Belle Starr is a Technicolor 1941 Drama from 20th Century Fox production, directed by Irving Cummings loosely based on the life of a real American outlaw Belle Starr. Starring Gene Tierney, Randolph Scott and Dana Andrews.
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Randolph Scott) Belle Shirley (Gene Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation amongst the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause.
A stranger saves the sleepy little town of FORGIVEN
Bass Reeves: I just might take a liking to being law. It's kind of fun.
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The spirit of the old west comes hauntingly to life in this modern day suspense drama. Based on the short story by Richard Bausch, The Man Who Knew Belle Starr, tells the tale of a man seeking a change of luck and finding it when he picks up a female hitchhiker while journeying out west.
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Abused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb. One man who's her equal is Larry Blackie with whom she has an on-again, off-again relationship which is often argumentative and sometimes violent. Together they become involved in a robbery which goes awry. Belle has to rescue Larry and though he's grateful, he now wants to go his own way. However, he expresses the hope that someday they'll once more cross paths and then ... who knows?
Keywords: action-heroine, bare-chested-male, bare-chested-male-bondage, bullet, cigar-smoking, female-gunfighter, guitar, interrogation, interrupted-hanging, jewel-robbery
Cole Harvey: Look, Belle, I'm sorry. I didn't know he was your uncle.::Belle Starr: If you hadn't shot him first, I would have. He didn't mean anything to me.
Pinkerton Man: You think you're a brave man, don't you. Resisting all this pain, all this torture. I hope you haven't got to the stage when you don't feel it. It doesn't usually happen so quickly, but we can wait until you get your strength back again, Larry, so you get the most out of this experience. We don't want you to miss anything, do we. It would be a pity, don't you agree? Ready for more?
Plot
In this one, the father of Jesse and Frank James is unjustly hanged by Union troops and their mother's arm is amputated after their home is bombed by Union people, so they go riding with Quantrill's Raiders and Cole Younger and Belle Starr. Jesse and Frank argue a lot and then Jesse marries Zerelda 'Zee' Mimms, but true-history had long flown out the window by that time. Actually, history departed before the first reel was over.
Keywords: 1860s, amputation, b-movie, b-western, based-on-true-story, battle, belle-starr, brother-brother-relationship, carbine, cavalry
Wanted! Cole Younger! Belle Star! Quantrell! Frank James! and Young Jesse James
COLE YOUNGER...BELLE STARR...FRANK JAMES...QUANTRELL...taught him every outlaw trick he knew!
THE TEENAGER WHO BECAME THE WEST'S MOST HUNTED DESPERADO!
TEENAGE TERROR OF THE OLD WEST1 His Companions...The Most Daring Outlaws Of All!
Wanted! Cole Younger! Belle Star! Quantrell! Frank James! and Young Jesse James WANTED! Cole Younger! Belle Starr! Quantrell! Frank James! and YOUNG JESSE JAMES
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When Bob "Bitter Creek" Yauntis ('Rod Cameron' (qv))is accused by Belle Starr ('Isabel Jewell' (qv)), 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 (I)' (qv)), meets Rose ('Ruth Roman' (qv)), 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.
Keywords: 1880s, ambush, b-western, bandit, belle-starr, cafe, character-name-in-title, cold-blooded-killer, cruelty, damsel-in-distress
INTO THE CIMARRON COUNTRY CAME A NEW OUTLAW QUEEN TO BREATHE THE FLAME OF BELLE STARR BACK INTO THE HEARTS OF MEN! (original ad - all caps)
Her Name Was A Proud, Fierce Challenge Flung Defiantly At The West!
Into the Cimarron Badlands came a new Cattle Queen!
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After some gun play with a posse, the James Gang head for Quinto in a section of land which is not a part of America. Anyone there is beyond the law so the town is populated with outlaws. Next to arrive is Sheriff Rowley, following his brother whom the Gang have brought in injured. Rowley has no authority and gets on well enough with the James boys but is soon involved in other local goings-on, including a move to vote for annexation with Oklahoma which would allow the law well and truly in.
