The White Buffalo (1977)

Cast

Charles Bronson
as Wild Bill Hickok
Kim Novak
as Mrs. Poker Jenny Schermerhorn
John Carradine
as Amos Briggs
Jack Warden
as Charlie Zane

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Genres & Description

Action Adventure Western

6.2 / 10

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.

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Comments on this trailer
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Devin Smith

animals can sense things,how we may never know. maybe the Buffalo felt some bad vibes, and thought I'll get you before you get me. just a thought - @Saturday, September 17, 2016 8:15 PM

mutantapk

I'm wondering what caused the buffalo to go mad; was it rabies or brain worms. - @Thursday, October 15, 2015 8:13 PM

TheLightningSwordNA

First I watched this movie I was 5 and it really scared me, been trying to find it everywhere for years! Thank you, what a movie! Am 24 now and that sound it makes still creeps me out lol. - @Sunday, October 6, 2013 2:04 AM

CrazyBear65

I vaguely remember seeing this film a long time ago. But the White Bison is sacred. - @Monday, March 25, 2013 12:37 AM

CrazyBear65

Adam Beach on SVU. - @Monday, March 25, 2013 12:33 AM

Carey Fisher

Yeah, I don' know what happened to the trailer that made it so pixelated when it was uploaded. Hate that grainy distorted look but I no longer have the original file and can't fix it. - @Tuesday, February 26, 2013 4:36 PM

latino heat

the 7os had some great classics this was one of them - @Monday, September 24, 2012 2:11 AM

deejjosh

I saw this movie when i was a kid and ever since then this movie scares me and I'm 25 the sound the buffalo makes the way it runs down a long open woods area getting closer and closer as Charles bronson is looking far in the distance straight ahead - @Thursday, August 16, 2012 7:29 AM

marti386

This movie STILL holds an odd fascination for me. If memory serves me, the white buffalo itself was created by Carlo Rambaldi, the effects designer who made E.T. The buffalo actually IS that large, a giant animatronic. Very impressive, even to this day. And because it REALLY is that large, it adds a certain realness to the scenes it's in, more so than when you use computer animation. - @Monday, June 4, 2012 9:53 PM

Carey Fisher

Yes, that is the late Will Sampson who starred in so many films that included "Orca" - @Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:02 PM

Spellbinder

isn't the guy who played Crazy Horse in Orca as well? - @Sunday, May 20, 2012 8:04 AM

simoin

Went to see this in the cinema with my dad when I was 4 or 5, scared the hell out of me. - @Saturday, May 19, 2012 8:48 PM

Juan Balcazar

sick. i gots encore. :D ima try n catch it :D -i only has it recorded on an old vhs - @Saturday, April 28, 2012 5:05 PM

WerilloRulz

I dont have the channel but thanks for the info. - @Friday, April 27, 2012 7:40 PM

Carey Fisher

Thank you for the nice compliment. I love this movie! - @Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:02 PM

Carey Fisher

You may be able to catch it if you have Encore movie channel. They have been running it a lot lately on Encore Western - @Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:02 PM

Carey Fisher

ou may be able to catch it if you have Encore movie channel. They have been running it a lot lately on Encore Western - @Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:01 PM

Carey Fisher

It's a combination of gun fire from Wild Bill Hickcok and Crazy Horse stabbing the buffalo while riding it's back. Crazy Horse says in the movie that the bull had to be taken in the old way. You may be able to catch it if you have Encore movie channel. They have been running it a lot lately on Encore Western - @Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:01 PM

WerilloRulz

If im right, the indian kills the Buffalo but stabbing him in the back? Lol there were ages from i watched this movie, Damn i only watch it 1 time =( - @Tuesday, April 24, 2012 3:54 PM

Juan Balcazar

LOVE THIS MOVIE! CHILDHOOD FAVORITE! - @Wednesday, April 18, 2012 12:52 AM

Matthew Smith

Although this movie was decent I believe there were ways of making this movie so much more horrifying - @Wednesday, March 7, 2012 1:27 PM

doobiesmoke15

I saw a clip of this on TV many years ago, I turned on the channel and there was this giant roaring white bovine. I thought it was Auðumbla the primeval cow from Norse mythology. I figured the movie was going to be about the vikings. - @Wednesday, February 8, 2012 7:46 PM

Barbara Cervantes

I wish I could see this movie The White Buffalo. It's not on Netflix and I don't see it anywhere. How can I obtain a copy? - @Wednesday, February 8, 2012 4:09 AM

Gabriel Abney

ye gods... it's REAL!! I saw this in a drive-in w/ my parents in about 1977, or 78, but I was only 6 or so, and I had begun to think it must have been a false memory because the premise is just so odd, and it was such a long time ago. Don't know what made me google it tonight, but wow! I'm going to have to see it again :) - @Saturday, October 29, 2011 6:42 AM

TCMX

Good old movie, really good. - @Friday, September 9, 2011 4:06 PM

Jan Marie Sanchez

i was five years old. fuck that buffalo. i still have nightmares - @Saturday, July 2, 2011 6:29 AM

