Black Bart (film)

Black Bart
Belgian film poster
Directed by	George Sherman
Produced by	Leonard Goldstein
Written by	William Bowers Jack Natteford Luci Ward
Music by	Frank Skinner Leith Stevens
Cinematography	Irving Glassberg
Edited by	Russell F. Schoengarth
Distributed by	Universal Pictures
Release dates	March 3, 1948
Running time	80 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1 million[1]

Black Bart is a 1948 film starring Dan Duryea as the real-life cowboy bandit Charles Bolles. The 80 minute film was shot in Technicolor. Also known as Black Bart, Highwayman.^[2]

Main cast

• Yvonne De Carlo as Lola Montez
• Dan Duryea as Charles E. Boles aka Black Bart
• Jeffrey Lynn as Lance Hardeen
• Percy Kilbride as Jersey Brady
• Lloyd Gough as Sheriff Gordon
• Frank Lovejoy as Mark Lorimer
• John McIntire as Clark
• Don Beddoe as J.T. Hall

Production

The script was by Luci Ward and Jack Natteford based on a true story. Universal bought it, but when the studio merged with International, the project was shelved. It was revived in 1947.^[3]

Edmond O'Brien was originally cast as the male lead but was replaced by Jeffrey Lynn.^[4]

References

1. Variety 18 February 1948 p 14
2. U-I SELECTS CAST FOR 'BLACK BART': Dan Duryea, Yvonne de Carlo and Edmond O'Brien Named for Leads in Adventure By THOMAS F. BRADYSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 17 Apr 1947: 35.
3. U-I SELECTS CAST FOR 'BLACK BART': Dan Duryea, Yvonne de Carlo and Edmond O'Brien Named for Leads in Adventure By THOMAS F. BRADYSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 17 Apr 1947: 35.
4. NEWS OF THE SCREEN By THOMAS F. BRADYSpecial to THE NEW YORK TIMES.. New York Times (1923-Current file) [New York, N.Y] 05 June 1947: 31.

External links

• Black Bart at the Internet Movie Database
• Black Bart at AllMovie
• Black Bart at Dan Duryea Central