Deadwood '76
Cast & Crew
James Landis
Arch Hall Jr.
Jack Lester
Melissa Morgan
William Watters
Robert Dix
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Young Billy May saves Tennessee Thompson from the Indians of the Dakota Bad Lands, and together they travel to the town of Deadwood in the Dakota Territory. The townspeople mistake Billy May for Billy the Kid and place bets on his impending fight with Wild Bill Hickok. In the meantime, Tennessee has purchased a gold claim, but his partner, Billy, is captured during an Indian raid. When they reach the Indian camp, Billy meets his father, Boone May, an ex-Confederate soldier who has joined the Indians in hopes of destroying Custer's troops and establishing a new Confederate state. Billy also meets and falls in love with Little Bird, a young Indian woman. Later he escapes from the camp and shoots two outlaws who have raped Little Bird. By the time he returns to Deadwood, Wild Bill Hickok has arrived, but when Hickok learns Billy's true identity, he decides not to fight him. A young boy, Hubert, tricks Billy into a gunfight, however, and Billy shoots the boy in self-defense. He is hunted down and lynched by a mob of townspeople; when Preacher Smith tries to intervene, he is also shot.
Director
James Landis
Cast
Arch Hall Jr.
Jack Lester
Melissa Morgan
William Watters
Robert Dix
Ladonna Cottier
Richard S. Cowl
David Reed
Rex Marlow
Gordon Schwenk
John Bryant
Barbara Moore
Ray Zachary
Willard Willingham
Harold Bizzy
Read Morgan
John Cardos
Little Jack Little
Bobby Means
Ray Vegas
Crew
Bud Cardos
Robert Dietz
Manuel Francisco
Lewis J. Guinn
Arch Hall Jr.
Arch Hall
Arch, [sr.] Hall
Anthony M. Lanza
Harper Mackay
Nicholas Merriwether
David Reed Iii
Eldean Ressl
Lyn Sherry
Lyn Sherry
William Watters
William Watters
William Zsigmond
Film Details
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Quotes
Trivia
Notes
William Watters and Nicholas Merriwether are pseudonyms for Arch Hall, Sr.
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Summer June 30, 1965
CinemaScope
Released in United States Summer June 30, 1965
