The Plainsman

Calamity Jane tries to help Buffalo Bill Cody and Wild Bill Hickock stop an Indian war.

Cast

Don Murray

as Wild Bill Hickok

Guy Stockwell

as Buffalo Bill Cody

Abby Dalton

as Calamity Jane

Bradford Dillman

as Lt. Stiles

Henry Silva

as Crazy Knife

Simon Oakland

as Chief Black Kettle

Leslie Nielsen

as Col. George Armstrong Custer

Edward Burns

as Lattimer

Michael Evans

as Estrick

Percy Rodriguez

as Brother John

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is one of these really rather poor remakes that isn't up to much. "Wild Bill Hickok" (Don Murray) is determined to stop a war between the soldiers and the Cheyenne. The latter have found a source of powerful rifles now that the US Civil War is over and the manufacturers are looking for new cust...

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