BELLE STARR’S DAUGHTER
US, 1948, 86 minutes, Black and white.
George Montgomery, one to Cameron, Ruth Roman, Wallace Ford.
Directed by Lesley Selander.
Gene Tierney had appeared as Belle Starr, a successful western, highlighting the career of the outlaw. This sequel is small budget film. It focuses on a renegade friend of Belle Starr, played by Rod Cameron, who kills her. He starts a gang. He is pursued by the new Marshall of the town, George Montgomery.
Ruth Roman portrays Rose, Belle Starr’s daughter. After her mother’s death, she is given a job in town, the marshal falls for her, but she goes off with the outlaws. She finds out who was responsible for her mother’s death.
A standard western.
1. A western of the 1940s, standard? outlaws, the law, confrontations, shootouts?
2. The west and settings, the ranch, the open spaces, the town?
3. The title? The story of Belle Starr? Her exploits? At the ranch, the uneasy truce with Antioch? The breaking of the truce? Her death?
4. Rose, young, being with the Bob, training with the gun? Not afraid of anything? Witnessing her mother’s funeral? The lies? Her being protected in town? Her job? The encounter with Tom? Sassy?
5. Bob and his gang? The killing of the marshal? The killing of Belle Starr? His advances towards Rose? Coming to town, the clash with the sheriff, removing the guns, the fights at the bar, his smooth talk? Charming Rose? Taking her with him?
6. Bailey? His knowing the truth, his trying to escape, the drinking, the confrontation with old, pointing his gun, being shot, Rose as witness?
7. Tom, in pursuit, his being injured, the Doctorr.? His deputy? The chase, the local deputy being slack?
8. Bob, becoming desperate, in the town, the marshal shooting him, the disappearance of the horses, Tom and his deputy, the shootout in the street?
9. The final chase, Tom alone, bob and his treatment of Rose, his friend and leaving him to die? Rose and the truth, the dying man’s witness?
10. Tom, riding after Bob, the shooting, Bob’s sardonic comment about not being hanged? Tom and Rose together? The happy ending?
