The Bandit Queen (film)

Bandit Queen
The Bandit Queen with her avenging bullwhip
Directed byWilliam Berke
Written byOrville H. Hampton
(additional dialogue)
Screenplay byVictor West
Budd Lesser
Story byVictor West
Produced byWilliam Berke
executive
Robert L. Lippert
Murray Lerner
StarringBarbara Britton
Willard Parker
Phillip Reed
CinematographyErnest Miller
(as Ernest W. Miller)
Edited byCarl Pierson
Music byAlbert Glasser
Production
company
Lippert Pictures
Distributed byLippert Pictures
Release dates
  • December 9, 1950 (1950-12-09) (Premiere)
  • December 22, 1950 (1950-12-22) (United States)
Running time
70 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Bandit Queen is a 1950 American black-and-white Western film directed by William Berke. and starring Barbara Britton and Phillip Reed as two Robin Hood-type bandits.

Set near Madera, California during the California Gold Rush, the film includes a fictional depiction of legendary bandit Joaquin Murrieta (Reed).