Belle Starr

5.6
  • Genre: Western
  • Run time: 83 min
  • Premiere: 1941. September 12.

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.

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Gene Tierney

Belle Starr

Randolph Scott

Sam Starr

Dana Andrews

Thomas Crail

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

Herbert Ashley

Jailer (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

Carpetbagger

Matthew Beard

Young Jake (uncredited)

Hugh Chapman

Tench's Son (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Bartender (uncredited)

Mary Currier

Dressmaker (uncredited)

Franklyn Farnum

Barfly (uncredited)

Edward Fielding

Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

Avanelle Harris

Dressed-up Freed Slave (uncredited)

Dolores Hurlic

Jake's Granddaughter (uncredited)

Mae Marsh

Preacher's Wife (uncredited)

Kermit Maynard

Union Officer (uncredited)

George Melford

Preacher (uncredited)

Juanita Moore

Dressed-up Freed Slave (uncredited)

Adrian Morris

Major Grail's Orderly (uncredited)

Clarence Muse

Bootblack in Saloon (uncredited)

George H. Reed

Old Jake (uncredited)

Clinton Rosemond

Black Man on Bench (uncredited)

Elena Verdugo

Young Girl (uncredited)

Billy Wayne

Soldier (uncredited)

Cecil Weston

Mother (uncredited)

Norman Willis

Union Corporal (uncredited)

Art

Richard Day

Art Direction

Nathan Juran

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

Ernest Palmer

Director of Photography

Ray Rennahan

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costumer

Sam Benson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Crew

Natalie Kalmus

Technical Advisor

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Writing

Lamar Trotti

Screenplay

Art

Richard Day

Art Direction

Nathan Juran

Art Direction

Thomas Little

Set Decoration

Camera

Ernest Palmer

Director of Photography

Ray Rennahan

Director of Photography

Costume & Make-Up

Travis Banton

Costumer

Sam Benson

Wardrobe Supervisor

Crew

Natalie Kalmus

Technical Advisor

Directing

Editing

Production

Sound

Alfred Newman

Original Music Composer

Writing

Lamar Trotti

Screenplay