Belle Starr

directed by Irving Cummings
Category: "Western"
Year of Release:1941
Date Added:09/05/2022
Date Watched:09/07/2022
Description:During the war, Missourian Belle Shirley's (Gene Tierney) father is killed by Yankees, her house is burned, and her brother is arrested. She joins the gang of Sam Starr (Randolph Scott), supposed Confederate officer who is still fighting the war, but really a common outlaw. They fall in love and get married, Belle still naive about Sam's real purpose. When she finds out, she leaves him but when she hears he's riding into an ambush, she sets out to warn him and is shot and killed. Sam gives himself up to be with her corpse.
My Rating:5

Reviews for Belle Starr

Review - Belle Starr

Ridiculously fictionalized and over-acted drama that wasn't particularly interesting either. I watched because Gene Tierney was in it—she was lovely but ridiculous.
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