Summary:
Based on Jenny Angel, a novel by Elise Oaks Barber, Angel Baby is a gloves-off study of the faith-healing racket. The title character, played by Salome Jens, is a mute whose speech is ostensibly restored by Bible-thumper George Hamilton. Angel Baby is then exploited on the evangelical circuit by crooked promoter Burt Reynolds (in his feature film debut). She becomes disill... Full Summary >>

Cast:
George Hamilton - (Paul Strand)
Mercedes McCambridge - (Sarah Strand)
Joan Blondell - (Mollie Hays)
Henry Jones - (Ben Hays)
Burt Reynolds - (Hoke Adams)
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Review:
Treading some similar territory as the much better Elmer Gantry, Angel Baby can't help but pale in comparison to the slightly earlier film. However, the similarities between the two are essentially superficial, as Angel is much more concerned with a "miracle" girl and her struggle with her beliefs and how the phony world of the faux-evange... Continue >>

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