Angel and the Badman (1947)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

James Edward Grant

Writer:

James Edward Grant (written by)

Release Date:

15 February 1947 (USA)

Genre:

Romance | Western

Tagline:

He lived only for revenge...She lived only for his love!

Plot:

Quirt Evens an all round bad guy is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth a quaker girl...

Plot Keywords:

Quaker | Redemption | Love | Self Discovery | Wound

Cast

John Wayne	...	Quirt Evans
Gail Russell	...	Penelope Worth
Harry Carey	...	Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock
Bruce Cabot	...	Laredo Stevens
Irene Rich	...	Mrs. Worth
Lee Dixon	...	Randy McCall - Quirt's Partner
Stephen Grant	...	Johnny Worth
Tom Powers	...	Dr. Mangram
Paul Hurst	...	Frederick Carson - Worth's Neighbor
Olin Howland	...	Bradley - Town Telegrapher (as Olin Howlin)
John Halloran	...	Thomas Worth
Joan Barton	...	Lila Neal - Saloon Singer ("The Western Nightingale") in Red Rock)
Craig Woods	...	Ward Withers
Marshall Reed	...	Nelson - Quaker Blacksmith

Also Known As:

The Angel and the Outlaw

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Certification:

Germany:12 (DVD rating) | West Germany:12 (nf) | USA:Approved (certificate #11847) | UK:U (video rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1965) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl (re-rating) (1961) | UK:U (passed with cuts)

Filming Locations:

Sedona, Arizona, USA

Company:

Republic Pictures

Trivia:

The passage Randy reads from Quirt's Bible is from either 2 Samuel 23:20-1 or 1 Chronicles 11:22-3.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: The doctor at one point mentions "living in a never never land," an obvious reference to Peter Pan. However, the play did not see its first performance in London until 1904, and the novel was not published until 1911. There is no way anyone living on the 19th-century American frontier could know of Peter Pan's home.

Quotes:

[Quirt got Frederick Carson to release some water, and they've come to the Worth farm]
Quirt Evans: [to Penny] Well, looks like your prayers straightened everything out.
Penelope Worth: So you think your gun changed Frederick Carson, hmm?
Quirt Evans: Who says I pointed a gun?
Penelope Worth: I do.
Quirt Evans: Well, I didn't.
Penelope Worth: Then he gave in more easily than I expected. Thee remember this, Quirt: the Lord moves in mysterious manner at times, using strange methods and odd instruments.
Quirt Evans: Me?
Penelope Worth: [nods "yes]
Quirt Evans: Well that would be odd.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Budd Boetticher: An American Original (2005) (V)

Soundtrack:

Darling Nelly Gray

great movie --- lousy DVD edition

Angel and the Badman has always been a favorite movie to me. Angel contains humor and drama, action and romance. The movie can be enjoyed by anybody regardless of age or gender. I have a well-worn VHS copy and wanted to acquire the movie on DVD and enjoy DVDs superb quality. Now, after several months delay, Barns and Noble finally delivered a copy issued from the Roan Group. Unfortunately, this DVD does not meet with the DVD promise. What could be wrong with Angel and the Badman? The first thing I noticed was the soft image quality. The video lacks the high detail one expects from digital playback. The contrast range is compressed and requires fiddling with display controls to get almost acceptable brightness range. Another interesting and annoying issue is the constant blue and pink sparkle in and otherwise black and white image. The playback seems to jitter slightly as if the framing is not consistent. How could this be? When played back on a PC the answer becomes clear. At the top of the image the observant and knowledgeable viewer will spy the first line of scan beginning part way across the screen. This is an artifact of interlace scanning and indicates this DVD's video source originated from a VHS tape---not the original film print. This is a very sloppy conversion with apparently no attention to details important to creating a quality product such as captioning or alternate languages. Don't waste money on this DVD from the Roan Group---buy a VHS tape instead.