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The White Buffalo

  • 6.1 /10

  • 120

  • 17%

Plot

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.

Cast

Charles Bronson as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
Charles Bronson

as Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis

Jack Warden as Charlie Zane
Jack Warden

as Charlie Zane

Will Sampson as Crazy Horse/Worm
Will Sampson

as Crazy Horse/Worm

Kim Novak as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Kim Novak

as Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

Clint Walker as Whistling Jack Kileen
Clint Walker

as Whistling Jack Kileen

Stuart Whitman as Winifred Coxy
Stuart Whitman

as Winifred Coxy

Slim Pickens as Abel Pickney
Slim Pickens

as Abel Pickney

John Carradine as Amos Briggs
John Carradine

as Amos Briggs

Cara Williams as Cassie Ollinger
Cara Williams

as Cassie Ollinger

Shay Duffin as Tim Brady
Shay Duffin

as Tim Brady

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • May 1, 1977

Production Companies

  • United Artists

  • The De Laurentiis Company

Production Countries

  • United States of America

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • -

Runtime

  • 1.62 hrs

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_**This is what-were-they-thinking bad, but sorta enjoyable if you can acclimate**_ Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) is haunted by nightmares involving a legendary white buffalo and so travels to the Black Hills region to hunt the creature with his old geezer pardner (Jack Warden). The problem is Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) is seeking vengeance on the beast for killing his daughter. Meanwhile…