Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw: Marjoe Gortner’s Blue Cutoff Western Shirt

Marjoe Gortner and Lynda Carter in Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw (1976) Vitals Marjoe Gortner as Lyle Wheeler, wannabe outlaw New Mexico, Summer 1975 Film: Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw Release Date: April 28, 1976 Director: Mark L. Lester Costume Designer: Cornelia McNamara WARNING! Spoilers ahead! Background People typically cite two major reasons to watch the low-budget ’70s crime flick Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw… neither of which are Marjoe Gortner’s wardrobe. Is that going to stop me from writing about it for the film’s 50th anniversary? No, of course not. Released in Los Angeles on April 28, 1976, this was also Lynda Carter’s big-screen debut, finally hitting screens nearly six months after she became an instant sensation when Wonder Woman premiered on ABC. Made with the same exploitative “guilty pleasure” watchability that defined so much of American Independent Pictures’ contemporary output, Bobbie Jo and the Outlaw is known to many for Carter’s sole (but frequent) nude screen…