The Legend of Frenchie King
The Legend of Frenchie King | |
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Directed by | Christian-Jaque |
Written by | Marie-Ange Aniès Daniel Boulanger Clément Bywood Eduardo Manzanos Brochero Jean Nemours |
Produced by | Francis Cosne Raymond Erger |
Starring | Brigitte Bardot Claudia Cardinale |
Cinematography | Henri Persin |
Edited by | Nicole Gauduchon |
Music by | Francis Lai |
Release date | 16 December 1971 |
Running time | 94 minutes |
Countries | France United Kingdom Italy Spain |
Language | French |
Box office | 2,234,479 admissions (France)[1] |
The Legend of Frenchie King (French: Les Pétroleuses) or Petroleum Girls a 1971 French, Spanish, Italian and British international co-production western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot.
Plot
In Bougival Junction, Texas in 1888 the Francophone town is led by Marie Sarrazin. A new family arrives, calling themselves the Millers, but in fact they are the daughters of the hanged outlaw Frenchie King. His eldest daughter Louise seeks to keep her father's name alive by donning men's clothing and continuing his criminal ways. Louise and Maria fight, but when they are jailed they team up to take revenge on the town's men.[2]
Cast
- Claudia Cardinale as Marie Sarrazin
- Brigitte Bardot as Louise a.k.a. Frenchie King
- Michael J. Pollard as the Marshal
- Patty Shepard as Petite Pluie
- Emma Cohen as Virginie
- Térèsa Cimpera as Caroline
- Oscar Davis as Mathieu
- Georges Beller as Marc
- Patrick Préjan as Luc
- Rocardo Salvino as Jean
- Henri Czarniak as Doc Miller
- Valéry Inkijnoff as Spitting Bull
- Micheline Presle as Aunt Amelie
- Denise Provence as Mlle. Letellier
- Leroy Hayns as Marquis
- José Luis López Vázquez as a barber
- Manuel Zarzo as a roulette player
- Jacques Jouanneau as M. Letellier
- Raoul Delfossé as Le Cornac
- France Dougnac as Elisabeth[3]
Reception
The film received generally negative reviews. Bardot's performance in particular was criticised by Jean Loup Passek, who noted how uncomfortable she seemed in the film's outdoors action setting.[4] Writing in Variety Gene Moskowitz dismissed the film as "predictable, naive and gauche" whilst Tom Milne called it "drearily unfunny".[5]
See also
References
External links
- 1971 films
- 1970s Western (genre) films
- 1970s historical films
- Films directed by Christian-Jaque
- French films
- French historical films
- French-language films
- French Western (genre) films
- British Western (genre) films
- Italian Western (genre) films
- Spanish Western (genre) films
- Western (genre) comedy films
- Films set in the 1880s
- Films scored by Francis Lai
- Corsica in fiction
- 1970s Western (genre) film stubs
- 1970s French film stubs