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The Plainsman Overview:

The Plainsman (1936) was a Western - Biographical Film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and produced by Cecil B. DeMille, William LeBaron and William H. Pine.

SYNOPSIS

DeMille's extravagant way with history is here applied to the oft-filmed tale of Wild Bill Hickok and Calamity Jane. The two (Cooper and Arthur, fresh from their success in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town) get mixed up with Buffalo Bill and a sneak who's selling guns to the Indians. Arthur tries to come to the rescue and gets herself and Cooper captured. The source of the famous Hollywood story about Quinn answering a casting call for real Indians (and DeMille did stock the cast with authentic native Americans) and performing a Cheyenne war dance with gibberish. He got the part, and won the hand of the director's daughter.

(Source: available at Amazon AMC Classic Movie Companion).

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THE PLAINSMAN (1936)

By Dan Day, Jr. on Jul 4, 2020 From The Hitless Wonder Movie Blog

Pandemics, social unrest, a screwed-up baseball season....none of that is going to stop me from buying cheap DVDs or Blu-rays whenever I can. My latest discount purchase is THE PLAINSMAN, a 1936 Western saga from the legendary Cecil B. DeMille. THE PLAINSMAN deals with three legends of the Old West... Read full article

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The Plainsman Quotes:

Wild Bill Hickok: Women and me don't agree
Wild Bill Hickok: Keep your hands off your guns or there will be more dead men here than this town can afford to bury!
Jack McCall: I'm gonna be a big man in this country.
Calamity Jane: [Sarcastically] You're gonna have to grow a foot, won't yuh?
John Lattimer: I'm not armed, Mr. Hickok, I'm not armed!
Wild Bill Hickok: I'll give you three minutes to fix that. I'll be waiting outside.
John Lattimer: I'm just leaving town.
Wild Bill Hickok: You're not leaving town unless dead men can walk.
Calamity Jane: Bill Hickok, you ornery son-of-a-mule. You wouldn't give a bad dime to a sick kid, would you?
Wild Bill Hickok: You might be right, Calamity.
Calamity Jane: No, I ain't. I know I ain't worth a bad dime.
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The Plainsman Facts
Film debut of Hank Worden.
One of over 700 Paramount productions, filmed between 1929 and 1949, which were sold to MCA/Universal in 1958 for television distribution, and have been owned and controlled by Universal ever since.
An excellent horseman from his youth in Montana, Gary Cooper did most of his own riding stunts, including the shot where he rode "hanging" between two horses.
John Wayne very much wanted the role of Wild Bill Hickok, which he felt certain would make him a star, but director Cecil B. DeMille wanted Gary Cooper instead.
Paramount executives wanted Wild Bill Hickok to survive the card-game shootout, but Cecil B. DeMille resisted and got his way.
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