The Plainsman

Aug 1, 1966

1h 32m

★ 4.8

When the land needed law... When the West needed taming... When adventure needed a giant... They sent for the Plainsman!

Overview

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

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Universal Pictures

The Plainsman Trailers

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Cast

Wild Bill Hickok

Don Murray

Buffalo Bill Cody

Guy Stockwell

Calamity Jane

Abby Dalton

Lt. Stiles

Bradford Dillman

Crazy Knife

Henry Silva

Chief Black Kettle

Simon Oakland

Col. George Armstrong Custer

Leslie Nielsen

Lattimer

Edward Binns

Estrick

Michael Evans

Brother John

Percy Rodriguez

Sgt. Womack

Terry Wilson

Abe Ireland

Walter Burke

The story takes place in Kansas, just after the Civil War. Wild Bill Hickok is summoned from Dodge City to Abilene, there to neutralize a crooked political machine. Hickok is aided every step of the way by Tex Rawlings, a seemingly harmless drifter who is appointed sheriff after proving his prowess with his six-guns.

7.0

Calamity Jane

Nov 4, 1953

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

4.5

Deadwood '76

Jun 30, 1965

A young drifter is mistaken for Billy the Kid. The concequences prove deadly.

0.0

The Two Gun Teacher

Dec 26, 1954

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

7.8

Rio Bravo

Mar 18, 1959

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

7.0

Silverado

Jul 10, 1985

Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting foursome to save the day, but first they have to break each other out of jail, and learn who their real friends are.

4.5

Young Bill Hickok

Oct 21, 1940

Bill Hickok, assisted by Calamity Jane, is after a foreign agent and his guerrilla band who are trying to take over some western territory just as the Civil War is coming to a close.

7.0

The Tin Star

Nov 6, 1957

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

4.3

I Killed Wild Bill Hickok

Jun 16, 1956

Rival horse traders clash in the Old West.

4.8

The Legend of the Lone Ranger

Aug 6, 1981

When the young Texas Ranger, John Reid, is the sole survivor of an ambush arranged by the militaristic outlaw leader, Butch Cavendich, he is rescued by an old childhood Comanche friend, Tonto. When he recovers from his wounds, he dedicates his life to fighting the evil that Cavendich represents. To this end, John Reid becomes the great masked western hero, The Lone Ranger. With the help of Tonto, the pair go to rescue President Grant when Cavendich takes him hostage.

5.8

Buffalo Bill

Apr 2, 1944

Scout William F. Cody marries a U.S. senator's daughter, fights the Cheyenne and leads a Wild West show.

6.3

The Plainsman

Nov 16, 1936

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

6.3

Annie Oakley

Nov 15, 1935

Awkward Annie loves her sharpshooting rival in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

5.9

The White Buffalo

May 1, 1977

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.

0.0

The Matchmaking Marshal

May 8, 1955

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature.

5.5

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Jun 24, 1976

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

0.0

Marshals in Disguise

Dec 26, 1954

Another of the series of "movies" created by stitching two episodes of the "Wild Bill Hickok" TV series together, U. S. Marshal Wild Bill Hickok and his deputy Jingles P. Jones are working to solve the mystery of a number of gold robberies from a stage line and expose the plot of a bank manager to buy the bank with funds stolen from it. Wrapping that one up tightly in less than thirty minutes, they move on up the road to round up another gang that has been holding up Wells Fargo offices, with Jingles posing as a medicine show magician.

0.0

Two Gun Marshal

Nov 15, 1953

Two episodes of the TV series "Wild Bill Hickok" edited together and released as a feature film.