The Legend of Frenchie King () or Petroleum Girls is a 1971 French, Spanish, Italian and British international co-production western comedy film directed by Christian-Jaque and starring Claudia Cardinale and Brigitte Bardot. Plot In Bougival Junction, Texas in 1888 the Francophone town is led by Marie Sarrazin. A new family arrives, calling themselves the Millers, but in fact they are the daughters of the hanged outlaw Frenchie King. His eldest daughter Louise seeks to keep her father's name alive by donning men's clothing and continuing his criminal ways. Louise and Marie fight, but when they are jailed, they team up to take revenge on the town's men. Cast Claudia Cardinale as Marie Sarrazin Brigitte Bardot as Louise a.k.a. Frenchie King Michael J. Pollard as the Marshal Patty Shepard as Petite Pluie Emma Cohen as Virginie Teresa Gimpera as Caroline Oscar Davis as Mathieu Georges Beller as Marc Patrick Préjan as Luc Rocardo Salvino as Jean Henri Czarniak as Doc Miller Valéry Inkijnoff as Spitting Bull Micheline Presle as Aunt Amelie Denise Provence as Mlle. Letellier Leroy Hayns as Marquis José Luis López Vázquez as a barber Manuel Zarzo as a roulette player Jacques Jouanneau as M. Letellier Raoul Delfossé as Le Cornac France Dougnac as Elisabeth Release The premiere of Les Pétroleuses was on 17 December 1971 at the Balzac cinema in Paris. Reception Critical response The film received generally negative reviews. Bardot's performance in particular was criticised by Jean Loup Passek, who noted how uncomfortable she seemed in the film's outdoors action setting. Writing in Variety Gene Moskowitz dismissed the film as "predictable, naive and gauche" whilst Tom Milne called it "drearily unfunny". See also List of Spaghetti Western films 1971 in film References External links 1971 films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films 1970s historical comedy films Films directed by Christian-Jaque French historical comedy films 1970s French-language films French Western (genre) comedy films British Western (genre) comedy films Italian Western (genre) comedy films Spanish Western (genre) comedy films Films set in the 1880s Films scored by Francis Lai Corsica in fiction Italian historical comedy films Spanish historical comedy films British historical comedy films Girls with guns films 1970s British films 1970s French films 1970s Italian films