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Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

The greatest buffaloer of them all!

19765.42h 3m

Overview

Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

Directed by Robert Altman
Written by Arthur Kopit, Robert Altman, Alan Rudolph
Produced by Robert Altman, Dino De Laurentiis
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Top Cast

Paul Newman

Paul Newman

The Star (William F. Cody)

Joel Grey

Joel Grey

The Producer (Nate Salisbury)

Kevin McCarthy

Kevin McCarthy

The Publicist (Maj. John Burke)

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

The Relative (Ed Goodman)

Allan F. Nicholls

Allan F. Nicholls

The Journalist (Prentiss Ingraham)

Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)

John Considine

John Considine

The Sure Shot's Manager (Frank Butler)

Robert DoQui

Robert DoQui

The Wrangler (Oswald Dart)

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Mike Kaplan

The Treasurer (Jules Keen)

Bert Remsen

Bert Remsen

The Bartender (Crutch)

Themes & Keywords

based on play or musicalwild westwild west show19th centuryrevisionist western

About Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a western, comedy film released in 1976 exploring themes of based on play or musical, wild west, wild west show, 19th century, revisionist western. Directed by Robert Altman, it stars Paul Newman, Joel Grey, Kevin McCarthy. Buffalo Bill plans to put on his own Wild West sideshow, and Chief Sitting Bull has agreed to appear in it. However, Sitting Bull has his own hidden agenda, involving the President and General Custer.

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