The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen

22/12/1950 1h 10m 4.0/10

Overview

Zara Montalve, half Spanish and half America, returns to her native California in time to see her parents murdered for their hacienda and gold by Sheriff Jim Harding and his gang. Posing as Lola Belmont, an American visiting from Detroit, teams up with Joaquin Murietta, posing as Carlos Del Rio, to form a Robin-Hood type band that takes vengeance on the gang and restores stolen gold to its rightful owners, aided by militia leader Dan Hinsdale.

Director

William Berke

Top Billed Cast

Barbara Britton

Barbara Britton

Zarra Montalvo, alias Lola Belmont

Martín Garralaga

Martín Garralaga

Fr. Antonio

Barton MacLane

Barton MacLane

Sheriff Jim Harden

Thurston Hall

Thurston Hall

Governor

Phillip Reed

Phillip Reed

Joaquin Murietta, alias Carlos del Rio

Willard Parker

Willard Parker

Dan Hinsdale

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2/19/2025

5/10

When her parents are murdered before her very eyes, “Zara” (Barbara Britton) vows revenge but she has little wherewithal to carry out that threat! She decides to take a more subtle tack, though, and arriving in the town disguised as a travelling American she quickly finds an ally in the local “Murietta” (Phillip Reed) and together they assemble a group of vigilantes all of whom have an axe to grind with the perpetrators of numerous crimes visited upon the Spanish community whose assets are to be seized or stolen by the newly arrived and avaricious American townsfolk. Now we know all along who the baddies are, and after about fifteen minutes this just becomes an episode of “Zorro” only with a feisty female antagonist. The production is basic and the acting ridiculously static from start to finish, especially the terribly wooden Britton and her partner in crime Reed who go through the swashbuckling motions as if someone were calling 1-2-3, 1-2-3 from out of vision. The title offers excitement, the execution - well not so much.

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