The Plainsman
1936 · Movie · 113 min. · United States
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.
Direction Cecil B. DeMille
Cast Gary Cooper · Jean Arthur · James Ellison · Charles Bickford · Helen Burgess · Porter Hall · Paul Harvey · Victor Varconi · John Miljan · Frank McGlynn Sr. · Granville Bates · Frank Albertson · Purnell Pratt · Fred Kohler · Pat Moriarity · Anthony Quinn · Dennis O'Keefe
Soundtrack George Antheil
Screenplay Waldemar Young · Harold Lamb · Lynn Riggs
Cinematography Victor Milner
Original title The Plainsman
6.6
726 votes (FilmAffinity)
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