Angel and the Badman

A wounded gunfighter named Quirt Evans is taken in by a Quaker family after a shootout, nursed back to health against the warnings of some in their community. As he recovers, he grows attached to the family's peaceful ways and to their daughter Penelope, who falls for him. His violent past and a pursuing enemy force a choice between the life he has led and the life the Worths offer him.

James Edward Grant directed and wrote the screenplay, and John Wayne produced as well as starring. It came in the middle of Wayne's long run of Westerns, with Grant working regularly with him in this period, and it also draws on a supporting cast of twenty-three credited players, among them Gail Russell, Harry Carey, Bruce Cabot, Irene Rich and Lee Dixon.

Released in February 1947 and running one hundred minutes, the film was made by Republic Pictures with Wayne's own production company. On TMDB it holds a rating of 6.4 from about 131 votes, a modest score for a Western of its era that suggests a mixed but lasting response.