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The Plainsman (1936) 6.7
Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners. Director:Cecil B. DeMilleWriters:Courtney Ryley Cooper (based on data from stories by), Waldemar Young (screen play), 5 more credits » |
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John Lattimer
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Louisa Cody
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Van Ellyn
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Captain Wood
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Fred Kohler | ... |
Jake - A Teamster
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Sergeant McGinnis
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With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means of making money selling the weapons to the North American Indians, using the front man John Lattimer to sell the rifles to the Cheyenne. While traveling in a stagecoach with Calamity Jane and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his young wife Louisa Cody that want to settle down in Hays City managing a hotel, Wild Bill Hickok finds the guide Breezy wounded by arrows and telling that the Indians are attacking a fort using repeating rifles. Hickok meets Gen. George A. Custer that assigns Buffalo Bill to guide a troop with ammunition to help the fort. Meanwhile the Cheyenne kidnap Calamity Jane, forcing Hickok to expose himself to rescue her. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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16 November 1936 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Der Held der Prärie See more »Company Credits
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Wild Bill Hickok: Sure, sure I'll see you again. This is a big country and trails cross sometimes.
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(1860) (uncredited)
Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played as background music when the indians charge
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Anthony Quinn told Cecil B. DeMille that he spoke fluent Cheyenne. Quinn's description of the Custer battle is gibberish, but DeMille was impressed. See more »Goofs
According to the film, Custer's Last Stand and the establishment of the boom town of Deadwood occur shortly after the end of the Civil War in 1865. In actuality they happened 11 years later in 1876. See more »Quotes
Calamity Jane: Maybe you're just bein' nice to me because you think you won't ever see me again.Wild Bill Hickok: Sure, sure I'll see you again. This is a big country and trails cross sometimes.
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"(I Wish I Was in) Dixie's Land"(1860) (uncredited)
Written by Daniel Decatur Emmett
Played as background music when the indians charge
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This movie has Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill and General Custer all together. Gary Cooper plays Wild Bill and Jean Arthur plays Calamity Jane and Charles Bickford plays the bad guy who sells weapons to the Indians and you can hardly recognize him. This was the first time Cecil B. DeMille and Gary Cooper worked together and the next movie the made was basically the same but set in a different time. This movie starts out with Lincoln's assassination and it also deals with an Indian war. Calamity Jane is in love with Wild Bill and Buffalo Bill has gotten married and now wants to stay home. This movie also deals with Custer's last stand and is far from accurate. Gary Cooper is good as usual and i usually don't like Jean Arthur but i liked her here.