Buckskin (film)
Buckskin (1968) is a western film, released by Paramount Pictures, released on a low budget and starring an all-star cast. The main stars were Barry Sullivan and Joan Caulfield. Lon Chaney Jr. plays the role of Sheriff Tangley and Richard Arlen plays a townsman. The other stars were Barbara Hale, John Russell, Wendell Corey, Bill Williams, Leo Gordon, George Chandler, Aki Aleong and Barton MacLane. The film was also known as The Frontiersman. It was the last of the series of A.C. Lyles Westerns for Paramount. The screenwriter Michael Fisher was the son of the series screenwriter Stephen Gould Fisher.
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| Directed by | Michael D. Moore |
| Produced by | A.C. Lyles |
| Written by | Michael Fisher |
| Starring | Barry Sullivan/Joan Caulfield/Lon Chaney Jr./Aki Aleong/Barton MacLane |
| Music by | Jimmie Haskell |
| Cinematography | W. Wallace Kelley |
| Edited by | Jack Wheeler |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Betty Hutton was originally selected to play the role of Nora Johnson, but she was fired.
The film also has a small racial twist, common in films of the late 1960s. Sung Lee (played by Aleong) is a Chinese worker who is a victim of prejudice, Chaddock (Sullivan) fights for him during the film.
Cast
- Barry Sullivan (Chaddock)
- Joan Caulfield (Nora Johnson)
- Wendell Corey (Rep Marlowe)
- Lon Chaney Jr. (Sheriff Tangley)
- John Russell (Patch)
- Barbara Hale (Sarah Cody)
- Barton MacLane (Doc Raymond)
- Bill Williams (Frank Cody)
- Richard Arlen (Townsman)
- Leo Gordon (Travis)
- Jean-Michel Michenaud (Akii)
- George Chandler (Storekeepper Perkins)
- Aki Aleong (Sung Li)
- Michael Larrain (Jimmy Cody)
- Craig Littler (Browdie)
- James X. Mitchell (Baker)
- Emile Meyer (Corbin)
- Robert Riordan (Telegrapher)
- Le Roy Johnson (Bartender)
- Manuela Thiess (Moni)