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Belle Starr Story Bd

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Collection: Kino Lorber
Format: Blu-ray
Year: 1968
Director: Lina Wertmüller, Piero Cristofani
Genre: Western
Cast: Elsa Martinelli, Robert Wood, George Eastman
Runtime: 99
Language: Italian
Release Date: 2023-03-21
Description

The Belle Starr Story is rip-roaring Spaghetti Western starring Elsa Martinelli (Hatari!) and directed by the legendary Lina Wertmüller (Seven Beauties, Cast Away). It is the only Spaghetti Western to be directed by a woman - she replaced Piero Cristofani (using the pseudonym “Nathan Wich”) a few days into the shoot. Abused and dominated by men in her youth, Belle Starr (Martinelli) now out-rides, out-smokes, out-shoots, and out-gambles them as she makes her way around the Old West, usually wearing male garb.
Audio commentary by film historian Samm Deighan