The White Buffalo

(1977)

★ 6 IMDb · 148 votes

Genres: Western, Adventure, Action

Year: 1977

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Джей Ли Томпсон

Cast: Чарльз Бронсон, Джек Уорден, Уилл Сэмпсон, Ким Новак, Clint Walker, Stuart Whitman, Slim Pickens, Джон Кэрредин, Cara Williams, Шэй Даффин

Plot

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.

Tormented by incessant and recurring nightmares of a hellish great white buffalo attacking him in the snow-clad wilderness, the ailing Wild Bill Hickok, decides to travel north to hunt down the raging mythical beast. Along the way, the experienced hunter will team up with an old friend, the one-eyed Charlie, while in the meantime, the Indian Chief Crazy Horse whose child was killed by the same creature, is already out in the unforgiving landscape, pursuing the extraordinary bison. Without a doubt, both men won't rest until they find the supernatural monster of legend, however, in this uncomfortable alliance, even the slightest mistake can prove deadly.