Belle Starr (1980 film)

Belle Starr
Directed byJames Lee Barrett
StarringElizabeth Montgomery
Country of originUnited States
Original release
Release1980 (1980)

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.

The film was one of several Western-themed roles Montgomery played, others including Mrs Sundance.[1]

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.[2]

The Los Angeles Times called it "a silly, trashy little fantasy."[3]

Cast

References

  1. ^ Pilato, Herbie J (2012). Twitch upon a star : the bewitched life and career of Elizabeth Montgomery. p. 270.
  2. ^ "tMontgomery's Starr intriguing". The Morning News. 2 April 1980. p. 29.
  3. ^ "'Belle Starr' a Chi Chi Western". Los Angeles Times Part 6. 2 April 1980. p. 8.