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title: 'Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull''s History Lesson (1976)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Robert Altman'
released: '1976-06-24'
runtime_minutes: 123
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/buffalo-bill-and-the-indians-or-sitting-bulls-history-lesson-1976'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0074254/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976)

1976 · 123 min · Comedy, Western · United States


## Synopsis

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson is a 1976 revisionist Western film directed, produced, and co-written by Robert Altman. It is based on the Arthur Kopit's 1968 play Indians. It stars Paul Newman as William F. Cody, alias Buffalo Bill, along with Geraldine Chaplin, Will Sampson, Joel Grey, Harvey Keitel, and Burt Lancaster as Bill's biographer, Ned Buntline.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman)
- **Screenplay:** [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman), [Alan Rudolph](https://cinepixo.com/people/alan-rudolph)
- **Producer:** [Robert Altman](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-altman), [Dino De Laurentiis](https://cinepixo.com/people/dino-de-laurentiis)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Baskin](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-baskin)
- **Director of Photography:** [Paul Lohmann](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-lohmann)

## Cast

- [Paul Newman](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-newman) as Buffalo Bill
- [Allan F. Nicholls](https://cinepixo.com/people/allan-f-nicholls)
- [Evelyn Lear](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelyn-lear)
- [Geraldine Chaplin](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-chaplin)
- [Bert Remsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/bert-remsen)
- [Robert DoQui](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-doqui)
- [Joel Grey](https://cinepixo.com/people/joel-grey)
- [Pat McCormick](https://cinepixo.com/people/pat-mccormick)
- [Harvey Keitel](https://cinepixo.com/people/harvey-keitel)
- [John Considine](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-considine)
- [Kevin McCarthy](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mccarthy)
- [Will Sampson](https://cinepixo.com/people/will-sampson)
- [Shelley Duvall](https://cinepixo.com/people/shelley-duvall)
- [Burt Lancaster](https://cinepixo.com/people/burt-lancaster)
- [Denver Pyle](https://cinepixo.com/people/denver-pyle)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/buffalo-bill-and-the-indians-or-sitting-bulls-history-lesson-1976
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