Keywords: 1880s, 19th-century, ambush, american-indian, bad-doctor, bank-robbery, bar-shootout, barbershop-quartet, barfly, bartender
See Them ALL...IN ACTION -- IN ONE PICTURE! The James Boys - The Daltons - Belle Starr
NOTORIOUS FRONTIER OUTLAWS...IN ACTION! (original print ad - all caps)
AMERICA'S MOST EXCITING ERA! (original ad - all caps)
WANTED FOR MURDER AND ROBBERY --- THE DALTON BROTHERS --- THE JAMES BOYS (original ad - all caps)
The Famous Raid by the DALTON GANG, Reenacted Vividly in a Climactic Action Episode (original poster)
The West's worst killers strike again!
Narrator: But an unusual mistake was made in this race for statehood. A strip of land was completely overlooked... forgotten. It was left without law or sheriff. This strip had no legal basis for government of any kind. And in the closing decade of the Nineteenth Century, it became a hideout for the outlaws who infested the west. No United States Marshal dared venture there. It was called Badman's Territory.
Hodge: Well, Doc?::Doc Grant: I'm afraid he's made his last mistake.
Doc Grant: You'll find the people in Quinto a pretty decent lot on the whole.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Tha doesn't square with what I've seen so far.::Doc Grant: Oh, it ain't that bad. Men that put away their guns can't argue with the men that still carry them.
The Coyote Kid: Where are you headed for next, Bob?::Bob Dalton: Two banks.::The Coyote Kid: Double-header, huh?
Bill Hampton: You know, I could kill you for what you just done.::The Coyote Kid: Yeah, you've killed a lot for a lot less.
The Coyote Kid: [to Mark] Daggone it, Sheriff, you should have been an outlaw!
Henryette Alcott: I'd advise you to remove that star.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Well, thanks, but I think I can take care of myself.::Henryette Alcott: The life expectancy of a sheriff can be very short in Quinto.
Sheriff Mark Rowley: Johnny, if you were an outlaw camped down there on the creek and saw a posse coming up behind you, what would you do.::Deputy Sheriff Johnny Rowley: I'd head up this cut to open country where a man could use a fresh horse.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Right! Now, as a deputy sheriff who's figured out the outlaw's next move.::Deputy Sheriff Johnny Rowley: I'd sneak up behind those trees.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Right!::Deputy Sheriff Johnny Rowley: And pump lead into 'em as they come up.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Wrong! A good officer don't kill except in self-defense. The saw says every man has a right to a fair trial.::Deputy Sheriff Johnny Rowley: Outlaws? Train robbers?::Sheriff Mark Rowley: And even murderers. No man's guilty until he's convicted. So try to take your man alive.::Deputy Sheriff Johnny Rowley: But what if he shows fight?::Sheriff Mark Rowley: That's different! Shoot and don't miss!
Sheriff Mark Rowley: I, uh, see that you've been made the favorite.::Belle Starr: Oh, it's not me. It's my horse Beauty, He's everybody's favorite.::Henryette Alcott: Of course, good luck.::Belle Starr: Wanna make a little side bet with me, Sheriff?::Sheriff Mark Rowley: What f'rinstance?::Belle Starr: Oh, money, or marbles... or moonlight.::Sheriff Mark Rowley: [Turning his head] Suppose we just make it a dollar and a half. [Tips his hat and leaves]
Henryette Alcott: I'm trying to bring some order because I want schools, ranches, churches, hospitals, a courthouse, and a flag. Is there anything wrong with that?::Sheriff Mark Rowley: Nothing except the way you're goin' about it, You may start a local revolution. You can't clean up Quinto with printer's ink, and you can't do it alone.
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Belle Starr has just returned from prison to take over her ranch where her foreman Ringo who is rustling cattle. He is after the herd and has planted his man Twister there. When Hoppy finds the cattle stampeded by Twister, he secretly marks them hoping this will lead him to the rustlers and their buyer.
Keywords: 1880s, arizona, b-movie, b-western, cattle, cattle-buyer, cattle-rustling, cattleman, cigarette-smoking, cigarettes
CASSIY TAKES ON A SUICIDE JOB OF LAW AND ORDER! (original poster-all caps)
Furious Fights!...He's a fighting fury no cattle thief can face! (original print ad)
Sizzling Suspense!..Rustler-rule fades out when Hopalong Cassidy crashes in! (original print ad)
Roaring Romance! - Thundering Action! (original print ad)
Fightin Mad And Rarin' To Go!
