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Angel and the Badman
1947 · Western · Romance
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37 votes
Torn from the pages of America's most reckless era-THE UNFORGETTABLE GOLD RUSH DAYS!
Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine, but Craig redeems himself during a Gold Rush epidemic.
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John Chard
May 4, 2017
Sweet singing coyotes. Tall and elegant pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento to open up his own drug store. On route he incurs the wrath of bully boy Britt Dawson, who doesn't take kindly to his Bostonian manners, however Dawson's girl Lacey Miller does, and along with newly acquired friend Kegs McKeever, Tom has the foundation to see his plans thru to fruition, but Dawson and his loose cannon younger brother are…
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CinemaSerf
February 15, 2025
After a bit of an altercation on the steamboat, “Craig” (John Wayne) arrives in the burgeoning town of Sacramento to set up his pharmacy. He’s no quack, but can’t find premises. Luckily, the lady who was the source of an earlier drenching steps up and agrees to rent him a shop next to her bar. “Lacey” (Binnie Barnes) sees opportunities galore in this broad-shouldered young man but those are not shared by her beau, th…
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