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The Bandit Queen

The Bandit Queen

4,4 /10 (9 Votes)
1950 EN 70 min

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.

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Release date

22/12/1950

Votes

9

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0.8

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Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

70 min

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2025-02-19

⭐ 5

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 …

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