Angel (1984)
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The original "honor student by day, hooker by night" melodrama, Angel stars Donna Wilkes in the title role. During the daylight hours, the 15-year-old Angel is known as Molly, a model prep school student. Devoid of parents, Molly must find some way to keep up the cash flow, so she hits the Hollywood mean streets as a prostitute. While we thankfully don't see Angel "in action", as it were, the film makes up in violence what it lacks in raw sex. Psycho John Diehl is on the loose murdering prostitutes; detective Cliff Gorman tries to stem the murder spree, but soon the hooker ranks are sorely diminished, leaving Angel the next likely target. With the help of such friends as ex-cowboy star Rory Calhoun and transvestite Dick Shawn, Angel manages to avoid becoming a statistic. We're not giving anything away here: after all, there was a 1986 sequel, Avenging Angel. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Cliff Gorman - Lt. Andrews
- Dick Shawn - Mae
- John Diehl - Billy Boy
- Donna McDaniel - Crystal
- Elaine Giftos - Patricia Allen
- Steven M. Porter - Yo Yo Charlie
- David Anthony - Howie
- Chuck Lyles - Blind Eddie's Friend
- Vincent J. Isaac - Pimp
- Ross Hagen - Urban Cowboy
- Gene Ross - Driver/Vice Cop
- Greg Lewis - Themopolis
- Todd Hoffman - Punker
- Dennis Kort - Wayne
- Joshua Cadman - Spike
- Susan Tyrrell - Mosler
- Rory Calhoun - Kit Carson
- Donna Wilkes - Angel/Molly
- Graem McGavin - Lana
- Mel Carter - Jenkins
- David Underwood - Ric Sawyer
- Laura Sorenson - Roxie
- Dick Valentine - Older Cop
- Donna Fuller - Jesus Peddler
- Joseph Michael Cala - Usher
- Ken Olfson - Mr. Saunders
- Ronnie Barron - Blind Eddie
- Peter Jason - Middle-Aged Man
- Marc Hayashi - Young Cop
- Director(s):
- Robert O'Neil
- Writer(s):
- Robert O'Neil, Joseph Michael Cala
- Producer(s):
- Sandy Howard, Donald P. Borchers, Roy Watts
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