The Plainsman

The scenery and the production values make this a pretty watchable TV remake. The cast is generally good, although Abbie Dalton is a bit much as Calamity Jane. The best acting is provided by David Macklin as a young trooper who comes apart at the death of his friend in an Indian attack.

A nice western.

It's far from one of the best western but it's nice. Everything of a western is in this movie. cowboys, gunfhight, rifles, indians, wars,...and some legendary western characters like Buffalo bill cody, calamity jane, custer,.. that'is far from their historical life. but it'ss ok to find this characters in this movies.

And you have Leslie Nielsen!!

enjoy it

Well, let's face it: this film will never win an academy award, but it's still a nice decent entertainment with humour touches. Fine acting and a typical plot make this film a good Indians and cowboys one. This is a remake of 1936 Cecil B. De Mille's The Plainsman with Gary Cooper. Here Don Murray plays Will Bill Hickok, Guy Stockwell William Cody and Abby Dalton Calamity Jane. All of them do it all right although no sparkling. Leslie Nielse appears in the end of the movie as col. Custer. Beautiful scenery (the opening credits and first meeting between Hickok and chief Black Kettle specially) and nice script (see the scene where Calamity Jane talks with Cody's wife about men). So do not expect a ten star film but still worth watching.

I don't know who wrote or got this turkey produced; but it was a colossal waste of time. Leslie Neilson as George Custer LOL. Guy Stockwell as Buffalo Bill Cody LOL. Don Murray was more concerned flashing his pearly whites (ala Burt Lancaster), than he was trying to convince mature audiences he was Wild Bill Hickok. And the worst sin of this Hollywood History fantasy was the portrayal of Calamity Jane by some B actress who wore more eye makeup in one day than the real Calamity Jane would have worn in her whole lifetime. She was too good-looking to be Calamity Jane. Calamity Jane was butt-ugly and didnt wear make-up. The whole premise rang false. Don't waste your time on this turkey. Watch the original with Gary Cooper.

This is one of these really rather poor remakes that isn't up to much. "Wild Bill Hickok" (Don Murray) is determined to stop a war between the soldiers and the Cheyenne. The latter have found a source of powerful rifles now that the US Civil War is over and the manufacturers are looking for new customers. Soon he has "Calamity Jane" (Abby Dalton) and "Buffalo Bill" (Guy Stockwell) on his side as he tries to thwart the smuggling - at no small peril to "Calamity". The production is really quite cheap and cheerful. Plenty of horse chases and rifle play but equally plenty of back-lit stage bound scenarios that are actually more funny then adventurous. The three stars here are mediocre, with as lacklustre a dialogue and though it doesn't hang about, it is all just a bit too light and fluffy. Not a patch on Gary Cooper's 1936 iteration. Keep an eye out for a fleeting contribution from Leslie Nielsen ("Custer") - that's about all this film can lay claim to fame for.