{"id":1983,"date":"2023-03-04T03:37:29","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T03:37:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/?post_type=characters&#038;p=1983"},"modified":"2023-03-04T03:37:29","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T03:37:29","slug":"molly-angel-stewart","status":"publish","type":"characters","link":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/characters\/molly-angel-stewart\/","title":{"rendered":"Molly \"Angel\" Stewart"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Molly Stewart is the lead character in the 1985 action thriller film \"Avenging Angel.\" She is played by actress Betsy Russell.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly is a high school honor student who becomes a vigilante to avenge the murder of her best friend by a group of drug dealers. She transforms herself into a streetwise avenger known as \"Angel\" and sets out to bring the criminals to justice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Angel, Molly is tough and resourceful, using her intelligence and martial arts skills to take down the drug dealers and other criminals she encounters. However, she also struggles with the emotional toll of her vigilante activities and the danger they pose to herself and those she cares about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Throughout the film, Molly is supported by retired cop Lt. Andrews (Rory Calhoun) and a local minister (Ossie Davis), who help her navigate the dangerous world of Los Angeles' criminal underworld.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Molly's character is notable for being a strong and empowered female action hero, a relatively rare archetype in 1980s action films.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":1984,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1983"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/characters"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1986,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/characters\/1983\/revisions\/1986"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1984"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chickswithgunsmovies.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}