I have heard for years about CATTLE ANNIE AND LITTLE BRITCHES mostly because of its star studded cast and in fact when I finally saw it last August I found it ok but nothing else, and I was surprised that it's based on a true story.
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane) are two weird girls that want to join a gang because they think that they can handle that way of life. In fact when they meet Bill Doolin's (Burt Lancaster) gang they don't think twice before joining. In fact Annie and Britches join the gang in most of their robberies and adventures up until Bill ends in a jail in Oklahoma only to be freed by the girls.
Here comes the problem: while Doolin flees to safety with his men Annie and Britches don't succedd in escaping from Marshall Bill Thighman (Rod Steiger) who sends them in reformatory. Now, why end the movie this way? It would have been better if the girls fleed to safety with Doolin's gang since it's why they joined in the first place. But for the rest it's well acted by all (Lane, Plummer, Lancaster, Steiger and Scott Glenn) and there were some funny moments as well.
If you can ignore the poor ending some lunkhead wrote at the last minute after a likely re-write, then you'll like it more.
Cattle Annie and Little Britches (Amanda Plummer and Diane Lane) are two weird girls that want to join a gang because they think that they can handle that way of life. In fact when they meet Bill Doolin's (Burt Lancaster) gang they don't think twice before joining. In fact Annie and Britches join the gang in most of their robberies and adventures up until Bill ends in a jail in Oklahoma only to be freed by the girls.
Here comes the problem: while Doolin flees to safety with his men Annie and Britches don't succedd in escaping from Marshall Bill Thighman (Rod Steiger) who sends them in reformatory. Now, why end the movie this way? It would have been better if the girls fleed to safety with Doolin's gang since it's why they joined in the first place. But for the rest it's well acted by all (Lane, Plummer, Lancaster, Steiger and Scott Glenn) and there were some funny moments as well.
If you can ignore the poor ending some lunkhead wrote at the last minute after a likely re-write, then you'll like it more.