Olinda Turturro in The Ballad of Little Jo (1993)

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The Old West was a wild and wanton place where life was cheap and women were also not very expensive. Worth about a dime a dozen was any young lady who allowed herself to be seduced and impregnated by a trusted associate of her family, which is the fate that befell the real-life heroine of The Ballad of Little Jo (1993). Facing the probability of being forced into a chattel existence, or worse, as an indentured gold-rush whore, Josephine cut her hair, shortened her name, strapped on a gun, adopted a swollen-testicle stance, and took her chances as a man. Mining for gold, looking for love, will this tough-willed lady’s deception hold until she strikes a lucky vein and her life pans out?