''Belle Starr'' is a 1980 American television movie about
Belle Starr starring
Elizabeth Montgomery in the lead role. It was written by
James Lee Barrett
James Lee Barrett (November 19, 1929 – October 15, 1989) was an American author, producer and screenwriter.
Biography
Barrett was born in 1929 in Charlotte, North Carolina and graduated in 1950 from Anderson University (South Carolina). ...
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The film was one of several Western-themed roles Montgomery played, others including ''Mrs Sundance''.
Montgomery first read the script in 1977. "James Lee Barrett's a wonderful writer," she said. "I liked the way he handled her because it showed her as she was - her relationship with hre son and how she was sleeping with everyone." The network censor insisted scenes depicting Starr's incestuous relationship with her son were deleted." It was the second film Montgomery made under her $1.5 million contract with CBS to make two films a year over three years.
The ''
Los Angeles Times'' called it "a silly, trashy little fantasy."
Cast
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Elizabeth Montgomery as
Belle Starr
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Cliff Potts as
Cole Younger
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Michael Cavanaugh as
Jesse James
Jesse Woodson James (September 5, 1847April 3, 1882) was an American outlaw, bank and train robber, guerrilla and leader of the James–Younger Gang. Raised in the " Little Dixie" area of Western Missouri, James and his family maintained stro ...
*Gary Combs as
Frank James
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Fred Ward as
Ned Christie
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Jesse Vint as
Bob Dalton
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Alan Vint as
Grat Dalton
Gratton Hanley "Grat" Dalton (March 30, 1861 – October 5, 1892) was an American outlaw in the American Old West. He was one of three brothers in the Dalton Gang, led by his younger brother Bob Dalton. Both brothers were killed during a shootout ...
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Geoffrey Lewis as Reverend Meeks
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Sandy McPeak as Sheriff Pratt
*David Knell as Ed Reed
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Geno Silva as
Blue Duck
*Michelle Stacy as Pearl Younger
References
External links
*{{IMDB title, id=0080424
''Belle Starr''at Letterbox DVD
''Belle Starr''at Warner Bros
1980 television films
1980s American films
1980s English-language films