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Plot

Elsa Martinelli plays the title outlaw in the made-for-Italian-TV Belle Starr. Though ostensibly based on historical fact, the film's chronology and character relationships are somewhat juggled with by director Lina Wertmuller. What emerges is a typically Wertmullerian "battle of the sexes" endeavor, with anachronistic emphasis on the story's political ramifications. Also, the American West is depicted in near-surrealistic fashion, not quite as zany as in a Mel Brooks picture, but not very far from it. For reasons of her own, Wertmuller used the psedonym Nathan Wich in the film's credits.
MPAA Rating:
Genre(s):
Westerns
Run Time:
90min.
Director(s):
Lina Wertmüller
Starring:
Elsa Martinelli
Themes:
Battle of the Sexes
Tone:
Hallucinatory,Frantic,Irreverent
Keywords:
Wild-West,chronicle,lawlessness,outlaw [Western],sexual,wild [undomesticated]