WESTWARD HOS

I've long been impressed with how often American westerns have shown women in atypical positions of power and/or aggression. I may not be able to find many actual screenshots of such depictions, but I'll take a shot and maybe mix in this or that comics panel wherever I please. Having said all that about American westerns, my first example actually comes from a country that wasn't big on making western films but did know how to conjure with feminine images, La Belle France.             

From LES PETROLEUSES (it's an involved French pun, which got translated to THE LEGEND OF FRENCHIE KING over here), here's Claudia Cardinale giving Brigitte Bardot a facial.                               

    Then Le Bardot returns the favor.                                                             

Then Michael J. Polland learns why you never get between girls giving each other a makeover.