"Angel and the Badman" is regarded as one of the signature films in the John Wayne library, but it doesn't deserve to be. It's a rather stiff and unoriginal Western, filled out with an insipid female lead and clichéd supporting cast, containing zero surprises in the plot. Wayne plays Quirt Evans, a legendary bandit who tries to go straight after he's taken in, healed and befriended by a family of Quakers. Of course, he falls in love with the daughter, Penelope (Gail Russell), setting off a whole lot of "am-I-good-enough" perambulations.
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
Angel and the Badman (1947)
"Angel and the Badman" is regarded as one of the signature films in the John Wayne library, but it doesn't deserve to be. It's a rather stiff and unoriginal Western, filled out with an insipid female lead and clichéd supporting cast, containing zero surprises in the plot. Wayne plays Quirt Evans, a legendary bandit who tries to go straight after he's taken in, healed and befriended by a family of Quakers. Of course, he falls in love with the daughter, Penelope (Gail Russell), setting off a whole lot of "am-I-good-enough" perambulations.