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The Plainsman

  • 19661966
  • ApprovedApproved
  • 1h 32m
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
242
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Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
Western
Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.
IMDb RATING
5.1/10
242
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • David Lowell Rich
  • Writer
    • Michael Blankfort
  • Stars
    • Don Murray
    • Guy Stockwell
    • Abby Dalton
  • Director
    • David Lowell Rich
  • Writer
    • Michael Blankfort
  • Stars
    • Don Murray
    • Guy Stockwell
    • Abby Dalton
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
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    Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton and Don Murray in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton and Don Murray in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton and Don Murray in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
    Abby Dalton, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)
    Bradford Dillman, Don Murray, and Guy Stockwell in The Plainsman (1966)

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    Don Murray
    Don Murray
    • Wild Bill Hickok
    Guy Stockwell
    Guy Stockwell
    • Buffalo Bill Cody
    Abby Dalton
    Abby Dalton
    • Calamity Jane
    Bradford Dillman
    Bradford Dillman
    • Lt. Stiles
    Henry Silva
    Henry Silva
    • Crazy Knife
    Simon Oakland
    Simon Oakland
    • Chief Black Kettle
    Leslie Nielsen
    Leslie Nielsen
    • Col. George Armstrong Custer
    Edward Binns
    Edward Binns
    • Lattimer
    Michael Evans
    Michael Evans
    • Estrick
    Percy Rodrigues
    Percy Rodrigues
    • Brother John
    • (as Percy Rodriguez)
    Terry Wilson
    Terry Wilson
    • Sgt. Womack
    Walter Burke
    Walter Burke
    • Abe Ireland
    Emily Banks
    Emily Banks
    • Louisa Cody
    Richard Alden
    Richard Alden
      Francis De Sales
      Francis De Sales
      • Gambler
      • (uncredited)
      Roy Jenson
      Roy Jenson
      • Renegade Soldier
      • (uncredited)
      David Macklin
      David Macklin
      • Trooper
      • (uncredited)
      John Mitchum
      John Mitchum
      • Townsman
      • (uncredited)
      • Director
        • David Lowell Rich
      • Writer
        • Michael Blankfort
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        Emily Banks's debut.
      • Quotes

        Calamity Jane: You see, men have got the whole world right in their punch. And you've got to show them that you are strong as they are. If you run after them they run away. And if you run away and try to get them to follow, honey they get tired mighty quick! If you are honest with them and you tell them what you think well then they get scared because they think that you see right through them. If you hold them the reins tight then they drop and escape. So maybe you're gentle and thought and you give them a little freedom. Then they think thay you don't care for them at all! If you kiss them they wipe it off or they wipe it in. Either way it's the same thing because they don't kiss back, and if they do it's not the right time or the right place or they are thinking of something else.

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      5/10
      Bland Bill Hickok meets Irritating Jane
      This is a road-company version of the Cecil B. deMille original, utilizing second-string actors and borrowing footage and plot elements from a number of earlier movies. You can't really call it bad because it aspires to be nothing more than one of those forgettable time-killers you might half-way watch on an in-flight movie.

      Abby Dalton overplays her role as Calamity Jane and a mis-cast Don Murray (still boyish at age 37) lacks the frontier edge you'd expect to find in Wild Bill Hickok. He does have a fresh-from-the-bath scene in which he wears nothing but a towel -- a scene which sparks pleasant memories of a similar moment he played in 1956's "Bus Stop." Even after ten additional years Murray still looks fit enough to carry off a "beefcake" scene but one can't help noting that his pecs have gotten a lot hairier with the passage of time. And does he have to wear that towel so high that it covers up his navel?

      Later in the movie Murray falls into the hands of Indians who proceed to torture him in the hopes of forcing information from him. They hang him by his wrists over a fire-pit but, curiously, they leave all his clothes on -- even his neckerchief! -- with his shirt-tail neatly tucked into his pants and his boots still on. This awfully-polite torture scene cries out for a big helping of sweaty "beefcake" and since Murray proved he still looks good with his shirt off, one questions the decision not to use his physique in this scene for visual appeal. Did someone decide that since Murray had taken off his shirt earlier in the movie, he couldn't do it again?

      Leslie Nielsen pops up toward the end as General Custer. He's burdened by a laughable hair-do and beard and looks uncomfortably like the American history teacher who's been pressed into service in the high school play when Billy Bob called in sick.
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      • Release date
        • August 1966 (United States)
      • Country of origin
        • United States
      • Language
        • English
      • Also known as
        • Covek iz doline
      • Filming locations
        • Wolf Hole Valley, Arizona, USA
      • Production company
        • Universal Pictures
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      • Runtime
        1 hour 32 minutes
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.37 : 1

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