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The Plainsman
1936 1h 53m Not Rated
Western
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War
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6.8
100%
52%
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Wild Bill Hickok and Buffalo Bill Cody attempt to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.
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Directed By
Cecil B. DeMille
Written By
Lynn Riggs
,
Waldemar Young
,
Harold Lamb
Studio
Paramount
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Cast of The Plainsman
Gary Cooper
Wild Bill Hickok
Jean Arthur
Calamity Jane
James Ellison
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
Charles Bickford
John Lattimer
Helen Burgess
Louisa Cody
Porter Hall
Jack McCall
Paul Harvey
Yellow Hand
Victor Varconi
Painted Horse
John Miljan
General George A. Custer
Frank McGlynn Sr.
Abraham Lincoln
Granville Bates
Van Ellyn
Anthony Quinn
Cheyenne Indian
George 'Gabby' Hayes
Breezy
Mark Strong
Wells Fargo Agent (uncredited)
Frank Albertson
A Young Trooper
Purnell Pratt
Capt. Wood
Fred Kohler
Jake - A Teamster
Pat Moriarity
Sgt. McGinnis
Charles Judels
Tony - The Barber
Harry Woods
Quartermaster Sergeant
Francis McDonald
A River Gambler
George Ernest
A Boy
George MacQuarrie
Gen. Merritt
Fuzzy Knight
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Everett Brown
The Plainsman Reviews
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Cecil B. DeMille sentimentalizes the American West but still fills the screen with excitement and high adventure as he relates the story of Calamity Jane and Wild Bill Hickok.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Plays fast and loose with history.
EmanuelLevy.Com
Emanuel Levy
There's good rapport between Cooper as Wild Bill and Jean Arthur as Calamity Jane in DeMille's lavish historical spectacle.
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Ken Hanke
It's also one of DeMille's best movies, occasionally (like the last shot) achieving the truly mythical. And both Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur are everything movie stars should be.
Edge Media Network
Frank J. Avella
Cooper is sexy, charismatic, and cool, but slowly we start to realize the psychological complexity amidst the DeMillian spectacle as he begins to re-examine his murderous tendencies.
The Film Yap
Christopher Lloyd
Sometimes painfully anachronistic, this Western starring Gary Cooper as Wild Bill Hickok still boats plenty of Old Hollywood action and glamor.
New York Times
Frank S. Nugent
The Plainsman is another of those action-crammed, spectacular and inaccurate canvases that Mr. De Mille delights to paint and audiences generally are delighted to see.
Variety
Variety Staff
The Plainsman is a big and a good western.
Washington Star
Harry MacArthur
The story of "Wild Bill" Hickok is a vigorous and red-blooded entertainment from beginning to end.
The Nippu Jiji (Honolulu)
James T. Hamada
It's a picture that ranks the silent Covered Wagon and the talking Big Trail.
Esquire Magazine
Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy)
That Cecil B. DeMille directed this film still seems incredible. It is bright, zippy, humorous and human...
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Staff
Skillfully directed and acted in every detail.
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