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The Legend of Frenchie King
French theatrical release poster
Directed byChristian-Jaque
Written byMarie-Ange Aniès
Daniel Boulanger
Clément Bywood
Eduardo Manzanos Brochero
Jean Nemours
Produced byFrancis Cosne
Raymond Erger
StarringBrigitte Bardot
Claudia Cardinale
CinematographyHenri Persin
Edited byNicole Gauduchon
Music byFrancis Lai
Release date
16 December 1971
Running time
94 minutes
CountriesFrance
United Kingdom
Italy
Spain
LanguageFrench
Box office2,234,479 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

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

  1. ^ Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  2. ^ Crawley, Bébé, p. 231
  3. ^ Tony Crawley, Bébé: The Films of Brigitte Bardot, London:LSP Books, 1975, p. 230
  4. ^ Crawley, Bébé, p. 233
  5. ^ Crawley, Bébé, p. 234
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