Calamity Jane

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Calamity Jane (1953)

NR 11/04/1953 (US) Comedy, Music, Romance, Western 1h 41m

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Warner Bros.' sky highest, smile widest, wild and woolliest Western of 'em all!

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Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

David Butler

Director
James O'Hanlon

Writer

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Doris Day

Calamity Jane
Howard Keel

Wild Bill Hickok
Allyn Ann McLerie

Katie Brown
Philip Carey

Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin
Dick Wesson

Francis Fryer
Paul Harvey

Henry Miller
Chubby Johnson

Rattlesnake
Gale Robbins

Adelaid Adams
Billy Bletcher

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Calamity Jane is directed by David Butler and written by James O'Hanlon. It stars Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Phillip Carey & Dick Wesson. The score features music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. Out of Warner Brothers, the film is seen as a response to the success of MGM's production of Annie Get Your Gun in 1950, where Keel was also starring. Plot here is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane (Day) and explores the relationship between Wild Bill Hickok (Keel) and herself.

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