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Danites feature prominently in Story of the Destroying Angel by Robert Louis Stevenson and Fanny Stevenson, part of the collection The Dynamiter. Danites are represented as a world-wide secret organization of spies and assassins, dedicated to enforcing the edicts of Brigham Young.
Jan 22, 1995 · The Avenging Angel: Directed by Craig R. Baxley. With Tom Berenger, James Coburn, Fay Masterson, Kevin Tighe. Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is forced to turn renegade and to question his faith as he investigates a scandal involving assassination and land speculation.
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- Drama, Western
- Craig R. Baxley
- 1995-01-22
Apr 27, 2020 · The Avenging Angel (1995) Tom Berenger is Miles Utley, orphaned as a young boy and raised to become a member of the Danites, gunmen trained to protect the Mormon church.
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Orrin Porter Rockwell (June 28, 1813 or June 25, 1815 – June 9, 1878) was a figure of the Wild West period of American history. A lawman in the Utah Territory, he was nicknamed Old Port, The Destroying Angel of Mormondom and Modern-day Samson .
To kill. He was the hunter. Now, he's the hunted.”Miles Utley is a professional Mormon commando/bodyguard who is f...
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Dec 31, 2019 · A crew member on the HBO series "Deadwood" recalls his affinity for ancestor Orrin Porter Rockwell — a Mormon adventurer whose long hair, legend has it, imbued him with a supernatural ability to dodge bullets.
When Utley foils an attempt on Young's life by an ex-communicated Mormon, the trail he follows to the supposed killer reveals a conspiracy of hypocrisy, secret identities and ulterior motives that mistakenly implicates his mentor and lifelong friend, Peter Rockwell (Coburn).