The avenging angel 1995 cast and crew an orphan grows up to fulfill his duty as bodyguard tom berenger to mormon leader brigham young charlton heston. All 3 have common western themes but each are very entertaining retellings in themselves. Tom berenger, charlton heston and james coburn star in this exciting western adventure which traces the troubled utah. Kevin sorbo, who is coming off a recurring role on foxs recently ended teen soap the o. A preacher turned bounty hunter, the man knows he should never seek revenge, but. The case of the avenging angel 1966 jerry hopper on allmovie for reasons which he prefers to keep secret. Tv14 1h 21min drama, western tv movie 7 july 2007 avenging angel poster. Therefore, during this period of time the trek to utah consisted of hopping on the next train and riding it to the territory. Miles utley is a professional mormon commandobodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation. Interesting western with some tangential basis in history. A terrible movie, aside from the iconic casting of charlton heston as brigham young, and james coburn as. Prairie fever 2008 kevin sorbo, lance henriksen, dominique swain prairie fever 2008 drunken exsheriff preston biggs gets a ticket out of the jailhouse and a fistful of cash. The final scene between hauser and sorbo is good though.
I had to love the casting of charlton heston who played the prophet moses in the 1956 film the ten. An old west preacher turns vengeful when a murderous landowner preys on the innocent. A religion friendly movie, this is a bit familiar but its well written with lots of comic book style action. The avenging angel 1995 not rated 1h 31min western tv movie 22 january 1995. This fan made video was created strictly for entertainment purposes only. The avenging angeltom berenger, james coburn, charlton heston, kevin tighe, jeffrey jones, fay masterson, leslie hope, andrew prine. I waited for a decade and a bit to finally see this movie come out on dvd. A western with revisionist overtones, this actionadventure is set in utah during the time of latterdaysaint prophet brigham young charlton. Avenging angel 2007 in 1875 a bounty hunter kevin sorbo seeks revenge against a landowner and the henchmen who killed his wife and child. Plus it was a good detective movie, with a bit of forbidden love thrown in for good measure.
The avenging angel 1995 rotten tomatoes movie trailers. At its core, tnts the avenging angel is an oldfashioned western that revisits a familiar theme. The pledge, also known as the gunfighters pledge, being the best of the 3, but closely followed by the other 2, avenging angel and prairie fever starring kevin sorbo. Despite its philosophical undertones, this tv movie is. The screenplay won the western writers of america 1996 spur award for best drama script dennis nemec.
Wings hauser as colonel cusack 1 joey king as amelia. A western with revisionist overtones, this actionadventure is set in utah during the time of latterdaysaint prophet brigham young charlton heston and follows the exploits of his brave. The film embraces this completely, accurate or not, and even feels odd at points for being so seeped in the religion. Sorbo is surprisingly good as a western hero and hauser is great too as an urbane, educated heavy. Berenger portrays an apprentice of rockwells but in reality, the movie is really about the young orin porter rockwell, the original and most love and feared avenging angel. A preacher sorbo becomes a bounty hunter after a group of refugees. Avenging angel a classic western tale of good versus. In all, avenging angel is quite enjoyable but the climax is a little too tame. For those that like a good action western this film fits the bill. Avenging angel on hallmark tonight july 7, 2007 if you like kevin sorbo, now is your chance to see him in a new madefortv movie on the hallmark channel tonight at 9pm. The avenging angel tends to exploit mayhem even as it halfheartedly condemns it. Clips from the tnt made for tv movie avenging angels. Avenging angel 1985 full movie download full hd youtube. The avenging angel is a 1995 american television film directed by craig r.
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