Eyes of an Angel movie storyline. John Travolta is a downtrodden single father raising his daughter under difficult circumstances in Chicago. The young girl comes upon and then nurses a wounded Doberman used for fighting, back to health. Duped by underworld types he was working as a courier for, father and daughter leave the dog and flee cross-country to Los Angeles with both canine and mobsters in pursuit.
Eyes of an Angel is a 1991 American drama film starring John Travolta and directed by Robert Harmon. It was released in France, Sweden, and on television in the United States as The Tender. It was released straight to video in 1994 under its proper title to coincide with Travolta’s bigger name release, Pulp Fiction. According to the opening credits, the movie is based on a true story. The film was shot entirely in Chicago.
Travolta plays Bobby Allen, a down-on-his-luck single father and recovering alcoholic whose wife died of a drug overdose. With no job and no money, his former brother-in-law Cissy gets him a job as a money courier while Bobby’s 10-year-old daughter finds a wounded fighting dog. She takes care of the dog over her father’s objections, until Bobby is betrayed by Cissy, who blames him for his sister’s death. Desperate, Bobby steals Cissy’s money and flees with the girl to California, leaving the dog behind. The dog follows them across the country to be reunited with the girl, while Cissy pursues Bobby to retrieve his money and to take the girl.
Eyes of an Angel (1991)
Directed by: Robert Harmon
Starring: John Travolta, Ellie Raab, Tito Larriva, Tripoli, Richard Edson, Vincent Guastaferro, Jeffrey DeMunn, Lisa Ziegler, Gene LeBell, Robert Rigamonti
Screenplay by: Robert Stitzel
Production Design by: David Brisbin
Cinematography by: Theo van de Sande
Film Editing by: Donn Cambern, Zach Staenberg
Costume Design by: Susie DeSanto
Set Decoration by: Lisa Fischer
Art Direction by: Eve Cauley
Music by: Randy Edelman
Distributed by: Artisan Entertainment
Release Date: September 25, 1991
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