One of John Wayne's most mystical films, Angel and the Badman is also the first production that Wayne personally produced. The star plays a wounded outlaw who is sheltered by a Quaker family. Attracted to the family's angelic daughter Gail Russell, the hard-bitten Wayne undergoes a slow and subtle character transformation; still, he is obsessed with killing the man (Bruce Cabot) who murdered his foster father. The storyline traces not only the regeneration of Wayne, but of the single-minded sheriff (Harry Carey) who'd ...
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One of John Wayne's most mystical films, Angel and the Badman is also the first production that Wayne personally produced. The star plays a wounded outlaw who is sheltered by a Quaker family. Attracted to the family's angelic daughter Gail Russell, the hard-bitten Wayne undergoes a slow and subtle character transformation; still, he is obsessed with killing the man (Bruce Cabot) who murdered his foster father. The storyline traces not only the regeneration of Wayne, but of the single-minded sheriff (Harry Carey) who'd previously been determined to bring Wayne to justice. Not a big hit in 1947, Angel and the Badman has since become the most frequently telecast of John Wayne's Republic films, thanks to its lapse into Public Domain status in 1974. Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Louis Faust, Bruce Cabot, John Halloran, Gail Russell, John Wayne. New. 1947 Run time: 100. Buy with confidence-Satisfaction Guaranteed! Delivery Confirmation included for all orders in the US.
Generally speaking I'm not much of a fan of John Wayne's movies from the 30's and 40's. I think his acting skills tended to improve as he got older but this movie is still pretty good.
He plays a gun slinger who wants to wants to change his ways due to meeting up with a cute young Quaker lady which goes against my preferred image of him, the old cowboy who won't compromise his views and morals, which I think is largely do to him not really acting during those roles. He's still young enough, or at least young enough looking, to woo Gail Russell in this movie.
The quality of this Blu-ray disc is superb, it's tough to find a good quality version on disc and the sound is pretty good. It's about time that this movie was put out in this high of quality instead of the cheap $3 for 20 movies you see in the box stores.
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