Angel in My Pocket (1969)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Alan Rafkin

Writers:

James Fritzell (writer)
Everett Greenbaum (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Family

Plot:

A homespun minister (Andy Griffith) and his family move to a small town where he tries to win the support and trust of his new congregation.

Plot Keywords:

Small Town | Burlesque | Moonshine Still | Church Custodian | Beautiful Woman

Cast

Andy Griffith	...	Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead
Jerry Van Dyke	...	Emery
Kay Medford	...	Racine
Lee Meriwether	...	Mary Elizabeth Whitehead
Henry Jones	...	Will Sinclair
Edgar Buchanan	...	Axel Gresham
Gary Collins	...	Art Shields
Parker Fennelly	...	Calvin Grey
Jack Dodson	...	Norman Gresham
Elena Verdugo	...	Lila Sinclair
Margaret Hamilton	...	Rhoda
Ruth McDevitt	...	Nadine
Richard Van Vleet	...	Harry Toback
Bob Hastings	...	Ted Palish
Jim Boles	...	Corby Gresham

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

USA:G

Company:

Universal Pictures

Trivia:

Cameo: [Lee Meriwether]costumed in a black leotard, her back to the camera, is one of the dancers backstage at the burlesque theater.

Quotes:

Reverend Samuel D. Whitehead: [In reply to the old gossip who said that he had played the organ for a "naked harlot"] She was not naked. And how do you know she was a harlot? You are bearing false witness!

Soundtrack:

The Girls of All Nations

Released without a flap.

How do I break this weird news to you all.........well here goes: ...this excellent family film was released in Australia for ONE WEEK in March 1970 on a double feature with the equally excellent but radically different COLOSSUS THE FORBIN PROJECT...as a double feature (!) in a crumbling 2500 seat palace called the Capitol. There was NO display advertising, just a directory listing and the whole program was whisked away never to surface again.

What a weird thing for Universal to do! I guess they were just played off and wasted.........well I was one of the few there that fateful Saturday morning and thought both films were a big surprise. ANGEL as others will tell you here is a rural charmer and belongs to the YOURS MINE AND OURS or WITH SIX YOU GET EGGROLL type of family film. COLOSSUS of course is literally a scary and fantastic political drama. See both if you can find them. I did and I was still very happy about it 34 years later.