The Belle Starr Story
The Belle Starr StoryIl mio corpo per un poker is a 1968 Italian made episodic Bonnie and Clyde type spaghetti western cowritten and codirected by Lina Wertmller 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. Wertmller replaced after a few days Piero Cristofani, who was at his directorial debut.
Belle looks for him in a saloon and kills four of his men in a duel. Later we see her sing a ballad of love in a saloon. He confronts her for another game. She shoots off his hat and the bells on his boots. He walks towards her and kiss her, and she lowers her gun.She tells him her story which is shown in flashbacks, with a sadistic whiptoting uncle who has killed her parents and want to subdue her. It also involves her relationship the outlaw Cole Harvey, whom she loved She steals his gun to fight her uncle. He rescues her, kills her uncle and takes back the gun. She tries to steal his gun when he sleeps. They fight he attempts to rape her and is killed by her Indian friend whom Belle earlier rescued from her uncles whip. ........
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