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The Plainsman
From Universal Pictures
When the land needed law... When the West needed taming... When adventure needed a giant... They sent for the Plainsman!
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Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
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Cast & crew
Directed by David Lowell Rich
Don MurrayWild Bill Hickok
Guy StockwellBuffalo Bill Cody
Abby DaltonCalamity Jane
Bradford DillmanLt. Stiles
Henry SilvaCrazy Knife
Simon OaklandChief Black Kettle
Leslie NielsenCol. George Armstrong Custer
Edward BinnsLattimer
Michael EvansEstrick
Percy RodriguezBrother John
Terry WilsonSgt. Womack
Walter BurkeAbe IrelandSimilar titles
Reviews · from TMDB members
CinemaSerfApr 4, 2022
This is one of these really rather poor remakes that isn't up to much. "Wild Bill Hickok" (Don Murray) is determined to stop a war between the soldiers and the Cheyenne. The latter have found a source of powerful rifles now that the US Civil War is over and the manufacturers are looking for new customers. Soon he has "Calamity Jane" (Abby Dalton) and "Buffalo Bill" (Guy Stockwell) on his side as he tries to thwart the smuggling - at no small peril to "Calamity". The productio… Read more
n is really quite cheap and cheerful. Plenty of horse chases and rifle play but equally plenty of back-lit stage bound scenarios that are actually more funny then adventurous. The three stars here are mediocre, with as lacklustre a dialogue and though it doesn't hang about, it is all just a bit too light and fluffy. Not a patch on Gary Cooper's 1936 iteration. Keep an eye out for a fleeting contribution from Leslie Nielsen ("Custer") - that's about all this film can lay claim to fame for.