The Legend of Frenchie King (1971)

Outlaw sisters in the old West inherit a ranch and try to settle down and develop relationships with neighboring family of lots of brothers.

Directors:

Christian-Jaque, Guy Casaril (uncredited)

Writers:

Marie-Ange Aniès (screenplay), Jean Nemours (screenplay)

Stars:

Brigitte Bardot, Claudia Cardinale, Michael J. Pollard

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brigitte Bardot	...	Louise / Frenchie King
Claudia Cardinale	...	Marie Sarrazin
Michael J. Pollard	...	Le Shérif
Micheline Presle	...	Tante Amélie
Marie-Ange Aniès	...	Constance
Georges Beller	...	Marc
Henri Czarniak	...	Le docteur Miller (as Henry Czarniak)
Oscar Davis	...	Matthieu
Raoul Delfosse	...	Le Cornec
France Dougnac	...	Elisabeth
Teresa Gimpera	...	Caroline
Leroy Haynes	...	Marquis
Valéry Inkijinoff	...	Spitting Bull (as Valery Inkijinoff)
Jacques Jouanneau	...	Letellier
Emma Cohen	...	Virginie

Storyline

The story takes place in Texas in the 1890s and begins with a train robbery staged by Louise (Brigette Bardot) and her four sisters. Among the loot is the title to the Little "P" ranch, which just happens to be located on a field of unexplored oil next to the property of Marie Sarrazin (Claudia Cardinale) and her four brothers. Louise and her sisters decide to give up the life of crime and settle down on the Little "P' ranch, but are harassed by Marie and her kin who is determined to force them out and acquire the old-rich property for herself.

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Plot Keywords:

euro western | female gunfighter | catfight | spaghetti western | italo western | 

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Taglines:

The West Ain't No Place for a Man

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Genres:

Action | Comedy | Western

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

UK France Italy Spain

Language:

French English

Release Date:

16 December 1971 (France)

Also Known As:

The Legend of Frenchie King

Filming Locations:

Cascajares de la Sierra, Burgos, Castilla y León, Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

FGL Productions, Copercines, Cooperativa Cinematográfica, Films EGE

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Little P. Ranch was built specifically for this film, but it remained standing after filming was completed and would go on to appear in the following movies: '¡Viva la muerte... tua! (1971)', 'La banda J. & S. - Cronaca criminale del Far West (1972)', 'Il mio nome è Shangai Joe (1973)', 'Uno, dos, tres... dispara otra vez (1973)', 'The Spikes Gang (1974)' and 'Il bianco il giallo il nero (1975)'. The ranch burned down in an unknown year, leaving only the chimney standing. It remains so as of January 2017.

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Goofs

When Louise and Maria are carried away from the ranch in the wagon, you can briefly see Louise sitting up. In the next shot, she's lying down and just waking up from fainting.

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Alternate Versions

Once available on Super 8, Sound, Colour, 400', but discontinued as of 1980.

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Connections

Featured in Trailer Trauma (2016)

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Soundtracks

Prairie Woman
(uncredited)
Music by Francis Lai and lyrics by Francis Lai and Hal Shaper
Sung by Claudia Cardinale (Maria Sarrazin)

User Reviews

B.B. Against C.C.

Brigitte one more time show to the world of the cinema how sure of herself she was this time around she was paired with Claudia Cardinale a beauty on her own and the Italian answer to Bardot . in the past Bardot was pair with the sublime Jeanne Moreau and the very talented Annie Girardot, this movie is a western a very good one i love the way Bardot and Cardinale fight , they are very sexy together of course Bardot is by far more beautiful and more famous please rent or try to watch this movie is wonderful you will have a great time plus is Bardot in it the most beautiful movie star of all time. I will said one thing about this movie it have many different name in English i don't know why , but remember any movie with Brigitte in its a treat