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Calamity Jane

    Comedy
    Music
    Romance
    Western
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Nov 4, 1953
Rated NR

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.

Details

  • Directors
  • Vote Average
    6.9
  • Vote Count
    170
  • Popularity
    21
  • Language
    English
  • Origin Country
    US

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)

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Reviews

(1)
John Chard
70%
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 should be said is that this is no biography of one Martha Jane Cannary Burke (AKA: Calamity Jane), in truth this is more a comedy musical romp built around that famous frontiers woman, so with it being very basic on narrative and direction, this is predominantly appealing to the film fan with musical leanings. However, on that score the film is utterly delightful, such as it is fronted by the spirited lead performances from Day & Keel and a handful of truly great tunes headed by the Oscar winning "Secret Love" (Day luminous and vocally on peak form). Pic also earns some bonus points for giving Day the chance to play something other than the naive innocent girl next door type (it was a personal favourite role of hers). She gets to be spunky and brash without ever losing that adorable appeal that carried her throughout her career. The play on sexual stereotypes is rather humorous without being twee, something that you feel director Butler was under appreciated for, while Wilfred M. Cline's gorgeous colour photography enhances the playfulness of it all. Seen now as a feminist fantasy with a gay following thanks to "Secret Love", there's no denying the film is all very Hollywoodized - with characters so animated they could actually burst. But all told, if one is able to forgive and see past its tiny flaws then this is a film guaranteed to light up the darkest of wintry days. 7.5/10