The Avenging Angel
| The Avenging Angel | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Western |
| Based on | Avenging Angel by Gary Stewart |
| Written by | Dennis Nemec |
| Directed by | Craig R. Baxley |
| Starring | Tom Berenger James Coburn Fay Masterson Kevin Tighe Jeffrey Jones |
| Music by | Gary Chang |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Moctesuma Esparza Robert Katz |
| Producers | Jay Benson Tom Berenger |
| Cinematography | Mark Irwin |
| Editor | Mark Helfrich |
| Running time | 91 minutes |
| Production company | Esparza / Katz Productions |
| Original release | |
| Network | TNT |
| Release | January 22, 1995 |
The Avenging Angel is a 1995 American Western television film directed by Craig R. Baxley and coproduced by and starring Tom Berenger, as well as James Coburn. The movie is based on a book of the same name by Gary Stewart, and features real life characters Brigham Young, Porter Rockwell, and Wild Bill Hickman. The fictional main character Miles Utley is an orphan raised to be a Danite (also known as an "avenging angel") bodyguard tasked with protecting the interests of top leaders in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) in the newly colonized Utah Territory in the mid-late 1800s.