Rage of Angels

• Director: Buzz Kulik
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• Genre: Drama
• Release Year: 1983
• Country: US
• Run Time: 192 minutes

Plot

Another two-part TV movie from the pen of novelist Sidney Sheldon, Rage of Angels stars Jaclyn Smith as attractive lawyer Jennifer Parker. While working as assistant D.A., Parker is targeted for persecution by organized crime, but she perseveres and emerges as one of the most successful defense attorneys in America. She is, however, not quite so lucky in matters of the heart, becoming simultaneously entangled with charismatic mob lawyer Michael Moretti (Armand Assante) and married U.S. Senate aspirant Adam Warner (Ken Howard). Serving up everything but the kitchen sink in plot complications and sinister conspiracies, Rage of Angels was telecast on February 20 and 21, 1983, garnering excellent ratings and an Emmy award for musical composer Billy Goldenberg. The film spawned a two-part sequel in 1986, Rage of Angels: The Story Continues, again with Jaclyn Smith in the lead. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

Cast

Wesley Addy - Abner Parker; Armand Assante - Moretti; Leo Burmeister - Jim; Freddi Chandler - Nurse #2; Bill Cobbs - Abraham Wilson; George Coe - Maguire; E. Brian Dean - Capt. Childress; John Glover - Scalon Jackson; Sam Gray - Judge Mineon; Lloyd Hollar - Doctor; Ronald Hunter; Leonard Jackson - Judge North; Mark Margolis - Ricky; Deborah May - Mary Beth Warner; Court Miller - Ben Bluestone; Portia Nelson - Receptionist; Afemo Omilami - Vet #1; Jaclyn Smith - Jennifer Parker; Lois Smith - Clara; Barry Snider - Howard Patterson; Sam Stoneburner - Maitre D' #1; Tony Turco - Dock Master; Art Vasil - Karl Stell; Joseph Wiseman - Granelli; Richard Woods - Seth Needham; Kevin Conway; Ken Howard; Joseph Warren - Thomas Colfax; Sally Jane Heit - Nurse #1; Glenn Robards - Speaker; Peter Friedman - Larry; Wayne Tippet - Dunninger; James Greene - Father Ryan

Credit

John Boxer - Costume Designer, Buzz Kulik - Director, Les Green - Editor, Sidney Sheldon - Executive Producer, Billy Goldenberg - Composer (Music Score), Ronald M. Lautore - Cinematographer, Barry Oringer - Producer, John Furia, Jr. - Producer, Robert L. Joseph - Screenwriter, Sidney Sheldon - Book Author