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Angel and the Badman is a 1947 black and white Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 film, starring John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
 and Gail Russell
Gail Russell

Gail Russell was an United States actress....
, which examines the ability of a shootist to renounce violence. This film, which was the first one Wayne produced as well as starred in, was a radical departure for this genre at the time it was released. It is now in the public domain
Public domain

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Plot Synopsis
The notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home.






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Angel and the Badman is a 1947 black and white Western
Western (genre)

The Western is a fiction genre seen in film, television, radio, literature, painting and other visual arts. Westerns are devoted to telling stories set primarily in the later half of the 19th century in what became the Western United States , but also in Western Canada, Mexico , Alaska and even Australia ....
 film, starring John Wayne
John Wayne

John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
 and Gail Russell
Gail Russell

Gail Russell was an United States actress....
, which examines the ability of a shootist to renounce violence. This film, which was the first one Wayne produced as well as starred in, was a radical departure for this genre at the time it was released. It is now in the public domain
Public domain

File:PD-icon.svgThe public domain is a range of abstract materials?commonly referred to as intellectual property?which are not owned or controlled by anyone....
 and is downloadable from the .

Plot Synopsis


The notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans' horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family's home. Quirt has been wounded and the kindly family takes him in and nurses him back to health against the advice of others.

The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful but sheltered daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family but his troubled past follows him there, both outlaws and the law.

Evans falls for Penelope and begins to assimilate her pacifist lifestyle. However, the tug of his old ways is very strong and so he vacillates back and forth. He is finally forced to examine his character after his violent actions bring harm to an innocent person.

This movie is the point of departure for two other successful "fish out of water" movies, the 1985 "Witness" starring Harrison Ford and the 2003 "The Outsider" starring Tim Daly and Naomi Watts, both of which have a similar story line. It was filmed in Monument Valley
Monument Valley

Monument Valley is a region of the Colorado Plateau characterized by a cluster of vast and iconic sandstone buttes, the largest reaching 1000 ft above the valley floor....
, Arizona and is available on DVD.

Stick Figure Theater, a feature on Liquid Television
Liquid Television

Liquid Television is an Emmy Award winning 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. The first season of Liquid Television also aired on BBC Two in co-production with MTV....
, made a stick figure version of the bar scene from the movie.

Cast

  • John Wayne
    John Wayne

    John Wayne was an Academy Award- and Golden Globe Award-winning United States film actor. He epitomized rugged masculinity and has become an enduring American icon....
     - Quirt Evans
  • Gail Russell
    Gail Russell

    Gail Russell was an United States actress....
     - Penelope Worth
  • Harry Carey
    Harry Carey

    Harry Carey was an United States actor and one of silent film's earliest superstars....
     - McClintock
  • Bruce Cabot
    Bruce Cabot

    Bruce Cabot was an United States film actor. He is best known as Jack Driscoll in King Kong . He was married twice, to the actresses Adrienne Ames and Francesca De Scaffa....
     - Laredo Stevens
  • Irene Rich
    Irene Rich

    Irene Rich was an United States actress who worked in both Silent film and Sound film....
     - Mrs. Worth
  • Lee Dixon
    Lee Dixon (actor)

    Lee Dixon was an actor in 1930s and 1940s. He appeared in a handful of Hollywood Musical film and other films, as well as on the Broadway theatre stage....
     - Randy McCall
  • Stephen Grant - Johnny Worth
  • Tom Powers - Dr. Mangram
  • Paul Hurst
    Paul Hurst (actor)

    Paul Hurst was an United Statesn Film actor and Film director.Born in Traver, California he appeared in hundreds of films during the 20s, 30s and 40s....
     - Frederick Carson
  • Olin Howland
    Olin Howland

    Olin Howland , was an American film actor. He appeared in 200 films between 1918 in film and 1958 in film.He was born in Denver, Colorado, and died in Hollywood, California....
     - Bradley (billed as Olin Howlin)
  • John Halloran - Thomas Worth
  • Joan Barton - Lila Neal
  • Craig Woods - Ward Withers
  • Marshall Reed
    Marshall Reed

    ----Marshall Reed was an United States supporting actor who appeared in over 200 films between 1943 in film and 1978 in film. He was born in Englewood, Colorado....
     - Nelson
  • - Hondo Jeffries


See also

  • John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)
    John Wayne filmography (1941-1960)

    The filmography of John Wayne from 1941 to 1960. John Wayne also acted in many films from John Wayne filmography and John Wayne filmography ....


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