The Maverick Queen

The Maverick Queen
Directed by Joseph Kane
Produced by Joseph Kane (assoc. producer)
Written by Kenneth Gamet
DeVallon Scott
Based on novel The Maverick Queen
by Zane Grey
Starring Barbara Stanwyck
Barry Sullivan
Music by Victor Young
Cinematography Jack A. Marta
Edited by Richard L. Van Enger
Production
company
Distributed by Republic Pictures
Release dates
  • May 3, 1956 (1956-05-03) (Los Angeles, California)
  • July 28, 1956 (1956-07-28) (United States)
Running time
 90 minutes
Country United States
Language English

The Maverick Queen is a 1956 American Trucolor Western film starring Barbara Stanwyck as the title character and Barry Sullivan as an undercover Pinkerton detective out to stop outlaws Butch Cassidy, the Sundance Kid, and the Wild Bunch.

Plot

A stranger, calling himself Jeff Young, imposes on rancher Lucy Lee for a meal and a night's rest, then saves her from being robbed. Jeff helps deliver her cattle to town, where he encounters Kit Banion running her saloon, the Maverick Queen.

Kit is secretly in cahoots with the notorious Hole in the Wall Gang, led by Butch Cassidy and Sundance, and a jealous Sundance is angered when Jeff defeats him at poker and attracts a romantic interest from Kit, who offers Jeff a job as a faro dealer. He reveals he's actually Jeff Younger, a relative of the Younger Gang outlaws, and wants to help Kit and her associates with their illegal holdups.

Lucy is held captive by Sundance after a train robbery and Jeff ends up killing him to save her. Holding off the other outlaws while their cabin is on fire, Jeff is helped by Kit, who is shot and dies in his arms. The posse arrives, whereupon Jeff confesses that he is actually a Pinkerton detective, working undercover to catch the thieves.

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