Coffeyville October 5, 1892. The Dalton Gang tried robbing two banks simultaneously
across the street from one another. It didn't go well. In one of the great
outlaw shootouts. By the end of it two of the Dalton brothers were dead and
one had been shot 23 times but survived. Two others in the gang were also
killed as were a number of the civilians who took up guns when they saw a
robbery taking place. Outside of town waiting with fresh horses were Bill
Dalton and Bill Doolin. They got a song written about them by the Eagles
and a number of films as well. Bob Dalton would have been happy as his ambition
was to be bigger than Jesse James. According to this Western their sisters
took up where they ended by robbing stage coaches, banks and trains. The
Daltons had three sisters but this isn't them. This is entirely fictitious
which is too bad.
After their brothers are killed, Holly (Merry Anders) and Rose (Lisa Davis)
go to view the bodies which the mortician is putting on view for 25 cents
per person. When he tries to molest Holly, she kills him and they go on the
run soon joined by two other sisters, Columbine (Penny Edwards) and the baby
sister Marigold (Sue George). What's a poor girl to do? Turn to robbing and
killing of course. Holly is the brains of the gang and Rose the cold-blooded
killer. The other two sort of tag along. Rose sings "A Gun is My True Love"
by Les Baxter with Columbine on harmonica. "You can't trust a man because
a man will lie. But a gun stays besides you till the day you die". This is
now the theme song of the Women's Wing of the NRA. Their M.O. is pretty clever.
They all dress up in bonnets and flouncy dresses looking as sweet as cherry
pie on a picnic - but they pull out their guns and if anyone gets out of
line they shoot them. As soon as they ride away they toss away those duds
to show their jeans underneath and put on a cowboy hat and ride like the
wind. A B Western coming in at 71 minutes. The actresses are all lovely and
can ride pretty well. For 1957 this feels ahead of its time in portraying
women and really never backs off.
