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The Bandit Queen is a 1950 American Western film directed by William Berke. The movie featured Barbara Britton and Phillip Reed as the leaders of a Robin Hood type band. The Bandit Queen was produced by Lippert Pictures Inc. and shot in the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park as well as the San Fernando Valley. Set near Madera, California during the California Gold Rush, The Bandit Queen is a 70 minute black-and-white movie that was a serial film depiction of Joaquin Murrieta's life. Martha Vickers was initially slated to "play a two-gun gal of the West in her come-back picture" in this movie. This release marked the final "Lippert Studios" film in 1950 with Britton starring in the title role as a Spanish American aristocratic daughter who avenged her parents' deaths in recovering stolen wealth through the use of a bullwhip. The Baltimore Afro-American described The Bandit Queen as, "a pistol-packin mama story".
Original Release
12/22/1950
US Release
12/22/1950
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Britton | Zara Montalvo aka Lola Belmont / Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont |
Willard Parker | Dan Hinsdale |
Phillip Reed | Joaquin Murietta / Joaquin Murietta, alias Carlos del Rio |
Barton MacLane | Jim Harden / Sheriff Jim Harden |
Martin Garralaga | Father Antonio / Fr. Antonio |
Victor Kilian | Jose Montalvo / Don Jose Montalvo |
Thurston Hall | Governor |
Angelo Rossitto | Nino |
Anna Demetrio | Maria |
Paul Marion | Manuel / Manuel, a Vigilante |
Directors
Writers
Orville H. Hampton, Victor West, Birgitta Palme
Cast
Name | Character |
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Barbara Britton | Zara Montalvo aka Lola Belmont / Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont |
Willard Parker | Dan Hinsdale |
Phillip Reed | Joaquin Murietta / Joaquin Murietta, alias Carlos del Rio |
Barton MacLane | Jim Harden / Sheriff Jim Harden |
Martin Garralaga | Father Antonio / Fr. Antonio |
Victor Kilian | Jose Montalvo / Don Jose Montalvo |
Thurston Hall | Governor |
Angelo Rossitto | Nino |
Anna Demetrio | Maria |
Paul Marion | Manuel / Manuel, a Vigilante |
Mikel Conrad | Captain Gray |
John Merton | Hank |
Arthur Berkeley | Waiter |
Roy Butler | Guard |
Joe Dominguez | Morales |
Elias Gamboa | Don Phillipe Rodridguez |
Pepe Hern | Raphael, a Vigilante / Raphael |
Hugh Hooker | Dawson |
Jack Ingram | Barton |
Nancy Laurents | Ann |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Murray Lerner | Executive Producer |
Robert L. Lippert | Executive Producer |
William Berke | Producer |