Calamity Jane and Sam Bass

1949 "Branding their outlaw names ... into the fiery fame of the West !"
5.9| 1h26m| NR| en| More Info
Released: 20 September 1949 Released
Producted By: Universal International Pictures
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Drifter Sam Bass shows up in Denton, Texas (soon to host a great horse race) looking for work. Before long, he attracts the attention of pretty storekeeper Katherine Egan (the sheriff's sister) and that wild frontiers woman, Calamity Jane. Circumstances make Sam richer by a very fast race horse. But his seemingly good luck with horses and women leads him to disaster. Will he be forced into a life of crime?

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Western

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Director

George Sherman

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Universal International Pictures

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Calamity Jane and Sam Bass Audience Reviews

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
Scanialara You won't be disappointed!
ThedevilChoose When a movie has you begging for it to end not even half way through it's pure crap. We've all seen this movie and this characters millions of times, nothing new in it. Don't waste your time.
Jakoba True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.
Armand it has all pieces of a classic western. and a lot of clichés. but this is not a problem if it can be more than a poor old recipes result. the presence of Yvone De Carlo and Dorothy Hart is only aesthetic. the characters are sketches of good intentions. and the legendary Calamity Jane remains an empty puppet. Howard Duff does a role without salt, the good guy who takes fundamental decisions is a thin shadow of a really hero. that is all. a film with flavor of a period sensitivity. common, pink and naive, moral lesson and nothing more, scene for old fashion stars, it has the heroic aura who gives taste for memories or it is window for a first image of a lost world.
dbdumonteil This is an offbeat western ,one of the rare ones which does not have a Hollywood happy end . The screenplay features historical characters ,including Calamity Jane ,played by the wonderful Yvonne De Carlo ,who is as much at ease in the part of a Wild West girl as she is when she 's Countess of Castiglione or Mosis's wife .According to IMDb reliable source ,the two "heroes" never met in real life ,but it does not matter.In the movie,Sam is a born loser,illiterate ,deprived of his money by a wicked uncle,and a dreaming man .All he does backfires on him and even with the help of two women in love with him,he is pursued by fate .Against all odds ,he does believe his mare is still alive but the pursuit of his dream is in vain.Howard Duff 's wooden acting does not get in the way for his character becomes an outlaw by accident and most of the time,he is overtaken by events.
rickrudge Calamity Jane and Sam Bass (1949)This is your typical early 50's western (with a little romance thrown in) and it stars some notable and familiar faces from the early days of TV. It's not really a bad movie, just nothing very noteworthy, except... Yvonne De Carlo is smokin' ass hot in this movie! She plays the ultimate bad girl, Calamity Jane, and makes the whole movie worth sitting through. So much so, that I'm giving it an extra couple of stars just because she eats up the scenery. Other than that, this movie hasn't much going for it. It's your typical movie western. A naive farm boy, Sam Bass (Howard Duff) comes into town riding shotgun on the stage without a penny to his name. He strikes up a friendship with the store owner, Kathy Egan (Dorothy Hart) and despite the bad first impression from her brother (and the local sheriff) Will Egan (Willard Parker) gets some farm work for the family.Sam Bass knows his horse flesh and is even able to calm a wild horse like the one Calamity Jane is racing in town. He sort of has that effect on her too. Sam Bass seems to have a lot of bad luck or makes the wrong choices in life. Things just seem to go from bad to worse, no matter how good his intentions are. When he borrows money to bet on a racehorse, Sheriff Egan kicks him out, so he gets a cattle job with Joel Collins (Lloyd Bridges). It doesn't take long before he takes on a life of crime.
lyon5 This is largely an unremarkable little film, with mostly wooden performances typical of the time in which it was made, but it does show how easy it is for a man to take the wrong turning through no fault of his own, when circumstances beyond his control provide no other option.