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During the American Civil War, A Union-Army officer is ordered by U. S. President Abraham Lincoln to bring in Belle Starr, the leader of a Missouri guerrilla band, dead or alive. However, he falls in love with her, does not bring her in, and is facing a court-martial.
Keywords: 1860s, 19th-century, american-civil-war, assignment, belle-starr, civil-war, confederate-army, court-martial, damsel-in-distress, death
My mama and my daddy
Told me that love is a two-way street
But lately baby, you've been findin'
New ways of draggin' your feet
So come on, make your best shot
You don't have to take the blame
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
There's lonely people everywhere
From Abilene to Arkansas
The way they run for cover
You'd think love was against the law
Well, I don't need a pistol, baby
You won't have to rob a train
You can be my belle star
And I can be your Jesse James, oh, oh
I know you've done some hard time
Baby and you've got your doubts
When you feel surrounded
And it's lookin' like there's no way out
I'll come ridin' to your rescue
All you gotta do is call my name
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James, oh, oh
It don't take a genius, baby
There ain't no big mystery
You can't play it safe
And still go down in history
So saddle up the horses
'Cos we're headed for the hall of fame
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have gone
Since old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam?
Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reins
Or single footing somewhere below?
Eight lovers they say combed your waving black hair
Eight men knew the feel of your dark velvet waist
Eight men heard the sounds of your tan leather skirt
Eight men heard the bark of the guns that you wore
Cole Younger was your first and the father of your girl
And the name that you picked for your daughter was Pearl
Cole robbed a bank and he drawed the life line
But I heard he was pardoned after twenty years time
Your Cherokee lover, Blue Duck was his name
He loved you in the sand hills before your great fame
I heard he stopped a bullet in 1885
And your Blue Duck's no longer alive
You took Jim Reed to your warm wedding bed
And from out of your love was born the boy, Ed
A pal killed Jim Reed by the dark of the moon
And your son Ed was blowed down in a drunken saloon
Then there was Bob Younger, you loved him so well
He rode with the James Boys out on the long trail
Well, they caught him in Minnesota along with the gang
And he died down in jail in the cell or the chain
You loved Mr. William Clarke Quantrill
And his Civil War guerrillas in the Missouri hills
He hit Lawrence, Kansas and fought them still
And when he rode out, two hundred lay killed
They say you could have, they whispered you might
Have loved Frank James on a couple of nights
He fought the Midland Railroad almost to death
Then in 1915 Frank drawed his last breath
They say it could be, they say maybe so
That you loved Jesse James, that desperado
Jesse got married, had a wife and a son
Was shot down at home by the Ford brothers' guns
Belle Starr, Belle Starr, your time's getting late
But how is Jim Younger, did you hear his fate?
He was jailed and then pardoned for all he had done
And he blowed out his own brains in nineteen and one
Eight men they say combed that waving black hair
Eight men knew the feel of your dark velvet waist
Eight men heard the sounds of your tan leather skirt
Eight men heard the bark of the guns that you wore
Belle Starr, Belle Starr, tell me where you have gone
Since old Oklahoma's sand hills you did roam?
Is it heaven's wide streets that you're tying your reins
My mamma and my daddy
Told me that love is a two-way street
But lately baby, you've been finding
New ways of dragging yout feet
So come on, make your best shot
You don't have to take the blame
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
There's lonely people everywhere
From Abilene to Arkansas
The way they run for cover
You'd think love was against the law
Well i don't need a pistol , baby
You won't have to rob a train
You can be my belle star
And i can be your Jesse James
I know you've done some hard time
Baby, and you've got your doubts
When you feel surrounded
And it's looking there's no way out
I'll come riding to rescue
All you gotta do is call my name
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
It don't take a genius, baby
There aint no big mystery
You can't play it safe
And still go down in history
So saddle up the horses
'Cos we're headed for the hall of fame
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James
I'll be your belle star
You can be my Jesse James