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The White Buffalo

  • 1977
  • TMDB 6.0/10
  • 1h 37m

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.

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Overview

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns and beautifully desolate high country - before improbably teaming up with a young Crazy Horse to pursue the creature.

Cast

  • Charles BronsonWild Bill Hickok/James Otis
  • Jack WardenCharlie Zane
  • Will SampsonCrazy Horse/Worm
  • Kim NovakPoker Jenny Schermerhorn
  • Clint WalkerWhistling Jack Kileen
  • Stuart WhitmanWinifred Coxy
  • Slim PickensAbel Pickney
  • John CarradineAmos Briggs

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