The Plainsman

1936 NR 1h 53m 6.8

Wild Bill Hickok attempts to stop an Indian uprising that was started by white gun-runners.

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.

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Info about The Plainsman

Studio(s): Paramount

Originally Released: Nov 16, 1936

Production Country: United States

Budget: $1,000,000.00

Genres: Western, Drama