The Avenging Angel
| The Avenging Angel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Based on | Avenging Angel by Gary Stewart |
| Written by | Dennis Nemec[1] |
| Directed by | Craig R. Baxley [1] |
| Starring | Tom Berenger James Coburn Fay Masterson Kevin Tighe Jeffrey Jones |
| Music by | Gary Chang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Moctesuma Esparza Robert Katz [1] |
| Producers | Jay Benson Tom Berenger[1] |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin [1] |
| Editor | Mark Helfrich [1] |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production company | Esparza / Katz Productions[1] |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | January 22, 1995 (1995年01月22日) |
The Avenging Angel is a 1995 American Western television film directed by Craig R. Baxley and coproduced by and starring Tom Berenger,[2] as well as James Coburn. The movie is based on a book of the same name by Gary Stewart,[1] and features real life characters Brigham Young, Porter Rockwell, and Wild Bill Hickman. The fictional main character Miles Utley is an orphan raised to be a Danite (also known as an "avenging angel") bodyguard tasked with protecting the interests of top leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the newly colonized Utah Territory in the mid-late 1800s.[1] [2]
Cast
[edit ]- Tom Berenger – Miles Utley (main character)
- Charlton Heston – Brigham Young (LDS Church prophet and territory governor)
- James Coburn – Porter Rockwell
- Tom Bower – Wild Bill Hickman
- Fay Masterson – Miranda Young (Brigham Young's daughter)
- Daniel Quinn – Alpheus Young (Brigham Young's son)
- Kevin Tighe – Benjamin Rigby (fictional top leader in the LDS Church)
- Leslie Hope – Liza Rigby (one of Benjamin's polygamous wives)
- Jeffrey Jones – Milton Long (Brigham Young's head of security)
- Andrew Prine – Andrew Pike
- Lisa Banes - Rebecca Heaton - (sister of main character)
- Drew Snyder - Will Heaton - (brother-in-law of main character)
- Patrick Gorman – Jonathan Parker (first victim)
- Tracey Ellis - Hannah Parker (widow of Jonathan Parker)[1]
Production
[edit ]Co-producer and main actor Berenger said the religious aspect of the story "is what I thought made it different than other Westerns. Otherwise, it would just be a Western. God knows, we have seen enough of those. I was kind of intrigued. And then Dennis Nemec did the script. It is a killer script—real economical and real right. He cut out a lot of the fat."[3]
See also
[edit ]References
[edit ]- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Scott, Tony (January 20, 1995). "The Avenging Angel". Variety .
- ^ a b Brennan, Patricia (January 22, 1995). "Beringer Produces, Stars in TNT's Mormon Saga". The Washington Post . Washington D.C. – via News & Record.
- ^ King, Susan (January 22, 1995). "The Berenger Trail: Actor Picks a Movie By Its Story, Not the Director". Los Angeles Times .
External links
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- 1995 television films
- 1995 films
- 1995 Western (genre) films
- 1990s American films
- 1990s English-language films
- American Western (genre) television films
- Films directed by Craig R. Baxley
- Films scored by Gary Chang
- TNT (American TV network) original films
- English-language Western (genre) films
- Films about Mormonism
- Danites
- American television film stubs