Carey Fisher

@ShellTrek People often do not give "The White Buffalo" enough credit. Yes, it is about much more than just a rampaging buffalo. Thanks for posting, ShellTrek! - @Saturday, June 18, 2011 9:59 PM

Shell Trek

It's been over 40 years now & I've seen this movie at 4 times already, but have only just realized the meaning of it... It's about redemption. Two ill-regot enemy heroes; from History, that get together for a common quest! "How did I miss that" D'OH!! - @Saturday, June 18, 2011 12:12 PM

Tarbtano

Beef's revenge - @Thursday, March 10, 2011 4:55 AM

Danilo Paes

The White Buffalo have dinossaur noise... - @Monday, December 6, 2010 4:33 PM

Carey Fisher

@80sfanfreak You know, it was 3 years ago that I cut this trailer and to be honest I really do not remember where the music came from. Sorry. - @Friday, November 26, 2010 3:12 AM

deejjosh

This movie freaks me out it still scares me especially the sound of the buffalo - @Tuesday, November 23, 2010 9:08 AM

Carey Fisher

@Calsyrinx Thank you, Calsyrinx for taking the time to let me know you enjoyed the video. I really appreciate it. - @Saturday, November 13, 2010 12:42 AM

James Nolan

Along with From Noon Till Three, one of Bronson's best, because both these Westerns are offbeat,not easy to categorize,and stand outside of Bronson's standard M.O. of predictable fare. Supernatural, otherworldly though it's two protagonists were very real people in the real world. The buffalo symbolizes a demon, but the demon is within these two men themselves, so the depiction of the buffalo shouldn't be taken literally--it's a fictional story and no more, Clint Walker as a bad guy is good too. - @Thursday, November 4, 2010 6:25 PM

James Nolan

@Pimblit Graham Greene played a supporting role in Die Hard With A Vengeance as a cop named Joe Lambert. I don't recall any references to his origins in the film (but some verification if they did is appreciated--I'm not above having my gaffes corrected). I liked the film, but I'm not sure if a Die Hard movie is the best exemplar for a Native American portraying a non-Native American or non-specific-in-origin role. - @Thursday, November 4, 2010 6:10 PM

MoltenGoodness

@lefty5128 i remember that! - @Friday, October 1, 2010 7:54 PM

MoltenGoodness

@lefty5128 - @Friday, October 1, 2010 7:54 PM

dubnstuf

There were no wheels that was really the last white buffalo, also the biggest ever recorded on camera - @Wednesday, July 21, 2010 5:38 AM

TheThroney

someone needs to get this one up - @Sunday, June 13, 2010 5:48 PM

Carey Fisher

@lefty5128 I have to admit that I never noticed the wheels and tracks that operated the buffalo. Many people, including you, have mentioned that but I failed to notice it. Thanks for the comment, lefty! - @Thursday, June 3, 2010 12:56 AM

The Metalnaut

@evilrotten Me too, it is one of my favs........I am a huge Charles Bronson fan and collect as many of his movies that I can on DVD..but so many are not available. I remember that this movie had the great big indian from One Flew Over The Cuckoos Nest in it. You can't even gind this movie in video stores anymore as they have all gotten rid of VHS and it has not been released on DVD. One of Bronson's stranger movies...BUT one of his best as far as I am concerned. - @Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:03 AM

Ian Renga

Excellent! One of my favorites. It was crushed by Star Wars that year. But I loved it then and it holds up really well. - @Sunday, November 15, 2009 9:24 AM

Bo Hansen

can rember this although i was a little child when i saw it - @Friday, April 10, 2009 4:07 PM

battlestarmarc

good western film, but the cheap white buffalo "special effects" takes something away from the film. - @Wednesday, December 17, 2008 10:00 PM

Carey Fisher

Excellent thoughts about Will Sampson. Couldn't have said it better myself. Thanks for commenting, Pimblit. - @Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:38 AM

madamdragon

You know?! I tried looking for this on DVD. Even though there are copies of it. Their in the UK. And currently out of 'em. Darn. VHS is impossible to find now a days. One day I'll get my hands on it! - @Sunday, August 31, 2008 6:07 PM

Carey Fisher

Thank you, madamdragon! I really appreciate it when someone takes the time to let me know if they enjoyed something I did. I also am a big fan of this movie. I also enjoyed everyone's performances in "The White Buffalo". And I agree that Will Sampson's performance, and his victory cry, are a very big part of this movie. - @Sunday, August 31, 2008 3:03 AM

madamdragon

Wow Coo trailer. REally love that movie. I like Crazy Horses' victory cry when he and Hickock were on the snowy mountain. Love it! - @Saturday, August 30, 2008 4:13 PM

Don Lebo

Despite it's flaws there's just something about this movie that grabs me, the surreal look the soundstage gives the to the nightmares and buffalo scenes and the final show down is effective.Barry's scoring never fails, Bronson, Warden, Sampson, always terrific.Mustn't forget Kim Novak,Lauter and Walker. Entertaining all around. - @Thursday, August 14, 2008 5:56 PM

clintbronson5

The only version I can find on DVD is one that is copied from a VHS. I have yet to find this Wide screen. - @Sunday, June 8, 2008 7:57 AM