The Plainsman (1936)
- Directed by
- Cecil B. DeMille
- Genre
- biographical film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 6.5 of 10 from 38 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, and Buffalo Bill Cody get involved with a gun runner named Lattimer who is selling weapons to Native Americans. The story mixes real historical figures with made-up adventures and timeline changes.
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What happens
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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Bullets for Bandits (1942)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.