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The story of Calamity Jane, her saloon, and her romance with Wild Bill Hickok.
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Title: Calamity Jane (1953)
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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Doris Day | ... | Calamity Jane | |
| Howard Keel | ... | Wild Bill Hickok | |
| Allyn Ann McLerie | ... | Katie Brown (as Allyn McLerie) | |
| Philip Carey | ... | Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin | |
| Dick Wesson | ... | Francis Fryer | |
| Paul Harvey | ... | Henry Miller | |
| Chubby Johnson | ... | Rattlesnake | |
| Gale Robbins | ... | Adelaid Adams | |
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Deadwood, Dakota Territory, is largely the abode of men, where Indian scout Calamity Jane is as hard-riding, boastful, and handy with a gun as any; quite an overpowering personality. But the army lieutenant she favors doesn't really appreciate her finer qualities. One of Jane's boasts brings her to Chicago to recruit an actress for the Golden Garter stage. Arrived, the lady in question appears (at first) to be a more feminine rival for the favors of Jane's male friends...including her friendly enemy Wild Bill Hickock. Written by Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>
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song and dance | horse drawn carriage | native american attack | saloon | stagecoach |Taglines:
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Calamity Jane: Gosh almighty, it's Bill Hickok!
[proceeds to laugh along with everyone else]
Wild Bill Hickok: [hands baby over] Here take him.
[stands up]
Wild Bill Hickok: The next man that laughs is gonna get his head ventilated.
[silence and Bill sits down. Calamity laughs again after a few moments]
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Written by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Performed in drag by Dick Wesson
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Trivia
The western street exteriors seen here as Deadwood City had earlier been used as war-torn Atlanta in Gone with the Wind, as well as appearing in countless Warner Brothers Westerns. See more »Goofs
A tablecloth changes from red to blue. See more »Quotes
[Bill is dressed as an Indian woman with a baby]Calamity Jane: Gosh almighty, it's Bill Hickok!
[proceeds to laugh along with everyone else]
Wild Bill Hickok: [hands baby over] Here take him.
[stands up]
Wild Bill Hickok: The next man that laughs is gonna get his head ventilated.
[silence and Bill sits down. Calamity laughs again after a few moments]
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Soundtracks
Hive Full of HoneyWritten by Sammy Fain
Lyrics by Paul Francis Webster
Performed in drag by Dick Wesson
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
4 November 1953 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Calamity Jane See more »Filming Locations:
Stage 1, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA See more »Company Credits
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From her first appearance aboard the stagecoach, singing "Deadwood Stage," Doris Day dominates the movie in exuberantpossibly too exuberantfashion, with strong assistance from Howard Keel and his virile voice
Returning home from a visit to Chicago, Day gives her account of the "Windy City" in a song that suggests Oklahoma!'s "Kansas City" in more ways than the title Her quarrelsome duet with Wild Bill"I Can Do Without You"echoes Annie Oakley's competitive duet with Frank Butler in "Annie Get Your Gun."
But one song is all Doris Day'sand the film'svery own: walking through the countryside on a beautiful morning, Calamity realizes that she loves Bill, and in a voice exuding warmth and tender feeling, she sings the Academy Award-winning song "Secret Love."