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Angel Baby

Angel Baby

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Angel Baby

"THE SINNER who became a DEVIL SMASHER!!!"

1961

1h 38m

6.1(12 votes)

Drama

Overview

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.

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10 featured cast members

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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

Salome Jens

Salome Jens

Angel Baby

Roger Clark

Roger Clark

Sam Wilcox

Dudley Remus

Dudley Remus

Otis Finch

R. L. Armstrong

The Shanty Man

Harry Swoger

Big Cripple

Creative team

Directed by: Paul Wendkos
Hubert Cornfield
Written by: Paul Mason
Samuel Roeca
Produced by: Thomas F. Woods

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