The Bandit Queen was produced by Lippert Pictures and shot in the Vasquez Rocks Natural Area Park as well as the San Fernando Valley. Mikel Conrad as Captain Gray (as Mike Conard)īritton was coached for the film by Marcella Cresney.Barbara Britton as Zara Montalvo aka Lola Belmont.Upon learning this, "Belmont" and "del Rio" secretly work to regain stolen gold and "land rights" on the behalf of other neighboring rancheros. Father Antonio warns her that her outlaw gang is wanted by the Spanish authority and its soldiers. Zarra seeks the aid of Father Antonio ( Martin Garralaga), who along with Murietta is one of the few people to know their dual identities. She joins forces with Joaquin Murietta ( Phillip Reed) to regain her rightful inheritance, and together they assume secret identities, with Zarra hidden behind the alias of a Zorro-like character named "Lola Belmont" and Murietta as "Carlos del Rio".ĭan Hinsdale ( Willard Parker), an attorney, later informs Zarra about his purchase of her family's rancho at a reduced fee because of back taxes owed by Zarra's parents.
Zarra initially approaches Harden about the crimes but eventually recognizes him as part of the murderers' gang. Abroad, Zarra comes home to California and witnesses her parents being murdered by Hank ( John Merton) and an unknown man, Sheriff Jim Harden ( Barton MacLane). The Montalvo family possesses land rights or Spanish land grants to a hacienda with gold mines present. Zarra Montalvo is the daughter of an American father and Spanish mother, Don Jose ( Victor Kilian) and Zara Montalvo (Cecil Weston, credited as Cecile Weston).