Belle Starr (1941)

5.9/10 • 83 min • Western

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.

Cast

Gene Tierney

Belle Starr

Randolph Scott

Sam Starr

Dana Andrews

Thomas Crail

Shepperd Strudwick

Ed Shirley

Elizabeth Patterson

Sarah

Chill Wills

Blue Duck

Louise Beavers

Mammy Lou

Olin Howland

Jasper Trench

Paul E. Burns

Sergeant

Joe Sawyer

John Cole

Joe Downing

Jim Cole

Howard Hickman

Colonel Thornton

Charles Trowbridge

Colonel Bright

James Flavin

Sergeant

Charles Middleton

Carpetbagger

Hooper Atchley

Carpetbagger

Matthew Beard

Young Jake (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Bartender (uncredited)

Recommendations

Wild Rovers
Shoot Out
Rancho Notorious
Return of the Gunfighter
Badland
The Dead Don't Hurt
El Dorado
Yellow Sky
Young Guns II
The Horse Soldiers
The Undefeated
The Way West
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Day of the Outlaw
Vera Cruz
Flaming Star
Barbarosa
Guns for San Sebastian
Angel and the Badman
The Proud Rebel