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
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Doc Adams	...	Quaker (uncredited)
Rosemary Bertrand	...	Christine Taylor (uncredited)
Symona Boniface	...	Dance Hall Madam (uncredited)
Bob Burns	...	Quaker Meeting Member (uncredited)
Wade Crosby	...	Baker Brother #2 (uncredited)
Steve Darrell	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Kenne Duncan	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Geraldine Farnum	...	Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Louis Faust	...	Hondo Jeffries, Bad guy who in chase gets knocked off horse by tree branch (uncredited)
Paul Fix	...	Mouse Marr (uncredited)
Pat Flaherty	...	Baker Brother (uncredited)
Lew Harvey	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Jack Kirk	...	Carson Ranchhand (uncredited)
Rex Lease	...	Roulette Croupier (uncredited)
Cactus Mack	...	Quaker (uncredited)
LeRoy Mason	...	Lefty Wilson (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery	...	Carson Ranchhand (uncredited)
Bert Moorhouse	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Al Murphy	...	Bartender (uncredited)
William Newell	...	Headwaiter (uncredited)
Jack O'Shea	...	Barfly (uncredited)
Eddie Parker	...	Baker Brother (uncredited)
Stanley Price	...	Gambler (uncredited)
John Shay	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Jack Stoney	...	Baker Brother (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	...	Brawl Spectator (uncredited)
Tony Travers	...	Hernan (uncredited)
Crane Whitley	...	Townsman (uncredited)
Norman Willis	...	Gambler (uncredited)
Hank Worden	...	Townsman (uncredited)

Directed by
James Edward Grant

Writing credits
James Edward Grant		(written by)

Produced by
John Wayne	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Richard Hageman

Cinematography by
Archie Stout		(photography) (as Archie J. Stout)

Film Editing by
Harry Keller

Art Direction by
Ernst Fegté

Set Decoration by
John McCarthy Jr.
Charles S. Thompson		(as Charles Thompson)

Costume Design by
Adele Palmer

Makeup Department
Peggy Gray	....	hair stylist
Bob Mark	....	makeup supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Yakima Canutt	....	second unit director
Harvey Dwight	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
Victor B. Appel	....	sound (as Vic Appel)

Special Effects by
Howard Lydecker	....	special effects
Theodore Lydecker	....	special effects

Stunts
Richard Farnsworth	....	stunts (uncredited)
Fred Graham	....	stunt double: John Wayne (uncredited)
John Hudkins	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ben Johnson	....	stunt double (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Stoney	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ken Terrell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Henry Wills	....	stunts (uncredited)

Music Department
Cy Feuer	....	musical director

Other crew
Sid Davis	....	stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited)
Catalina Lawrence	....	script supervisor (uncredited)
Al Silverman	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Production Companies

• John Wayne Productions
• Republic Pictures (I) (presents)

Distributors

• Republic Pictures (I) (1947) (USA) (theatrical)
• British Lion Film Corporation (1947) (UK) (theatrical)
• M.P.E.A. (1949) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Image Entertainment (1990) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1992) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Republic Pictures Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS)
• Madacy Entertainment (1995) (USA) (VHS)
• Lions Gate Films Home Entertainment (1997) (USA) (VHS)
• Master Movies (1997) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha-Omega Publications (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Hollywood Classics (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Master Movies (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Parade Video (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• United American Video (1998) (USA) (VHS)
• Laserlight Entertainment (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Roan Group, The (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• Ventura Distribution (1999) (USA) (DVD)
• BCI Eclipse (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• Marengo Films (2000) (USA) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Greatest Sports Legends (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Marengo Films (2001) (USA) (DVD)
• Marengo Films (2001) (USA) (VHS)
• Delta Expedition (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Image Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Navarre Entertainment (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Platinum Disc (2002) (USA) (DVD)
• Alpha Video Distributors (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Diamond Entertainment Group (DEG) (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• GoodTimes Home Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Gotham Distribution (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Laserlight Entertainment (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Passport Video (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Westlake Entertainment Group (2003) (USA) (DVD)
• Weton Wesgram (2003) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (all media)
• Timberline Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Treeline Films (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Unicorn Video (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Hallmark Channel, The (2006) (USA) (TV)
• Passport International Entertainment (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)
• Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• Disc Factory (19??) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• Foothill Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Liberty Home Video (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• Vídeo Network (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)

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) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-12 | Sweden:11 (re-rating) (1965) | Sweden:15 (original rating) | Sweden:Btl (re-rating) (1961) | UK:U

Filming Locations:

Sedona, Arizona, USA

Company:

John Wayne Productions

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:

[Dr. Mangrum and Mrs. Worth are discussing the recuperating Quirt Evans]
Dr. Mangrum: Once, when I was studying medicine in Europe, I had a friend - an artist. He drew portraits of people and made them resemble the animals they reminded him of. He'd have drawn this man as a coiled cobra.
Mrs. Worth: Ho ho ho, Doctor, you're analogy is terribly imperfect and your naturalism faulty. Cobras don't coil.

Movie Connections:

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

Soundtrack:

Darling Nelly Gray

The most romantic of John Wayne's many films, and one of my favorites.

A man on horseback races across the arid landscape. His horse faulters and throws the man. This is how The Angel and The Badman begins.

Wayne is Quirt Evans, a man with a past. He is rescued by beautiful Gail Russell, a Quaker girl with a strong, silent father and a marvelous, generous mother who makes donuts and cakes that melt in your mouth, but according to her are, "not very good, the flour you know...".

Poor Quirt never has a chance. He is healed body and soul by this devoted family. But not before he must taste his old way of life one more time, which leads to a dramatic conclusion.

John Wayne never looked better on film then in The Angel and The Badman. In one scene, he wakes from a coma, hears a noise, gropes for his gun, which is under the pillow and rises, gun in hand to face a startled and stunning Russell. The sight of John Wayne, shirtless, his hair un-combed and his gorgeous, almost purple eyes taking in the lovely lady in front of him, is something no woman from 6 to 106 should miss. If you are a fan already and have seen this delightful film, you know what I mean. If you are new to John Wayne, check to one out and fall in love.

Harry Carey plays the Marshal of the territory who keeps track of Quirt, not completely convinced of his conversion, until the surprising climax. Carey's quiet authority is wonderful to watch, and his sly humor a tonic.

The Dr. here over-plays his role, but he can be forgiven. The neighbor who has denied water to the Quaker settlement but is convinced by Quirt(without the force of his famous gun), to "be a good neighbor" and remove the top two boards holding back the water that used to flow into flums and irrigation ditches, is a real old west character. Films today just don't use actors with faces like his any longer. Too bad.

Yes indeed, The Angel and The Badman is a wonderful, old fashioned film. The kind they don't make any longer, but should.