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Montana Belle

1952, Movie, NR, 81 mins

Montana Belle: Review

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Although completed in 1948, this movie took nearly four years to be released. Howard Hughes had Russell under a personal contract and lent her to Fidelity Pictures, which had been meaning to release MONTANA BELLE through Republic. After Hughes saw it, he decided he wanted the movie to go through RKO. He shouldn't have wasted his time or his money on this minor effort. Russell is Belle Starr, the bandit. She throws in her lot with the notorious Dalton gang, helmed by Brady and Teal, then has a falling out and takes off with Lambert and Tucker on a robbing spree. She meets Brent, a saloonkeeper, and plans to take him for his cash savings. They have a brief fling, and Russell plans to double-cross the Daltons but winds up dead at their hands for her efforts. Mallinson and Bane are the other Daltons, and Devine adds cute comedy relief as a grizzled trader. Brent is yawnable as Russell's secondary love interest (she's already had a thing with Brady), and there is no outstanding acting on anyone's part. In between all the emptying of Winchesters and Colts, Russell takes some time to sing a bit and the best song is "The Gilded Lily." Made in Trucolor, a short-lived process, the film fails to satisfy on any level and should only be viewed to see how voluptuous Russell was at the time. Not the best work from legendary director Allan Dwan, who had already distinguished himself in the movie industry by lensing such comedies as BREWSTER'S MILLIONS; UP IN MABEL'S ROOM; and GETTING GERTIE'S GARTER, in a career that began in 1911 and continued into the 1960s. This film has nothing to do with facts, which did not concern Dwan or writers McCoy and Hall. leave a comment
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