The White Buffalo

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The White Buffalo (1977)

PG 05/01/1977 (US) Western, Adventure, Action 1h 37m

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Two legendary enemies unite to fight the charging white beast!!

Overview

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.

Richard Sale

Novel, Screenplay
J. Lee Thompson

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Charles Bronson

Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis
Jack Warden

Charlie Zane
Will Sampson

Crazy Horse/Worm
Kim Novak

Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
Clint Walker

Whistling Jack Kileen
Stuart Whitman

Winifred Coxy
Slim Pickens

Abel Pickney
John Carradine

Amos Briggs
Cara Williams

Cassie Ollinger
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A review by Wuchak

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Written by Wuchak on April 11, 2021

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 Clint Walker appears as a heavy.

"The White Buffalo" was ready for release by 1976, but was withheld for over a year before being dumped into the general-circulation market. Based on a 1975 book, Di... read the rest.

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