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The Plainsman (1936)
Director: Cecil B DeMille
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From Time Out Film Guide
A little too self-consciously epic (it begins with Mrs Lincoln reminding the President that they'll be late for the theatre) and much too reliant on back-projection, but still an enjoyably spectacular Western which rambles through the familiar parade of gun-runners, Indian uprisings and figures from history (ruthlessly telescoped to get them all in, including a nobly heroic Custer). Cooper's fine, sombre portrayal of Wild Bill Hickok (lumbered with a skittishly romantic Calamity Jane, but nevertheless allowed to meet his death at the hands of Jack McCall) seems to come from another, altogether less trivial movie.Author: TM
Cast & crew
Director: Cecil B DeMille
Cast: Gary Cooper, Jean Arthur, James Ellison, Charles Bickford, Porter Hall, Victor Varconi, John Miljan, Gabby Hayes, Anthony Quinn full cast
Genre(s): Westerns
Duration: 113 mins
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