The White Buffalo (1977)
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J. Lee Thompson directs Charles Bronson in this strange western variation on Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Bronson plays a man named James Otis, who is disturbed by dreams of a giant white buffalo. He returns to the west under his new name --Wild Bill Hickok. Amongst his travels, he meets Chief Crazy Horse (Will Sampson), who is roaming the plains in an obsessive search for the giant white buffalo that killed his young daughter. Chief Crazy Horse wants to slay the beast in revenge for his daughter's death, and Wild Bill Hickok teams up with him to hunt down the giant white buffalo. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
- Starring:
- Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, (more)
- Director(s):
- J. Lee Thompson
Synopsis of The White Buffalo
J. Lee Thompson directs Charles Bronson in this strange western variation on Herman Melville's Moby Dick. Bronson plays a man named James Otis, who is disturbed by dreams of a giant white buffalo. He returns to the west under his new name --Wild Bill Hickok. Amongst his travels, he meets Chief Crazy Horse (Will Sampson), who is roaming the plains in an obsessive search for the giant white buffalo that killed his young daughter. Chief Crazy Horse wants to slay the beast in revenge for his daughter's death, and Wild Bill Hickok teams up with him to hunt down the giant white buffalo. ~ Paul Brenner, Rovi
Complete Cast of The White Buffalo
- Charles Bronson - James Otis
- Jack Warden - Charlie Zane
- Kim Novak - Poker Jenny
- Stuart Whitman - Coxy
- Cara Williams - Cassie
- Douglas Fowley - Bixby
- Ed Lauter - Capt. Tom Custer
- Richard Gilliland - Cpl. Kileen
- Dan Vadis - Tall Man
- Eve Brent - Frieda
- Will Walker
- Joe Roman - Silky Smith
- Ron Thompson - Frozen Dog Pimp
- Christopher Cary - Short Man
- Charles Bronson - Wild Bill Hickok
- Will Sampson - Crazy Horse/Worm
- Clint Walker - Kileen
- John Carradine - Briggs
- Shay Duffin - Brady
- Clifford A. Pellow - Holt
- Ed Bakey - Ben Corbett
- Slim Pickens - Abel Pickney
- Bert Williams - Paddy Welsh
- Larry Martindale - Cheyenne Bar Man
- Douglas Hume - Aaron Pratt
- Scott Walker - Gyp Hook-Hand
- Martin Kove - Jack McCall
- Cliff Carnell - Johnny Varner
- Director(s):
- J. Lee Thompson
- Writer(s):
- Richard Sale
- Producer(s):
- Pancho Kohner
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