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Calamity Jane( 1953)

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Warner Bros.' sky highest, smile widest, wild and woolliest Western of 'em all!

Overview

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Doris Day

      Calamity Jane

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      Howard Keel

      Wild Bill Hickok

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      Allyn Ann McLerie

      Katie Brown

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      Philip Carey

      Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin

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      Dick Wesson

      Francis Fryer

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      Paul Harvey

      Henry Miller

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      Chubby Johnson

      Rattlesnake

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      Gale Robbins

      Adelaid Adams

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      Billy Bletcher

      Prospector (uncredited)

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      Bess Flowers

      Officer's Wife in Reception Line (uncredited)

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      Colin Kenny

      Chicagoan (uncredited)

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      Frank McLure

      Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)

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      Bert Stevens

      Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)

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      Arthur Tovey

      Wedding Guest (uncredited)

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      Chuck Roberson

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Beulah Archuletta

      Indian Woman on Saloon Balcony (uncredited)

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      Lane Chandler

      Prospector (uncredited)

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      Edmund Cobb

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Sam Harris

      Officer at Dance (uncredited)

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      Pierce Lyden

      Citizen (uncredited)

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      Lee Shumway

      Bartender with White Sideburns (uncredited)

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      Charles Soldani

      Indian (uncredited)

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      Glenn Strange

      Prospector (uncredited)

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      Harry Tenbrook

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Norman Stevans

      Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)

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      Suzanne Ridgway

      Chicago Street Flirt (uncredited)

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      Sailor Vincent

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Artie Ortego

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Buddy Roosevelt

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Art Felix

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      George Sowards

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Charles Morton

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Carl Sklover

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Frank Mills

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Philo McCullough

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Dave Kashner

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Ethan Laidlaw

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Al Hill

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      George Huggins

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Franklyn Farnum

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Clem Fuller

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Herman Hack

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Chet Brandenburg

      Barfly (uncredited)

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      Stanley Blystone

      Saloon Patron (uncredited)

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      Roydon Clark

      Soldier (uncredited)

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      Ben Corbett

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Ray Kellogg

      Singing Townsman (uncredited)

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      I. Stanford Jolley

      Townsman (uncredited)

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      Michael Jeffers

      Stage Hand (uncredited)

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      Harold Goodwin

      Poker Player (uncredited)

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      Fritz Ford

      Soldier at Dance (uncredited)

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      Fred Aldrich

      Chicagoan (uncredited)

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      Tom Ferrandini

      Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)

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      Raoul Freeman

      Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)

    Social

    Review 1Discussion

    A review by John Chard

    7
    Written by John Chard on Sat Feb 18 2017
    As fizzy as a Sarsparilla. Calamity Jane is directed by David Butler and written by James O'Hanlon. It stars Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn Ann McLerie, Phillip Carey & Dick Wesson. The score features music by Sammy Fain and lyrics by Paul Francis Webster. Out of Warner Brothers, the film is seen as a response to the success of MGM's production of Annie Get Your Gun in 1950, where Keel was also starring. Plot here is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane (Day) and explores the relationship between Wild Bill Hickok (Keel) and herself. I guess the first thing that sho...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    -

    Keywords

    • musical
    • wild bill hickok
    • calamity jane
    • 19th century