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Release Date:
5 September 1941 (USA)
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Filmed in TECHNICOLOR in the "Jesse James" Country See more »
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The setting is the Civil War and its aftermath. Belle's family has lost their land to Yankees. She marries...
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Way off the target
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Cast
(in credits order) (verified as complete) | Randolph Scott | ... | Sam Starr |
 | Gene Tierney | ... | Miss Belle / Belle Starr |
 | Dana Andrews | ... | Maj. Thomas Crail |
 | Shepperd Strudwick | ... | Ed Shirley (as John Shepperd) |
| Elizabeth Patterson | ... | Sarah |
 | Chill Wills | ... | Blue Duck |
| Louise Beavers | ... | Mammy Lou |
| Olin Howland | ... | Jasper Trench |
| Paul E. Burns | ... | Sergeant (as Paul Burns) |
| Joe Sawyer | ... | John Cole (as Joseph Sawyer) |
| Joe Downing | ... | Jim Cole (as Joseph Downing) |
| Howard C. Hickman | ... | Colonel Thornton (as Howard Hickman) |
| Charles Trowbridge | ... | Colonel Bright |
| James Flavin | ... | Sergeant |
 | Charles Middleton | ... | Carpetbagger |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Herbert Ashley | ... | Jailer (uncredited) |
| Hooper Atchley | ... | Carpetbagger (uncredited) |
| Matthew 'Stymie' Beard | ... | Jake as a Boy (uncredited) |
| Hugh Chapman | ... | Tench's Son (uncredited) |
| Davison Clark | ... | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Mary Currier | ... | Dressmaker (uncredited) |
| Franklyn Farnum | ... | Barfly (uncredited) |
| Edward Fielding | ... | Bit Part (uncredited) |
| Dolores Hurlic | ... | Old Jake's Granddaughter (uncredited) |
 | Mae Marsh | ... | Preacher's Wife (uncredited) |
| Kermit Maynard | ... | Union Officer (uncredited) |
| George Melford | ... | Preacher (uncredited) |
| Adrian Morris | ... | Maj. Grail's Orderly (uncredited) |
| Clarence Muse | ... | Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited) |
| George Reed | ... | Old Jake (uncredited) |
| Clinton Rosemond | ... | Black Man on Bench (uncredited) |
| Elena Verdugo | ... | Young Girl (uncredited) |
| Billy Wayne | ... | Soldier (uncredited) |
| Cecil Weston | ... | Mother (uncredited) |
| Norman Willis | ... | Union Corporal (uncredited) |
Directed by | |||
| Irving Cummings | |||
Writing credits | ||
| Lamar Trotti | (screenplay) | |
| Niven Busch | (story) and | |
| Cameron Rogers | (story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Kenneth Macgowan | .... | producer | |
Original Music by | |||
| Alfred Newman | |||
| David Buttolph | (uncredited) | ||
| Cyril J. Mockridge | (uncredited) | ||
Cinematography by | |||
| Ernest Palmer | (director of photography) | ||
| Ray Rennahan | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Robert L. Simpson | (as Robert Simpson) | ||
Art Direction by | |||
| Richard Day | |||
| Nathan Juran | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| Thomas Little | |||
Sound Department | |||
| Roger Heman Sr. | .... | sound (as Roger Heman) | |
| E. Clayton Ward | .... | sound | |
Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Travis Banton | .... | costumes | |
| Sam Benson | .... | wardrobe supervisor (uncredited) | |
Music Department | |||
| Charles Bradshaw | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Edward B. Powell | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
| Conrad Salinger | .... | orchestrator (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| Natalie Kalmus | .... | Technicolor director | |
Production Companies
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (presents) (as Twentieth Century - Fox)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1941) (USA) (theatrical) (released through) (as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation)
- Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1948) (USA) (theatrical) (re-release) (b&w)
- Comet Video (????) (USA) (DVD)
Additional Details
Also Known As:
"Belle Starr The Bandit Queen" - UK (complete title), USA (complete title)
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Runtime:
87 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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Sound Mix:
Mono (Western Electric Mirrophonic Recording)
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Trivia:
In 1950, 20th Century Fox reissued this film on a bill with Guadalcanal Diary (1943) and The Purple Heart (1944).See more »
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ed Shirley is shot from his horse, he is shown from a distance, but you can still see that instead of being knocked off his horse, he dismounts by lifting his leg up and over the saddle in front of him and then falling to the ground.See more »
Quotes:
Jasper Tench:Stealin' what's yours ain't stealin'.See more »
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Hollywood Mouth (2008)See more »
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This movie really left me cold. Usually I can enjoy nearly anything that Randolph Scott is in, but in this case I just can't. Maybe the reason his performance in this film is so uninspired is that he realizes how far from reality this story has strayed. The real Belle Starr was hardly an 'outlaw queen' - she was as ugly as a pig's rear end and about as charming. According to something in the plot, some guy - a military guy or a marshal, I forget which - was so smitten with her that he followed after her. He must have been blind. The problem as I see it is that the woman had a pretty name and a questionable history, so they made her into an 'outlaw queen'. However, if her name had been a reflection on this 'queen's' beauty, she would have been named 'Selma Klagshultz' or maybe 'Ethel Gumpox'. Would they have made this same movie with an 'outlaw queen' who didn't sound like one? They made a movie out of a pretty name, and modified the ugly wearer to suit.
I don't know why they insist on making these stories so romanticized but this was so far from reality it was a joke. If the real story isn't good enough then write something else altogether. The real Belle Starr's story was maybe, just MAYBE good enough to make into a movie, in my opinion, but this movie is just a waste of time and film. If the makers wanted a movie like this, they should have invented a whole character, name and all, and created a story, rather than taking a historical character and turning her into something she was not. Blech.