Cattle Queen
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Cattle Queen

GUNS SHOT FASTER...MEN DIED QUICKER...under the ice-cold gaze of a reckless, relentless beauty

9.0 / 10 1951 1h 12mNR English
Western

Storyline

After conning a potential buyer into believing that Queenie's herd is diseased, nasty would-be empire builder Duke Drake is confronted by the girl's new tough foreman Bill Foster. In retaliation, Drake frames Bill for a stage robbery committed by his own henchmen and arranges a phony trial presided over by the saloon's bartender Judge Whipple. Queenie interrupts the "trial" with the news that the townswomen have all elected Jim Marshal. To uphold the decision, Bill has secured the release of three convicted outlaws: Blackie Malone, Bad Bill Smith, and Shotgun Thompson, two of whom join in the fight against Drake and his gang.

Cast & Crew

Maria Hart

Maria Hart

Queenie Hart

Lead
DS

Drake Smith

Bill Foster

William Fawcett

William Fawcett

Alkali

RG

Robert Gardett

Duke Drake

Johnny Carpenter

Johnny Carpenter

The Tucson Kid

EC

Edward Clark

Doc Hodges

Emile Meyer

Emile Meyer

Shotgun Thompson

James Pierce

James Pierce

Bad Bill Smith

What People Are Saying

5.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Robert Emmett Tansey's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
5.0
Every frame feels alive. Cattle Queen is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker