera moves almost 180* to the right, almost a horizontal circular motion while focused on Whitey at the center.
    A mystery why they show the register when people sign in , they scribble so small it's unreadable
    Ms McKay was a bit stiff and seemed to be reading unfamiliar lines a few times she ran out of breath once leading to an awkward pause in one bit of dialogue. At 48:50 it's a bad match of a bad double for Byron Foulger as he and Glen Strange tumble down the stairs. This thing was worth watching for Foulger and Strange alone.

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