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The Legend of Frenchie King

1971 film

The Legend of Frenchie King (French: Les Pétroleuses) or Petroleum Girls is a 1971 French, Spanish, Italian and British international co-production western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot.

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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 Marie fight, but when they are jailed, they team up to take revenge on the town's men.[3]

Cast

Production

The film was called Love on Horseback. Filming started in June 1971. Finance was partly provided by Hemdale.[5]

Release

The premiere of Les Pétroleuses was on 17 December 1971 at the Balzac cinema in Paris.[6]

Reception

Critical response

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.[7] Writing in Variety Gene Moskowitz dismissed the film as "predictable, naive and gauche" whilst Tom Milne called it "drearily unfunny".[8]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Les Pétroleuses (1971)". British Film Institute. 1971. Archived from the original on 29 December 2018. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  2. [2]
    Box office information for film at Box Office Story
  3. [3]
    Crawley, Bébé, p. 231
  4. [4]
    Tony Crawley, Bébé: The Films of Brigitte Bardot, London:LSP Books, 1975, p. 230
  5. [5]
    "Sellars and Bardot coup by Hemdale". Evening Standard. 13 May 1971. p. 44.
  6. [6]
    Petroleuses Premiere. Actresses Claudia Cardinale (left) and Brigitte Bardot at the premiere of 'Les Petroleuses' (aka Petroleum Girls or The Legend of Frenchie King), at the Balzac cinema, Paris, 17 December 1971. Retrieved 3 December 2019.
  7. [7]
    Crawley, Bébé, p. 233
  8. [8]
    Crawley, Bébé, p. 234
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