The White Buffalo
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Director J. Lee Thompson Music director J.J. Barry Duration Language English | 6/10 IMDb Genre Western Producer Dino De Laurentiis Country United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date May 6, 1977 (1977-05-06) Writer Richard Sale (novel), Richard Sale (screenplay) Cast Charles Bronson (Wild Bill Hickok (James Otis)), Jack Warden (Charlie Zane), Clint Walker (Whistling Jack Kileen), Slim Pickens (Abel Pickney (stage driver)), Stuart Whitman (Winifred Coxy), Kim Novak (Mrs. Poker Jenny Schermerhorn)Similar movies Blackhat , Salt , 3:10 to Yuma , Fair Game , The Plunderers , Brooklyn's Finest | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The White Buffalo is a 1977 western film starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens, and Will Sampson. The film is directed by J. Lee Thompson, who frequently teamed with Bronson. It was also the final film Bronson made for United Artists.
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The movie marks the second collaboration between Bronson and director J. Lee Thompson (following 1976's St. Ives).
Plot
Wild Bill Hickok is haunted by his dreams of a giant white buffalo. So much that he travels the West to find the beast. Along the way, Hickok meets Crazy Horse, who is also searching the plains for the giant white buffalo, who has killed Crazy Horse's daughter. Hickok and Crazy Horse team up to kill the elusive buffalo.
Main cast
Production
Much of the film was shot on a sound-stage in Los Angeles with location shots in Colorado and New Mexico. For the buffalo scenes, producer Laurentiis hired Carlo Rambaldi to design an animatronic full-size bison that would slide around on tracks. This was based on his larger-scale work on their previous collaboration King Kong (1976). Actors Ed Lauter and David Roya were similarly involved in King Kong, along with composer John Barry.
References
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