

Belle Starr
"She Was a Wonderful Sweetheart...But a Terrible Enemy!"
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.
Movie Details
Languages
English
Studio
20th Century Fox
Key Crew

Lamar Trotti
Screenplay

Niven Busch
Story

Irving Cummings
Director
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
Herbert Ashley
Jailer (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley
Carpetbagger

Matthew Beard
Young Jake (uncredited)
Hugh Chapman
Tench's Son (uncredited)

Davison Clark
Bartender (uncredited)