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Belle Starr (1941)
Directed by Irving Cummings
Overview
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.
Rated NR | Length 83 minutes
Actors
Gene Tierney | Randolph Scott | Dana Andrews | Shepperd Strudwick | Elizabeth Patterson | Chill Wills | Louise Beavers | Olin Howland | Paul E. Burns | Joe Sawyer | Joe Downing | Howard C. Hickman | Charles Trowbridge | James Flavin | Charles Middleton | Herbert Ashley | Hooper Atchley | Matthew 'Stymie' Beard | Hugh Chapman | Davison Clark | Mary Currier | Franklyn Farnum | Edward Fielding | Avanelle Harris | Dolores Hurlic | Mae Marsh | Kermit Maynard | George Melford | Juanita Moore | Adrian Morris | Clarence Muse | George Reed | Clinton Rosemond | Elena Verdugo | Billy Wayne | Cecil Weston | Norman Willis