Angel Baby (1961 film)

Angel Baby
Directed by	Paul Wendkos Hubert Cornfield
Produced by	Thomas F. Woods
Written by	Elsie Oakes Barber Orin Borsten Paul Mason Samuel Roeca
Starring	Salome Jens Mercedes McCambridge George Hamilton Burt Reynolds
Music by	Wayne Shanklin
Cinematography	Jack A. Marta Haskell Wexler
Edited by	Betty J. Lane
Production company	Madera Productions
Distributed by	Allied Artists Pictures Corporation (theatrical) Warner Bros. (DVD)
Release dates	May 14, 1961
Running time	97 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Angel Baby is a 1961 American drama film directed by Paul Wendkos and is also Burt Reynolds' film debut.

Plot

A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his shrewish wife to make the rounds of the rural South.

Cast

George Hamilton as Paul Strand
Mercedes McCambridge as Sarah Strand
Salome Jens as Angel Baby
Burt Reynolds as Hoke Adams

Production

George Hamilton made Where the Boys Are and was determined to make "better, more serious movies", in part to impress his family of his then-girlfriend Susan Kohner. However, the film was a failure, suffering in comparison to Elmer Gantry.^[1] It was shot in Florida.^[1]

Reynolds stated, "George Hamilton beat me up in the film, Does that tell you anything?"^[2]

References

1 2 George Hamilton & William Stadiem, Don't Mind If I Do, Simon & Schuster 2008 p 148
↑ Workaholic Burt Reynolds sets up his next task: Light comedy Siskel, Gene. Chicago Tribune (1963-Current file) [Chicago, Ill] 28 Nov 1976: e2.

External links

Angel Baby at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by Paul Wendkos

The Burglar (1957)
The Case Against Brooklyn (1958)
Tarawa Beachhead (1958)
Gidget (1959)
Face of a Fugitive (1959)
Battle of the Coral Sea (1959)
Because They're Young (1960)
Angel Baby (1961)
Gidget Goes Hawaiian (1961)
Gidget Goes to Rome (1963)
Johnny Tiger (1966)
Attack on the Iron Coast (1968)
Fear No Evil (1969)
Guns of the Magnificent Seven (1969)
Hell Boats (1970)
The Brotherhood of the Bell (1970)
Cannon for Cordoba (1970)
The Mephisto Waltz (1971)
A Little Game (1971)
Haunts of the Very Rich (1972)
Strangers in 7A (1972)
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
Special Delivery (1976)
The Death of Richie (1977)
A Woman Called Moses (1978)
Blood Vows: The Story of a Mafia Wife (1987)
Right to Die (1987)
The Taking of Flight 847: The Uli Derickson Story (1988)
The Great Escape II: The Untold Story (1988)
Cross of Fire (1989)
Blind Faith (1990)
A Match Made in Heaven (1997)

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