Belle Starr

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.

Directed by Irving Cummings

Top cast

Gene Tierney

Belle Starr

Randolph Scott

Sam Starr

Dana Andrews

Thomas Crail

Shepperd Strudwick

Ed Shirley

Elizabeth Patterson

Sarah

Chill Wills

Blue Duck

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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

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Herbert Ashley

Jailer (uncredited)

Hooper Atchley

Carpetbagger

Matthew Beard

Young Jake (uncredited)

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Hugh Chapman

Tench's Son (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Bartender (uncredited)

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