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Released
1977 · FILM

The White Buffalo

Two legendary enemies unite to fight the charging white beast!!

Directed by
Written by
Runtime
97 min
ActionAdventureDrama

Synopsis

In this unconventional western reimagining of *Moby Dick*, Wild Bill Hickok is driven to hunt a white buffalo that appears in a dream. His journey takes him through a range of distinctively authentic western settings—dim, dirty, makeshift taverns; frigid, slaughterhouse-like frontier towns; and the starkly beautiful high country—before he forms an unlikely alliance with a young Crazy Horse to track down the creature.

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How many hands made this film

The scale of the collaboration

Principal cast & crew: 18

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Why a floor?

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Craft leads on file

Edited by Michael F AndersonShot by Paul LohmannScored by John BarryDesigned by Tambi Larsen

Also known as

  • Der weiße Büffelde
  • El desafío del búfalo blancoes
  • Le Bison blancfr
  • Sfida a White Buffaloit

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