Themes: Obsessive Quests, When Animals Attack, White People Among Indians
Main Cast: Charles Bronson, Charles Bronson, Jack Warden, Will Sampson, Kim Novak, Clint Walker
Release Year: 1977
Country: US
Run Time: 97 minutes
Plot
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, All Movie Guide
Stuart Whitman - Coxy; John Carradine - Briggs; Cara Williams - Cassie; Shay Duffin - Brady; Douglas Fowley - Bixby; Clifford A. Pellow - Holt; Ed Lauter - Capt. Tom Custer; Ed Bakey - Ben Corbett; Cliff Carnell - Johnny Varner; Christopher Cary - Short Man; Richard Gilliland - Cpl. Kileen; Martin Kove - Jack McCall; Slim Pickens - Abel Pickney; Ron Thompson - Frozen Dog Pimp; Dan Vadis - Tall Man; Scott Walker - Gyp Hook-Hand; Bert Williams - Paddy Welsh; Joe Roman - Silky Smith; Eve Brent - Frieda; Douglas Hume - Aaron Pratt; Larry Martindale - Cheyenne Bar Man; Will Walker
Credit
Eric Seelig - Costume Designer, Dennis Fill - Costume Designer, J. Lee Thompson - Director, Michael F. Anderson - Editor, John Barry - Composer (Music Score), Tambi Larsen - Production Designer, Paul Lohmann - Cinematographer, Pancho Kohner - Producer, James I. Berkey - Set Designer, Roy Downey - Special Effects, Richard Parker - Special Effects, Michael J. Kohut - Sound/Sound Designer, Wiliam L. McCaughey - Sound/Sound Designer, Lyle J. Burbridge - Sound/Sound Designer, Harlan Riggs - Sound/Sound Designer, Bennie E. Dobbins - Stunts, Gene Dobbins - Stunts Coordinator, Richard Sale - Screenwriter, Richard Sale - Book Author
