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Angel and the Badman Overview:

Angel and the Badman (1947) was a Western - Romance Film directed by James Edward Grant and produced by John Wayne.

SYNOPSIS

An old-fashioned Western with Wayne at his best as a gunfighter who must choose between the Quaker girl he loves and his guns, which always seem to attract the wrong kind of people. He makes a wise choice.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

Angel and the Badman BlogHub Articles:

What’s Streaming in May on the CMH Channel at Best Classics Ever? Angel and the Badman, Meet John Doe and Cheating Blondes

By Annmarie Gatti on May 2, 2021 From Classic Movie Hub Blog

Our May Picks on the Classic Movie Hub ChannelMay Birthdays and Mysterious Mayhem! Here we go… This month’s free streaming picks for our Classic Movie Hub Channel at Best Classics Ever (BCE) – the mega streaming channel for classic movies and TV shows! That said, here are some of our May... Read full article

Angel and the Badman (1947)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Mar 6, 2018 From 4 Star Films

With John Wayne partnered with his longtime collaborator James Edward Grant (Hondo, McClintock!) it’s easy to see Angel and the Badman as an early vehicle for his conservative ideals but far from being heavy-handed, it goes down as a solid B-picture with a surprisingly unique perspective on t... Read full article

Angel and the Badman (1947) with John Wayne and Gail Russell

By Orson De Welles on Mar 31, 2016 From Classic Film Freak

Share This!He lived only for revenge…She lived only for his love! By the middle of the 1940s it was becoming clear that in John Wayne Republic Pictures had a leading star on their hands.  As the 40s progressed you can see the quality of Wayne’s pictures with Republic growing almost exponent... Read full article

Angel and the Badman (James Edward Grant, 1947)

By Judy on Jul 14, 2015 From Movie Classics

John Wayne and Gail Russell This is my contribution to the 1947 Blogathon being organised by Shadows and Satin and Speakeasy. Please take a look at the great range of postings. A rider gallops through the Western countryside – but falls from his horse, hit by a bullet. He is seen by a pair of... Read full article

Angel and the Badman (1947)

By Beatrice on Mar 8, 2015 From Flickers in Time

Angel and the Badman Directed by James Edward Grant Written by James Edward Grant 1947/USA John Wayne Productions/Patnel Productions First viewing/Netflix Rental Sometimes a rather corny old-time Western is just what the doctor ordered. The wonderfully named Quirt Evans (John Wayne) is a famous g... Read full article

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Angel and the Badman 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.
Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock: There's a sight I never thought I'd see: Quirt Evans behind a plow.
Quirt Evans: That pony walks as soft as you do.
Territorial Marshal Wistful McClintock: I taught him. Oh, I figured you'd have heard him... 'cept you were thinkin' too hard.
Quirt Evans: Haven't you got some real important business to attend to... some place else?
[Dr. Mangrum has been tending to Penny after the accident with the wagon; he takes a bottle from his buggy, drinks, and offers the bottle to Quirt]
Dr. Mangrum: Drink?
[no response from Quirt]
Dr. Mangrum: It's amazing the varied uses to which men put alcohol. To each different individual it's either a stimulant, a depressant or an anodine. Just now I'm using it as an anodine.
Quirt Evans: Get to the point.
Dr. Mangrum: The practice of medicine is one of the most infuriating professions known to man. It takes thirty years of experience to teach you that - in the final analysis - there's nothing to do but stand and watch.
[at the First Day meeting, Nelson is talking with Penny; Quirt pulls him aside]
Quirt Evans: This'll sound like I'm buttin' into your business - and I am! And you oughta give me a watch with a gold case for doin' it. You dim-witted nail-bender, marry that girl!
Nelson: Marry her? Why I assure you my intentions... well she knows how I feel.
Quirt Evans: How would she know? Stop yammerin' about shooin' horses - that's no way to talk to a girl. Talk to her about HER. And marry her... and do it quick!
[Quirt got Frederick Carson to release some water, and they've come to the Worth farm]
Quirt Evans: [to Penny] Well, looks like your prayers straightened everything out.
Penelope Worth: So you think your gun changed Frederick Carson, hmm?
Quirt Evans: Who says I pointed a gun?
Penelope Worth: I do.
Quirt Evans: Well, I didn't.
Penelope Worth: Then he gave in more easily than I expected. Thee remember this, Quirt: the Lord moves in mysterious manner at times, using strange methods and odd instruments.
Quirt Evans: Me?
Penelope Worth: [nods "yes]
Quirt Evans: Well that would be odd.
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Angel and the Badman Facts
The first film produced by John Wayne.
"The Hedda Hopper Show - This Is Hollywood" broadcast a 30 minute radio adaptation of the movie on April 5, 1947 with John Wayne reprising his film role.
Quirt Evans is treated with laudanum while recovering at the Worth house from his injuries. He is treated with laudanum again in The Shootist as J.B. Books to reduce his pain from the effects of cancer.
John Wayne would later star in two films where his eponymous character carried the name of characters from this movie: Hondo and McLintock!.
The passage Randy reads from Quirt's Bible is from either 2 Samuel 23:20-1 or 1 Chronicles 11:22-3.
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