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Angel Baby

  • 1961
  • Approved
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
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George Hamilton and Salome Jens in Angel Baby (1961)
Drama

A young woman's transformation from healed to healer incurs many dramatic changes, some of which are much more apparent than others.A young woman's transformation from healed to healer incurs many dramatic changes, some of which are much more apparent than others.A young woman's transformation from healed to healer incurs many dramatic changes, some of which are much more apparent than others.

  • Directors
    • Paul Wendkos
    • Hubert Cornfield
  • Writers
    • Orin Borsten
    • Paul Mason
    • Samuel Roeca
  • Stars
    • George Hamilton
    • Mercedes McCambridge
    • Joan Blondell
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    528
    YOUR RATING
    • Directors
      • Paul Wendkos
      • Hubert Cornfield
    • Writers
      • Orin Borsten
      • Paul Mason
      • Samuel Roeca
    • Stars
      • George Hamilton
      • Mercedes McCambridge
      • Joan Blondell
    • 13User reviews
    • 9Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    George Hamilton
    George Hamilton
    • Paul Strand
    Mercedes McCambridge
    Mercedes McCambridge
    • Sarah Strand
    Joan Blondell
    Joan Blondell
    • Mollie Hays
    Henry Jones
    Henry Jones
    • Ben Hays
    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Hoke Adams
    Roger Clark
    Roger Clark
    • Sam Wilcox
    Salome Jens
    Salome Jens
    • Angel Baby
    • (as Miss Salomé Jens)
    Dudley Remus
    • Otis Finch
    R.L. Armstrong
    • The Shanty Man
    • (as R. L. Tex Armstrong)
    Harry Swoger
    • Big Cripple
    Eddie Firestone
    Eddie Firestone
    • Blind Man
    Victoria Adams
    • Ma Brooks
    Barbara Biggart
    • Farm Girl
    Bert Williams
    Bert Williams
    • The Killer
    • (as Burt Williams)
    Theodore Lehmann
    • Willis Ferguson
    • (as Ted Lehman)
    Marty Ryan
    • Deputy Sheriff
    Jimmy Beecham
    • Man with a Conscience
    Flora Lane
    • Dropsy Woman
    • Directors
      • Paul Wendkos
      • Hubert Cornfield
    • Writers
      • Orin Borsten
      • Paul Mason
      • Samuel Roeca
    • All cast & crew
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    10fearneho

    Inspiring

    About 1970 friends and I were on our way back to Sydney following a 2-weel driving vacation to Queensland. We stopped overnight in the small 'bush' town of Bourke (New South Wales). It was there we set up camp for the night and then decided to seek out a movie theater. We found such a theater in a beautiful outdoor garden setting . . .I can't recall its name.

    Anyway, the movie showing that night was 'Angel Baby' which we hadn't heard about before. I remember the title not appealing to me at all but the theater setting was gorgeous as well as the night itself. The three of us (me, a friend and 11 year-old Peter) positioned ourselves on blankets on the lawn. Then, for the first time, we saw 'Angel Baby'. It impacted greatly on the 3 of us and we thought about it and talked about it for weeks after. We couldn't get out of our minds the miraculous healing of the cripple boy at the movie's conclusion.

    Years later I became a Christian and had the opportunity to see that movie again on TV just a couple of years ago. I'd love to be able to thank the movie cast and particularly Salome Jens for having inspired me (us) back in 1970 and even today. Thanks!
    6SnoopyStyle

    Burt's first film

    Evangelist faith-healer Paul Strand (George Hamilton) travels the American south with his wife Sarah (Mercedes McCambridge), Mollie Hays (Joan Blondell), and Ben Hays (Henry Jones) to preach to the masses in a tent. Angel Baby (Salome Jens) has been mute since childhood. She is drawn to the meeting where Paul somehow heals her. The group takes her under their wings and turns her into an orator. Her boyfriend Hoke Adams (Burt Reynolds) gets jealous.

    It is interesting that the film starts with text saying this may not be suitable for impressable children. I can imagine some blowback from the religious community. Many characters are drawn too broadly. Burt Reynolds is in his first movie and he is probably one of those broad characters. I would like less of the romantic melodrama. There are some interesting elements, but the film does struggle in the mix.
    PeterWarnes

    A Spiritual Experience ...

    And here, all I remembered of "Angel Baby" was Mercedes McCambridge as a lady evangelist offering her wisdom to poor misguided George Hamilton. That plus, of course, a *quite* young Burt Reynolds playing a thuggish local lad.

    Believe me, watching this crew was a spiritual experience...
    8Ed-Shullivan

    I believe! ... I believe!! This is certainly a most under rated classic film.

    This may have been actress Salome Jens first movie roll, and although when it was released in 1961 she did not receive star billing over more recognized names such as George Hamilton (Reverend Paul Strand), Mercedes McCambridge (the cold fish wife Sarah Strand), and the two hucksters Joan Blondell (Mollie Hays) and her husband Henry Jones (Ben Hays), Salome Jens was not only more deserving of star billing, her role as Angel Baby, the mute beautiful young women who once again finds her voice, and through this miracle she finds God the healer.

    I sometimes wonder why some films receive praise (mainly because of a singular performance by a great actor/actress) and other great films with a unique story line and stellar performances by the entire cast such as in the 1961 film Angel Baby are totally ignored. Maybe because stories regarding Evangelist and/or religion are perceived as "subliminal messaging".

    The message I received from this film was simply it was a superb film with an interesting story line, and with the leading actress Salome Jens stealing every scene she appeared in.

    I rate this classic film an excellent 8 out of 10 IMDb rating.
    4slightlymad22

    Only Made It All The Way Through Because Of A Young Burt Reynolds

    Judging by this movie, you never would have guessed what lay ahead for Hollywood legend George Hamilton and future number one movie star in the world Burt Reynolds.

    Plot In A Paragraph: A woman who believes she has been chosen by God to heal people is taken in by a greedy promoter and his wife to make the rounds of the rural South - she to save souls and heal the sick, he to make as much money as he possibly can.

    I was not very entertained watching this, and I only made it all the way through because of George Hamilton and a young Burt Reynolds.

    This was Burt Reynolds first role and I found the movie less interesting when he was not on the screen. Even if his character Hook Adams was the local thug in the picture.

    That said Reynolds fight with Hamilton is awfully staged, and you can see their youthful inexperience.

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    • Trivia
      When asked about this movie Burt Reynolds replied, "The toughest part about 'Angel Baby' was doing a fight scene with George Hamilton, who at the time was a contender for the title of World's Most Uncoordinated Human Being. Yet he had to beat me up, something that was almost impossible for him to fake. In the dumbest fight scene ever, he sort of lifted me, and I leapt into the bushes, hoping it looked like I was thrown. But it just looked like he lifted me and I'd jumped."
    • Goofs
      When Paul is loading the truck after the first tent revival meeting, a shadow of the boom microphone is visible on the back of the truck.
    • Quotes

      Sarah Strand: You must cleave unto the Lord, Sister!

    • Soundtracks
      Onward, Christian Soldiers
      Music by Arthur Sullivan

      Lyrics by Sabine Baring-Gould

      Played during opening crawl text]

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    • Release date
      • May 14, 1961 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • El diablo en la carne
    • Filming locations
      • Homestead, Florida, USA
    • Production company
      • Madera Productions
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 37m(97 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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