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Annie Oakley

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Expert markswoman Annie Oakley (Barbara Stanwyck) leaves her backwoods home to challenge New York's vaudeville sharpshooter, Toby Walker (Preston Foster). Toby is skeptical of Annie's skill, but although she purposely loses their contest, the business partner of Buffalo Bill Cody (Moroni Olsen) realizes her potential. Cody builds an act for his Wild West show around Annie and Toby's rivalry, but it is threatened by their acquaintance with native Chief Sitting Bull, and a challenge for Toby.
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Meyer Levin (Patterson Murphy) Esquire Magazine 04/20/2020
Barbara Stanwyck is nice, but it's the nostalgic, forthright romantic, and really American tone of the production that makes it outstanding. Go to Full Review Ann Ross Maclean's Magazine 10/02/2019
[Annie Oakley] is played by Barbara Stanwyck and is a much beautified Annie, with eyelashes so thick you would think they might interfere with her sighting. Go to Full Review Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 03/23/2013
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Fernando F. Croce CinePassion 10/10/2009
George Stevens amply appreciates the showbiz synergy of performers and audiences in the carnival arena Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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deke p 05/25/2022 1935!! Surprised to find quick research confirms this was pretty close to the real ANNIE OAKLEY story. Big stars: STANWYCK, PRESTON FORSTER, MELVIN DOUGLAS. BUT the acting left a little to be desired by today's standards, despite the great stars. I'm giving it 3 1/2 RT stars so i can 'recommend it', cuz almost true story, big stars, 1935, probably close to actual BUFFALO BILL's WILD WEST acts, etc. Saw it first time, late May 2022, on the television set 'MOVIES' channel 13.3 See more 02/14/2014 Barbara Stanwyck is a good choice for this Annie Oakley biography that charts her touring life with Buffalo Bill well, although it's clearly filmed to the style of the 1930's studio system to make it audience friendly and entertaining rather than being an ind-depth piece of drama. See more 01/27/2014 140127: Enjoyable old love story, chronicling the life of Annie Oakley. The very beautiful Barbara Stanwyck as Annie, made the whole movie. Chief Thunderbird, as Sitting Bull, brought some laughs. You found yourself cheering him on. Wonderful ending. 141024: Flew by. See more 12/28/2012 Romanticized retelling of Annie Oakley's life during her time with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show, with Barbara Stanwyck as Oakley. The primary focus of this version of her life is on her romance with fellow performer Toby Walker (who was Frank Butler in real life). This was director George Stevens first western and was Stanwyck's as well. A very enjoyable film all the way around. See more 08/27/2012 "annie oakley" is a lot of fun, and barbara stanwyk is fantastic. but this is one of my least favorite george stevens films, as it doesn't stand out as much as his others do. See more 07/04/2012 stanwyck crafts another brilliant performance as the title character geo stevens 9pre WWII) directs. See more Read all reviews
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George Stevens

Director

Barbara Stanwyck

Annie Oakley

Preston Foster

Toby Walker

Melvyn Douglas

Jeff Hogarth

Moroni Olsen

Col. William F. 'Buffalo Bill' Cody

Pert Kelton

Vera Delmar
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Synopsis Expert markswoman Annie Oakley (Barbara Stanwyck) leaves her backwoods home to challenge New York's vaudeville sharpshooter, Toby Walker (Preston Foster). Toby is skeptical of Annie's skill, but although she purposely loses their contest, the business partner of Buffalo Bill Cody (Moroni Olsen) realizes her potential. Cody builds an act for his Wild West show around Annie and Toby's rivalry, but it is threatened by their acquaintance with native Chief Sitting Bull, and a challenge for Toby.
Director
George Stevens
Producer
Cliff Reid
Screenwriter
Joel Sayre, John Twist
Production Co
RKO Pictures
Genre
Western
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 15, 1935, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 1, 2009
Runtime
1h 28m
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