Angel and the Badman
About Angel and the Badman
Wounded gunfighter Quirt Evans falls from his horse by a Quaker farm. Thomas Worth's family, and daughter Penelope, nurse him. Marshal Wistful McClintock wants Quirt for old robberies, and Laredo Stevens's gang wants him too. Quirt stays, opens a rancher's dam by force, then sits in a Quaker meeting and asks Penny to marry him. After an ambush dumps their wagon in a river and Penny falls ill, Quirt goes to town for Laredo, gives up his gun when Penny asks, and McClintock shoots Laredo and Hondo. Quirt rides back to the farm with her.
Cast & crew
More about Angel and the Badman
James Edward Grant wrote and directed it. John Wayne produced it, the first film he produced, and plays Quirt. Archie Stout photographed it and Richard Hageman wrote the score. Republic Pictures released it on 15 February 1947.
Themes
Making
Wayne's company put up the picture and Republic distributed it. The Quaker meeting and the last gun hand-over are played straight, not as a joke on the Western.
Look
Archie Stout shot the homestead, the dam, and the town confrontation.
Music
Richard Hageman composed the score.
Preservation
Public domain in the United States since 1975, after National Telefilm Associates let the copyright lapse.
Notes
- Gail Russell plays Penelope Worth. Harry Carey is Marshal McClintock. Bruce Cabot is Laredo Stevens.
- Irene Rich plays Mrs. Worth. Lee Dixon is Randy McCall. Paul Hurst is the rancher Frederick Carson.
- Laredo offers $5,000 down for a land claim and promises the rest later.
- National Telefilm Associates did not renew the copyright, and the film entered the public domain in the United States in 1975.
Scenes
- Quirt sits through a Quaker meeting after he has forced a dam open.
- He puts the gun down, and McClintock shoots Laredo and Hondo.
Also available
- Internet Archive (angel_and_the_badman)