The Plainsman

"IT'S MIGHTY OUTDOOR ADVENTURE!"

Nov 16 1936 Approved 1h 53m
Biography, History, Romance

Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane and Buffalo Bill go up against Indians and a gunrunner.

Plot

With the end of the North American Civil War, the manufacturers of repeating rifles find a profitable means of making money selling the weapons to the North American Indians, using the front man John Lattimer to sell the rifles to the Cheyenne. While traveling in a stagecoach with Calamity Jane and William "Buffalo Bill" Cody and his young wife Louisa Cody that want to settle down in Hays City managing a hotel, Wild Bill Hickok finds the guide Breezy wounded by arrows and telling that the Indians are attacking a fort using repeating rifles. Hickok meets Gen. George A. Custer that assigns Buffalo Bill to guide a troop with ammunition to help the fort. Meanwhile the Cheyenne kidnap Calamity Jane, forcing Hickok to expose himself to rescue her.

Written by

Waldemar Young, Harold Lamb, Lynn Riggs

Directed by

Cecil B. DeMille

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Paramount

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

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Average Rating
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