Calamity Jane

1953

Action / Biography / Comedy / Musical / Romance / Western

15
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 87% · 22 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 87% · 10K ratings
IMDb Rating 7.2/10 10 12002 12K

musical wild bill hickok calamity jane 19th century

Plot summary

Sharpshooter Calamity Jane takes it upon herself to recruit a famous actress and bring her back to the local saloon, but jealousy soon gets in the way.

Director

David Butler Photo
David Butler

Top cast

Jeffrey Sayre Photo
Jeffrey Sayre as Man in Chicago Show
Howard Keel Photo
Howard Keel as Wild Bill Hickok
Gene Roth Photo
Gene Roth as Barfly
Jack Williams Photo
Jack Williams as Townsman
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
806.04 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 7
1.64 GB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 41 min
Seeds 15

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by Nazi_Fighter_David 8 / 10

There is still reason to applaud the movie's colorful production and irrepressible high spirits

From her first appearance aboard the stagecoach, singing "Deadwood Stage," Doris Day dominates the movie in exuberant—possibly too exuberant—fashion, with strong assistance from Howard Keel and his virile voice… Returning home from a visit to Chicago, Day gives her account of the "Windy City" in a song that suggests Oklahoma!'s "Kansas City" in more ways than the title… Her quarrelsome duet with Wild Bill—"I Can Do Without You"—echoes Annie Oakley's competitive duet with Frank Butler in "Annie Get Your Gun."But one song is all Doris Day's—and the film's—very own: walking through the countryside on a beautiful morning, Calamity realizes that she loves Bill, and in a voice exuding warmth and tender feeling, she sings the Academy Award-winning song "Secret Love."
Reviewed by movibuf1962 8 / 10

The rare, elusive, original-to-film musical.

The film is marvelous, but it's been dissected to death; consequently, I can't add any comment you haven't already heard. Lovely Technicolor cinematography of the outdoor frontier and rich period costuming enhances this top-notch cornucopia of story, score, and songs- including 'The Deadwood Stage,' 'I Can Do Without You,' 'Windy City,' 'The Subject of Harry,' and 'Secret Love.' Two special moments for me are Howard Keel singing 'Higher Than A Hawk' to the portrait of Allyn McLerie, and 'A Woman's Touch,' which shows McLerie and Doris Day become sisters in solidarity. They clean the house (in fact, renovate it) while discovering Calamity's femininity at the same time. They joke, they bond, and at the end of the scene our heroine is in a dress and quite the looker. There's no shocking sexist message here; it's a musical showing how a woman gets her man. I don't think in 1953 you could've asked for more. On the other hand, most of Day's scenes with Keel are a locked-horns battle of the sexes- absolutely no question. They compliment each other beautifully- from 'I Can Do Without You', right up to their nearly romantic duet of 'The Black Hills of Dakota.' Enjoy the film again, and look between the lines- some of it is quite timeless.
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