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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
Fred Kohler
- Jake - A Teamster
- (as Fred Kohler Sr.)
Pat Moriarity
- Sgt. McGinnis
- (as Pat Moriarty)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaJohn Wayne very much wanted the role of Wild Bill Hickok, which he felt certain would make him a star, but director Cecil B. DeMille wanted Gary Cooper instead.
- GoofsOn the evening of Lincoln's assassination Van Ellyn and his associates are discussing the supposedly then current John Soule editorial, "Go West, Young Man." Lincoln was murdered in 1865. Soule wrote that famous line in 1851.
- Quotes
Calamity Jane: Tip your hat when you speak to a lady!
Wild Bill Hickok: I will... when I speak to a lady.
- Alternate versionsThe UK DVD is cut by 2 secs to remove a horsefall.
- ConnectionsFeatured in The Hollywood Collection: Anthony Quinn an Original (1990)
- SoundtracksWhen Johnny Comes Marching Home
(1863) (uncredited)
Written by Louis Lambert
Played as background music for the first scene, Washington, D.C.
Featured review
Surely the only Western featuring Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, George Custer, and Abraham Lincoln! After a slow start, it hits its stride for a while but eventually runs out of ideas and seems to go on forever. Cooper tries hard to make Hickok come alive and Arthur brings her usual spunk to Calamity Jane but Ellison is over matched as Buffalo Bill. DeMille's direction is uninspired; it seems he was more interested in creating an epic than telling a good story. There is enough decent material here that a good director and editor could have turned it into an exciting movie of about 90 minutes. Sadly, Burgess, who plays Mrs. Cody in her film debut, died a year later at age 20.
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Language
- Also known as
- Der Held der Prärie
- Filming locations
- Cheyenne Indian Reservation, Lame Deer, Montana, USA(Custer's massacre)
- Production company
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Box office
- Budget
- $1,000,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 53 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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