"He lived only for revenge...She lived only for his love!"

Quirt Evans, a notorious gunslinger with blood on his hands, finds his life transformed when he collapses wounded near a peaceful Quaker homestead. The beautiful Penelope, played by Gail Russell, nurses him back to health and her gentle spirit awakens something long dormant in the hardened outlaw's heart.

Filmed against Arizona's picturesque Monument Valley, this groundbreaking Western was among the first to explore a hero's moral journey beyond mere gunfights. Quirt's character, loosely inspired by real outlaws who abandoned crime, must choose between revenge and redemption. John Wayne's Angel and the Badman (1947) marked his first production venture, creating a film with emotional depth that resonated with audiences for generations.