Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw

Marjoe Gortner Director: Mark L. Lester Mark L. Lester

Overview

A young country-star wannabe takes off from her carhop career to join with a young, modern Billy the Kid wannabe for an adventure in theft, murder and mayhem.

Product Details

Release Date:	12/08/2015
UPC:	0738329179922
Original Release:	1976
Rating:	R
Source:	Kino Lorber
Region Code:	A
Time:	1:29:00
Sales rank:	19,739

Special Features

Audio commentary with diretor Mark Lester; On camera interviews with stars Belinda Balaski, Merrie Lynn Ross and director Mark Lester; Original trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Marjoe Gortner	Lyle Wheeler
Lynda Carter	Bobbie Jo James
Jesse Vint	Slick Callahan
Merrie Lynn Ross	Pearl James
Belinda Balaski	Essie Beaumont
Gene Drew	Sheriff Hicks
John Durren	Deputy Gance
Virgil Frye	Joe Grant
Gerritt Graham	Magic Ray
Peggy Stewart	Hattie James

Technical Credits

Vernon Zimmerman

Mark L. Lester	Director,Producer
Michel Levesque	Art Director
Gil Hubbs	Cinematographer
Stanley Wright	Cinematographer
Barry De Vorzon	Score Composer
Vernon Zimmerman	Screenwriter
Dennis Jones	Asst. Director
Michael Luciano	Editor
Steve Brodie	Producer
Lee Alexander	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

This amiable little b-movie offers a good example of drive-in thrills, 1970's-style. Vernon Zimmerman's script mines 'outlaw myth' ideas from Bonnie And Clyde and old westerns, combining them with the very 1970's genre of the road movie and healthy lashings of skin and violence to please the b-movie audience it was made for. The end result has an amoral tone that might displease some viewers but it is colorful and has the occasional humorous touch, like an in-joke involving a deputy named Abel Gance. Mark L. Lester's direction is efficient and stylish: he uses some lovely New Mexico locations to an atmospheric effect and stages several exciting shoot-out setpieces. The film also benefits from a confident, naturalistic lead performance by Marjoe Gortner as the "outlaw" of the title, who veers from easygoing charm to sudden brutality with disarming ease. Lynda Carter has less to do as his lady love but she fulfills the film's eye-candy requirements nicely and creates a character that is the polar opposite of her more famous role on the Wonder Woman t.v. show. The lead duo gets nice support from a skilled b-movie support cast: Belinda Balaski is charming as Carter's ditzy but goodhearted best friend, Jesse Vint offsets Gortner nicely as a freewheeling partner in crime and Gerrit Graham raises a few laughs as a commune-dwelling hippie. The end result doesn't chart new territory or rate as a serious exploration of the criminal lifestyle -- but it is good, fast-paced fun for a Saturday night. As a result, Bobbie Jo And The Outlaw is worth a look to fans of vintage drive-in fare.

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