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

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)

Trailer

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