The White Buffalo

1977 PG-13 1h 37m

6.0 / 10 142

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6.0/10

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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.

Director J. Lee Thompson

Writers

Richard Sale Richard Sale

Stars

Charles Bronson Jack Warden Will Sampson

Charles Bronson

Wild Bill Hickok/James Otis

Poker Jenny Schermerhorn

Clint Walker

Whistling Jack Kileen

Short Man (uncredited)

Bob Harks

Bar Patron (uncredited)

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Dan Vadis

Tall Man (uncredited)

Western Adventure Action

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Wuchak 11 Apr 2021

5/10

_**This is what-were-they-thinking bad, but sorta enjoyable if you can acclimate**_ Wild Bill Hickok (Charles Bronson) is haunted by nightmares involving a legendary white buffalo and so travels to the Black Hills region to hunt the creature with his old geezer pardner (Jack Warden). The problem is Crazy Horse (Will Sampson) is seeking vengeance on the beast for killing his daughter. Meanwhile ...