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A Balasaur Score of 60 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 6.1/10, Rotten Tomatoes 61%, Metacritic 61/100. Every source lands within 0 points of the others. Streaming on Tubi.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes61%
Metacritic61/100
115 audience votes
Key crew
- Robert AltmanDirector
- Robert AltmanScreenplay
- Alan RudolphScreenplay
- Richard BaskinOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul NewmanThe Star (William F. Cody)
- Joel GreyThe Producer (Nate Salisbury)
- Kevin McCarthyThe Publicist (Maj. John Burke)
- Harvey KeitelThe Relative (Ed Goodman)
- Allan F. NichollsThe Journalist (Prentiss Ingraham)
- Geraldine ChaplinThe Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
- John ConsidineThe Sure Shot's Manager (Frank Butler)
- Robert DoQuiThe Wrangler (Oswald Dart)
- Mike KaplanThe Treasurer (Jules Keen)
- Bert RemsenThe Bartender (Crutch)
- Bonnie LeadersThe Mezzo-Contralto (Margaret)
- Noelle RogersThe Lyric-Coloratura (Lucille DuCharme)
Stills
Movies like Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
Themes
based on play or musicalwild westwild west show19th centuryrevisionist western