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Montana Belle

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Montana Belle
Directed byAllan Dwan
Screenplay byHorace McCoy
Norman S. Hall
Story byM. Coates Webster
Howard Welsch
Produced byHoward Welsch
StarringJane Russell
CinematographyJack A. Marta
Edited byArthur Roberts
Music byNathan Scott
Production
company
Fidelity-Vogue Pictures
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release dates
  • November 7, 1952(1952-11-07)(Premiere-New York City)[1]
  • November 11, 1952(1952-11-11)(US)[1]
Running time
82 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$1 million (US)[2]

Montana Belleis a 1952 AmericanTrucolorWesternfilm directed byAllan Dwanand starringJane Russell.It is one of several fictionalized movies about outlawBelle Starr.The story is set inOklahoma,where the real Starr was killed. The word "Montana" in the title refers to the part of the plot in which Starr, wanted by the law, alters her appearance, poses as a widow fromMontanaand becomes a saloon singer.

Plot

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OklahomaoutlawBelle Starrmeets theDalton gangwhen she is rescued from lynching byBob Dalton,who falls for her. So do gang member Mac and wealthysaloonowner Tom Bradfield, who's enlisted in a bankers' scheme to trap the Daltons. Dissension among the gang and Bradfield's ambivalence complicate the plot, as Belle demonstrates her prowess with shootin' irons,horses,and as a saloon entertainer.

Cast

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Production

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Shot between late October and late November 1948, this film was intended to be issued byRepublic Pictures.In April 1949, Howard Welsch, who had produced the movie for his company,Fidelity Pictures,sold the negative toRKOfor $875,000, about $225,000 above the picture's cost. Finally, this Western obtained aManhattandebut at theBroadway Palace Theatreon November 7, 1952.

References

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  1. ^ab"Montana Belle: Detail View".American Film Institute.RetrievedMay 18,2014.
  2. ^'The Top Box Office Hits of 1953',Variety,January 13, 1954
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