Buffalo Girls Movie Review 1995

Western saga, set in the 1870s, tells of the lifelong friendship between hard-drinking, hard-living Calamity Jane (Huston--who's not exactly any plain Jane) and buxom, soft-hearted madam Dora DuFran (Griffith). Dora's in love (but refuses to marry) rancher Teddy Blue (Byrne) while Calamity has a daughter by Wild Bill Hickok (Elliott) that she gives up for adoption. There's lots of rambling and commiserating over the changing and civilizing of the west and various man trouble. Based on the novel by Larry McMurty; originally a two-part TV miniseries.

Distribution

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Available on VHS
Running time 180 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Westrogens, Period Piece: 19th Century, Wild Bill Hickok

Screenplay

Cynthia Whitcomb

Cast

Anjelica Huston, Melanie Griffith, Gabriel Byrne, Peter Coyote, Jack Palance, Sam Elliott, Reba McEntire, Floyd "Red Crow" Westerman, Tracey Walter, Russell Means, Charlaine Woodard, John Diehl, Liev Schreiber, Andrew Bicknell, Kathryn Witt

Cinematography

David Connell

Director

Rod Hardy

Music

Lee Holdridge

Producer

Sandra Saxon Brice, Suzanne Coston, de Passe Entertainment, CBS Entertainment