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The White Buffalo
UNITED KINGDOM · 1977

The White Buffalo

J. Lee Thompson
obsession man versus nature western frontier legendary figures supernatural pursuit
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Synopsis

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.

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