---
title: 'The Plainsman (1936)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Cecil B. DeMille'
released: '1936-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 113
genres:
  - 'History'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-plainsman-1936'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0028108/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Plainsman (1936)

1936 · 113 min · History · United States


## Synopsis

The Plainsman is a 1936 American Western film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and starring Gary Cooper and Jean Arthur. The film presents a highly fictionalized account of the adventures and relationships between Wild Bill Hickok, Calamity Jane, Buffalo Bill Cody, and General George Custer, with a gun-runner named Lattimer as the main villain. The film is notorious for mixing timelines and even has an opening scene with Abraham Lincoln setting the stage for Hickok's adventures. Anthony Quinn has an early acting role as an Indian. A remake using the same title was released in 1966.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Producer:** [Cecil B. DeMille](https://cinepixo.com/people/cecil-b-demille)
- **Screenplay:** [Waldemar Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/waldemar-young)
- **Original Music Composer:** [George Antheil](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-antheil)
- **Director of Photography:** [Victor Milner](https://cinepixo.com/people/victor-milner)
- **Editor:** [Anne Bauchens](https://cinepixo.com/people/anne-bauchens)

## Cast

- [Philo McCullough](https://cinepixo.com/people/philo-mccullough)
- [Dennis O'Keefe](https://cinepixo.com/people/dennis-o-keefe)
- [Jonathan Hale](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-hale)
- [Granville Bates](https://cinepixo.com/people/granville-bates)
- [Paul Harvey](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-harvey)
- [Frank McGlynn Sr.](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-mcglynn-sr)
- [Richard Alexander](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-alexander)
- [James Ellison](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-ellison)
- [Jean Arthur](https://cinepixo.com/people/jean-arthur)
- [Francis Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/francis-ford)
- [Anthony Quinn](https://cinepixo.com/people/anthony-quinn)
- [Frank Albertson](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-albertson)
- [George Cleveland](https://cinepixo.com/people/george-cleveland)
- [Franklyn Farnum](https://cinepixo.com/people/franklyn-farnum)
- [Gary Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/gary-cooper)

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