Don Murray

Guy Stockwell

Abby Dalton

Bradford Dillman

Henry Silva

Simon Oakland

Leslie Nielsen

Edward Binns

Michael Evans

Percy Rodriguez

Terry Wilson

Walter Burke

Emily Banks

Richard Alden

John Burnside

Albert Cavens

Bud Cokes

Neil Collins

Francis De Sales

Jerado Decordovier

Ross Dollarhide

Bob Folkerson

Tex Holden

Jimmie Horan

Roy Jenson

Tex Lambert

David Macklin

John Mitchum

Edwin Rochelle

Rube Schaffer

Vincent St. Cyr

Russell Thorson

George Tracy

Rick Warick

Doodles Weaver

David Lowell Rich

Richard E. Lyons

Stanley Wilson

John Williams

Michael Blankfort

William D. DeCinces

Danny B. Landres

Alexander Golitzen

Bud Westmore

Jack Leewood

Larry Germain

Bud Thackery

Buddy Small

Helen Colvig

Western

The Plainsman

Universal Pictures

United States of America

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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 customers. Soon he has "Calamity Jane" (Abby Dalton) and "Buffalo Bill" (Guy Stockwell) on his side as he tries to thwart the smuggling - at no small peril to "Calamity". The production is really quite cheap and cheerful. Plenty of horse chases and rifle play but equally plenty of back-lit stage bound scenarios that are actually more funny then adventurous. The three stars here are mediocre, with as lacklustre a dialogue and though it doesn't hang about, it is all just a bit too light and fluffy. Not a patch on Gary Cooper's 1936 iteration. Keep an eye out for a fleeting contribution from Leslie Nielsen ("Custer") - that's about all this film can lay claim to fame for.

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