| Avenging Angel | |
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| Directed by | Robert Vincent O'Neil |
| Written by | Joseph Michael Cala Robert Vincent O'Neill |
| Produced by | Sandy Howard |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Peter Lyons Collister |
| Edited by | John R. Bowey |
| Music by | Christopher Young |
Production company | Republic Entertainment International |
| Distributed by | New World Pictures |
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Running time | 93 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1.1 million[1] |
| Box office | $5,622,787[2] |
Avenging Angel is a 1985 Americanactionthriller film directed byRobert Vincent O'Neil and written by O'Neil and Joseph Michael Cala.[3] It starsBetsy Russell,Rory Calhoun,Robert F. Lyons,Ossie Davis andSusan Tyrrell.
The film is a sequel toAngel (1984)[3] and was followed byAngel III: The Final Chapter (1988) andAngel 4: Undercover (1993).
Rory Calhoun claimedDonna Wilkes did not reprise the role she had originated because the producers refused to pay her the salary she wanted.[4]
Molly Stewart (Betsy Russell) is off the streets and studying to become a lawyer.
Molly learns that Lt. Andrews (Robert F. Lyons), the detective who helped her leaveprostitution when he became herlegal guardian, was murdered. She returns to the streets as Angel to track down his killer and avenge his death. She enlists help from her old friends, Yoyo Charlie, Solly Mosler and Kit Carson and hunts for the sole witness, Johnny Glitter, to the crime.
They break Kit out of the sanitarium and find Johnny at his home just as the thugs who killed Andrews find him. Kit and Angel save Johnny in a shootout. Angel discovers a scheme to buy up Hollywood Boulevard by intimidation and violence that Gerrard perpetuates. Gerrard's men corner Kit, Solly, Angel and Johnny in an alley. Kit shoots the car and causes it to crash, and they capture Gerrard's son. The son gets loose and threatens them with a gun, but the phone rings and Kit shoots him to death.
The caller is Gerrard, who has kidnapped Solly's baby, Little Buck. Gerrard offers to trade Buck for his son. They attempt to make the trade despite the son's death, but Gerrard discovers the ruse. When he discovers his son has died, a shootout ensues and Gerrard takes the baby. Kit takes out one thug and Johnny Glitter, who shoots blind, shoots the other and also himself.
Angel confronts Gerrard on the top floor and Gerrard threatens to throw the baby down. Angel surrenders and Gerrard puts the baby down, but the baby crawls toward the edge. Gerrard will not allow Angel to move. Solly sees what is happening and goes up to shoot Gerrard.
Angel tries to get to the baby, but the baby falls. Kit sees the baby fall and catches him. Angel and Solly come down with the baby safely wrapped in Kit's jacket. The trio leaves just as the police arrived.
Avenging Angel went into production quickly after the success of its predecessor. Hoping to recreate the success of the first film,New World Pictures released the film on January 11, 1985, two days shy of the anniversary of the first film's release. The film was abox office disappointment for the company, opening in 10th place and eventually earning $5,622,787.[5]
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AsCraig Safan was unavailable,Christopher Young composed the score for the film. In 1990,Intrada Records issued his music on a compilation CD including his work fromDef-Con 4 (1985),Torment (1986) andThe Telephone (1988); in 2013, BSX Records released a compilation album calledTheAngel Trilogy, featuring Young's score, Safan's music forAngel and Eric Allaman and Reinhard Scheuregger's music forAngel III: The Final Chapter.
In 2003,Anchor Bay Entertainment released theRegion 1 DVD box set of the first threeAngel films entitledThe Angel Collection.[6]
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