Belle Starr's Daughter (1948)

The daughter of famous outlaw Belle Starr arrives at the town where her mother was murdered to find her killer.

Director:

Lesley Selander

Writer:

W.R. Burnett (original screenplay)

Stars:

George Montgomery, Rod Cameron, Ruth Roman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
George Montgomery	...	Marshal Tom Jackson
Rod Cameron	...	Bob 'Bitter Creek' Yauntis
Ruth Roman	...	Cimarron Rose
Wallace Ford	...	Lafe Bailey
Charles Kemper	...	Deputy Gaffer
William Phipps	...	Yuma Talbott
Edith King	...	Mrs. Allen
Jack Lambert	...	Bronc Wilson
Fred Libby	...	Slim Smith
Isabel Jewell	...	Belle Starr
J. Farrell MacDonald	...	Doc Benson
Chris-Pin Martin	...	Spanish George (as Cris-Pin Martin)
Larry Johns	...	Marshal Jed Purdy
Kenneth MacDonald	...	Uncle Jim Davis
Christine Larson	...	Marie (as Christine Larsen)

Storyline

When Bob "Bitter Creek" Yauntis (Rod Cameron)is accused by Belle Starr (Isabel Jewell), Queen of the outlaws of Cherokee Flats, of disobeying her orders and killing the local Marshal, he is enraged and kills her. He takes charge of the gang. The new Marshal, Tom Jackson (George Montgomery), meets Rose (Ruth Roman), Belles's daughter who thinks Tom is responsible for her mother's death. He sets out to track down the gang and prove his innocence to Rose.

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Plot Keywords:

song | singing | belle starr character | cold blooded murder | mother daughter relationship | 

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Taglines:

Into the Cimarron Badlands came a new Cattle Queen!

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Genres:

Action | Romance | Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Did You Know?

Trivia

First film in which Ruth Roman was given star billing. This was the first time her name appeared above the title.

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Goofs

At Belle's house Bob shoots her as she's about to go out of the door and her ranch foreman by the fire place. A little later Mike goes into the house looking for them and while Belle's still by the door but the foreman is now in the middle of the room by the table.

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Quotes

Cimarron Rose: Well, now you know. I'm Belle Starr's daughter and I'm proud of it.

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Soundtracks

Prelude No. 4
(uncredited)
Music by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged by Edward Kilenyi

User Reviews

Modest cowboy action.

Belle Starr's Daughter shows the team trying to ease out of the then doomed cowboy B movie market - three sort of stars, reasonable production values and a plot with some attempt at resonance and shading of the characters.

Cameron proved surprisingly effective as the bad guy. He did a similar turn in a Hitchcock TV episode and the two can be considered his best work. Wally Ford is always good value and the rest get by, with Montgomery suitable as a straight arrow law man and Roman young and appealing. Isabel Jewel is a surprise, after all her dewy innocent parts of the thirties and the piece is strong on welcome character faces - Kemper, Lambert, McDonald and the rest.

The action staging is excellent and the setting adequate, even though most of the scenes are shadowless over lit. Nice touches like the menacing night "This street was full of horses" or the final "I'm hit too." Lesley Seylander proved one of the few of the B movie directors able to deliver more ambitious work.

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 1948 (USA)

Also Known As:

Rose of Cimarron

Filming Locations:

Corriganville, Ray Corrigan Ranch, Simi Valley, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Edward L. Alperson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min 69 min (VHS)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1