The Belle Starr Story (1968)

Original title

Il mio corpo per un poker

Directed by

Lina Wertmüller

Genre

Spaghetti Western

Country

Italy

Runtime

1h 43m

Rated

16

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A female outlaw leads a band of bandits through the Old West. She keeps up with the men in gunslinging and scheming while navigating the dangers of her criminal life.

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What happens

The Belle Starr Story/Il mio corpo per un poker is a 1968 Italian Spaghetti Western film co-written and co-directed by Lina Wertmüller and starring Elsa Martinelli, who also sings the title song. It is the only Spaghetti Western directed by a woman and one of the few which stars a woman in the title role. Wertmüller replaced Piero Cristofani as director in his intended directorial debut. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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