The Plainsman(Movie, 1936)

Name: The Plainsman
Genre: Western, War, History, Romance / Love
Released: 1936
Duration: T01:53:00
Rating: 3.2

| 1h 53min | Genres: Western, War, History, Romance / Love

Rating: 3.2/5 (with 12 votes)

The Plainsman is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Custer, with a gun-runner named Lattimer (Charles Bickford) as the main villain. The film is notorious for mixing timelines and even has an opening scene with Abraham Lincoln setting the stage for Hickok's adventures. Anthony Quinn has an early acting role as an Indian. A remake using the same title was released in 1966. ()

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Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

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Production country: United States of America (USA)

Made by: Paramount Pictures

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 11 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Korean (KO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 11/16/1936

Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Porter Hall, Victor Varconi, Frank Albertson, Anthony Quinn, Francis Ford, Francis McDonald, Fred Kohler, Fuzzy Knight, George "Gabby" Hayes, George Cleveland, Granville Bates, John Miljan, Lane Chandler, Noble Johnson, Paul Harvey, Frank McGlynn, Sr., Purnell Pratt, Jonathan Hale, Dennis O'Keefe, Richard Alexander, Hank Worden, Irving Bacon, Philo McCullough, Stanley Andrews, Chief Thundercloud, Franklyn Farnum, Bob Burns, Lona Andre, Sidney D'Albrook, Edgar Dearing, Everett Brown, Harry Woods, Carl Miller

Director: Cecil B. DeMille

Producer: Cecil B. DeMille

Screenwriter: Waldemar Young

Film Editor: Anne Bauchens

Director of Photography: Victor Milner

Composer: George Antheil

Production Designer: Roland Anderson

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Ein amerikanisches Duell"

"Verrat - Die Abenteuer des Buffallo Bill"

"La conquista del West"

Keywords: sibling relationship, wild bill hickok, two guns belt, calamity jane, buffalo bill

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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