The Buckskin Lady (1957)
The Hell-Hot Story Of A Hell-Bent Dancehall Dame Who Climbed To The Top ...Bullet By Bullet ...Man By Man!
Genre : Western
Runtime : 1H 6M
Director : Carl K. Hittleman
Writer : David Lang, Carl K. Hittleman
Synopsis
Patricia Medina plays the title character in The Buckskin Lady. Medina is cast as female gambler Angela Medley, who is forced by circumstances to align herself with outlaw Slinger. But Angela has never gotten over her love for honest frontier doctor Bruce Merritt, and at the first opportunity she redeems herself by catching a bullet intended for the doc. Henry Hull delivers the film's most memorable performance as Angela's drunken wretch of a father. Per the title, Buckskin Lady affords the viewer ample opportunity to see Patricia Medina in form-fitting western garb.
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