The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen (1950)

She Sought Revenge With a WHIP...a GUN...a KISS!

Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Posing as Lola Belmont, an American visiting from Detroit, teams up with Joaquin Murietta, posing as Carlos Del Rio, to form a Robin-Hood type band that takes vengeance on the gang and restores stolen gold to its rightful owners, aided by militia leader Dan Hinsdale.

Date of release
1950-12-22
TMDB
4.2 / 10 (10)
Runtime
1h 10m
Genres
Western, Adventure
Director
William Berke

Casting

Interesting facts

Bandit Queen is a 1950 American black-and-white Western film directed by William Berke and starring Barbara Britton and Phillip Reed as two Robin Hood-type bandits.

Production

Bandit Queen was produced by Lippert Pictures and shot in the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park as well as in the San Fernando Valley.

Production took place from mid-September to early October 1950.

Martha Vickers was initially slated to play the lead female role but was forced to withdraw because she had recently given birth and her doctor feared the effects of acting in a rugged Western on her 98-pound body. Barbara Britton was cast in her place.

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