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The Plainsman is a american film of genre War directed by Cecil B. DeMille released in USA on 16 november 1936 with Gary Cooper

The Plainsman (1936)

The Plainsman
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Released in USA 16 november 1936
Length 1h53
Directed by ,    
OriginUSA
Genres War,    Biography,    Action,    Historical,    Romance,    Western
Rating67% 3.3946353.3946353.3946353.3946353.394635

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 a role as an Indian. A remake using the same title was released in 1966.

Synopsis

With the end of the American Civil War, military industrialists are left with an oversupply of weapons. Some of the more unscrupulous ones view the Indians as possible new customers.

Actors

Gary Cooper

(Wild Bill Hickok)
Jean Arthur

(Calamity Jane)
Charles Bickford

(John Lattimer)
James Ellison

(William "Buffalo Bill" Cody)
Porter Hall

(Jack McCall)
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