Angel and the Badman

Angel and the Badman

He lived only for revenge...She lived only for his love!

Directed by James Edward Grant

Produced by John Wayne Productions, Republic Pictures

1947100 min6.4 / 10

A classic Western romance where a hardened outlaw finds redemption through the love of a Quaker woman and the transformative power of faith and family.

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 to nurse him back to health against the advice of others. The handsome Evans quickly attracts the affections of their beautiful daughter, Penelope. He develops an affection for the family and their faith, but his troubled past follows him.

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