Belle Starr

IMDb link: 0033383
IMDb rating: 5.7 (1,137 votes)
Genres: Drama, Western
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Randolph Scott, Gene Tierney, Dana Andrews, Shepperd Strudwick and others

Release date: 12 Sep 1941
Release year: 1941
Runtime: 87 minutes
Country: United States
Keywords: gang member, desperation, despair, belle starr character, horse, horseback riding, gun, classical western, southern belle, name in title

Plot:

The setting is the Civil War and its aftermath. Belle's family has lost their land to Yankees. She marries Confederate guerilla leader Sam Starr and they continue activities against exploiters until she is shot riding to alert Sam to a trap. Highly romanticized and little connection with history.

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