Angel and the Badman (1947) on Netflix
Passed19471h 40mRomanceWestern
Wounded gunfighter Quirt Evans collapses at the farm of Quaker Thomas Worth, whose daughter Penelope nurses him back to health. Laredo Stevens and his gang ride into town asking after him.
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Plot summary
Shot and on the run, gunfighter Quirt Evans reaches the telegraph office to file a claim on a parcel of land, and the operator Bradley recognizes his name. He collapses at the homestead of Thomas Worth, a Quaker, and Dr. Mangram warns the family against sheltering him, but the Worths hold that it is their duty to tend the wounded. Penelope, Thomas's daughter, explains the family's belief in nonviolence while Quirt recovers. Laredo Stevens, whose gang shot Quirt, rides into town asking after him, and Johnny Worth carries the warning home. Quirt prepares to leave, and Penelope offers to go with him. Reaching for his revolver, he finds it emptied. He bluffs the gang at the door with the unloaded gun, and Laredo offers to buy the claim.
Cast
- Stephen Grantas Johnny Worth
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Angel and the Badman (1947)
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- In 1975 Angel and the Badman entered the public domain in the United States after National Telefilm Associates failed to renew its copyright registration in the 28th year after publication.
- Angel and the Badman was the first film John Wayne produced, and it was a departure for the Western genre when it was released.
- In 1993 Johnny Cash wrote and sang a song named "Angel and the Badman" that was inspired by the film.
- Angel and the Badman inspired two later "fish out of water" films: Witness (1985), starring Harrison Ford, and The Outsider (2003), starring Tim Daly and Naomi Watts.
