Angels Die Hard

{{Infobox film

| name = Angels Die Hard

| image = File:Angels Die Hard (1970) poster.jpg

| caption = Theatrical release poster

| director = Richard Compton

| producer = Charles Beach Dickerson

| screenplay = Richard Compton

| starring = Tom Baker
William Smith
R. G. Armstrong
Alan DeWitt
Gary Littlejohn
Rita Murray
Carl Steppling
Connie Nelson

| music = Richard Hieronymus

| cinematography =

| editing =

| distributor = New World Pictures

| released = {{Film date|1970|07|08}}

| runtime = 86 minutes

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget = $125,000Christopher T Koetting, Mind Warp!: The Fantastic True Story of Roger Corman's New World Pictures, Hemlock Books. 2009 p 16

| gross = $700,000 (rentals)

}}

Angels Die Hard is a 1970 biker film directed by Richard Compton and starring Tom Baker and William Smith. It is the first film distributed by New World Pictures; half its budget was provided by Roger Corman.

The film—which was written in three months—revolves around a gang of bikers who try to save people from a mining accident.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/382801849/?terms=%22angels+die+hard%22+%22richard+compton%22|title=21 Dec 1975, 381 - The Los Angeles Times at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}} Compton shot the film on location in Kernville, California, on the shore of Lake Isabella, an old gold-mining town that was used for filming early Hollywood Westerns.{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/13528959/?terms=%22angels+die+hard%22+%22richard+compton%22|title=15 Oct 1970, Page 6 - The Seguin Gazette-Enterprise at Newspapers.com|work=Newspapers.com|access-date=2018-10-23|language=en}}

Cast

Production

Barbara Peeters worked on the film.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9S7Gv1Gxwc4|title=Liberating Hollywood: Women Directors Barbara Peeters|date=26 June 2019|website=UCLA Film and Television Archive}}

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