Belle Starr (1941)
She Was a Wonderful Sweetheart...But a Terrible Enemy!
87 min
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr Belle Shirley 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 among 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.
- Release date
- September 12, 1941
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Randolph Scott as Sam Starr
- Gene Tierney as Belle Shirley
- Gene Tierney as Belle Starr
- Dana Andrews as Maj. Thomas Crail
- Shepperd Strudwick as Ed Shirley
- Elizabeth Patterson as Sarah
- Chill Wills as Blue Duck
- Louise Beavers as Mammy Lou
- Olin Howland as Jasper Trench
- Paul E. Burns as Sergeant
- Joe Sawyer as John Cole
Crew
- Irving Cummings · Director
- Lamar Trotti · Writer
- Niven Busch · Writer
- Cameron Rogers · Writer
- Kenneth Macgowan · Producer
- Alfred Newman · Composer
- Ernest Palmer · Cinematographer
- Ray Rennahan · Cinematographer
- Robert L. Simpson · Editor