Calamity Jane (1953)

***Calamity Jane*** is a 1953 American Technicolor Western musical film directed by David Butler and starring Doris Day and Howard Keel. The musical numbers were staged and directed by Jack Donohue, who a year later would direct the Day musical, *Lucky Me* (1954). The film is loosely based on the life of Wild West heroine Calamity Jane (Doris Day) and explores an alleged romance between her and Wild Bill Hickok (Howard Keel).

*Calamity Jane* was devised by Warner Bros. in response to the success of the 1950 film *Annie Get Your Gun*, and won an Oscar for Academy Award for Best Original Song for "Secret Love" (Sammy Fain and Paul Francis Webster), and was also Oscar-nominated for Best Music, Scoring of a Musical Picture (Ray Heindorf) and Best Sound, Recording (William A. Mueller).

The songs and screenplay would form the basis of a 1961 stage musical of the same name that has had a number of productions.

## Cast

* Doris Day - Calamity Jane
* Howard Keel - Wild Bill Hickok
* Allyn Ann McLerie - Katie Brown (as Allyn McLerie)
* Philip Carey - Lieutenant Danny Gilmartin
* Dick Wesson - Francis Fryer
* Paul Harvey - Henry Miller
* Chubby Johnson - 'Rattlesnake'
* Gale Robbins - Adelaid Adams

**Rest of cast listed alphabetically:**

* Victor Adamson - Barfly (uncredited)
* Fred Aldrich - Chicagoan (uncredited)
* Leon Alton - Townsman (uncredited)
* Monya Andre - Woman at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Beulah Archuletta - Indian Woman in Saloon Balcony (uncredited)
* Emile Avery - Barfly (uncredited)
* Mary Bayless - Woman at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* George Bell - Barfly (uncredited)
* Ray Bennett - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Billy Bletcher - Prospector (uncredited)
* Stanley Blystone - Saloon Patron (uncredited)
* Nina Borget - Woman at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Rudy Bowman - Townsman (uncredited)
* Jack Boyle - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Chet Brandenburg - Barfly (uncredited)
* Forest Burns - Rider (uncredited)
* Budd Buster - Prospector (uncredited)
* Lane Chandler - Prospector (uncredited)
* Roydon Clark - Soldier (uncredited)
* John Cliff - Officer (uncredited)
* Edmund Cobb - Barfly (uncredited)
* Robert Cole - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Ben Corbett - Townsman (uncredited)
* Paul Cristo - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Jack Daly - Bartender (uncredited)
* Roy Damron - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Luigi Faccuito - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Franklyn Farnum - Barfly (uncredited)
* Art Felix - Townsman (uncredited)
* Charles Ferguson - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Tom Ferrandini - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Bess Flowers - Officer's Wife in Reception Line (uncredited)
* Fritz Ford - Soldier at Dance (uncredited)
* Raoul Freeman - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Ben Frommer - Chicagoan (uncredited)
* Terry Frost - Prospector (uncredited)
* Clem Fuller - Barfly (uncredited)
* Robert Fuller - Young Man with Flowers (uncredited)
* Joe Garcio - Townsman (uncredited)
* Kenneth Gibson - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Augie Gomez - Indian (uncredited)
* James Gonzalez - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Harold Goodwin - Poker Player (uncredited)
* Marion Gray - Woman at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Duke Green - Barfly (uncredited)
* Herman Hack - Townsman (uncredited)
* Bill Hale
* Sam Harris - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Al Hill - Barfly (uncredited)
* Ed Hinton - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Reed Howes - Angry Saloon Patron (uncredited)
* George Huggins - Barfly (uncredited)
* Michael Jeffers - Stage Hand (uncredited)
* Delos Jewkes - Singing Townsman (uncredited)
* Brad Johnson - Officer (uncredited)
* I. Stanford Jolley - Townsman (uncredited)
* Ray Jones - Barfly (uncredited)
* Dave Kashner - Barfly (uncredited)
* Ray Kellogg - Singing Townsman (uncredited)
* Colin Kenny - Chicagoan (uncredited)
* Jack Kenny - Townsman (uncredited)
* Donald Kerr - Beau (Saloon Drunk) (uncredited)
* Ethan Laidlaw - Barfly (uncredited)
* Mike Lally - Barfly (uncredited)
* Richard LaMarr - Barfly (uncredited)
* Perk Lazelle - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Rex Lease - Man Who Gets Adelaide's Picture (uncredited)
* Carey Leverette - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Jimmy Lloyd - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Tom London - Prospector (uncredited)
* Robert Locke Lorraine - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Jack Low - Barfly (uncredited)
* Pierce Lyden - Citizen (uncredited)
* Emmett Lynn - Artist (uncredited)
* Ted Mapes - Townsman (uncredited)
* Kermit Maynard - Barfly (uncredited)
* Merrill McCormick - Barfly (uncredited)
* Philo McCullough - Barfly (uncredited)
* Francis McDonald - Hank (uncredited)
* Frank McLure - Officer at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* William Meader - Barfly Patting Lap (uncredited)
* Nolie Miller - Dancer (uncredited)
* Frank Mills - Barfly (uncredited)
* Kansas Moehring - Barfly (uncredited)
* Tom Monroe - Barfly (uncredited)
* Monte Montague - Pete (uncredited)
* Jack Montgomery - Barfly (uncredited)
* Lee Morgan
* Charles Morton - Barfly (uncredited)
* Jack Mower - Buck (Barfly) (uncredited)
* Zon Murray - Colorado (uncredited)
* Artie Ortego - Barfly (uncredited)
* Jack Perrin - Barfly (uncredited)
* Foster H. Phinney - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Joe Ploski - Joe (Saloon Patron) (uncredited)
* Bob Reeves - Barfly (uncredited)
* Waclaw Rekwart - Barfly (uncredited)
* John Rice - Barfly (uncredited)
* Dick Rich - Barfly (uncredited)
* Suzanne Ridgway - Chicago Street Flirt (uncredited)
* Chuck Roberson - Barfly (uncredited)
* Buddy Roosevelt - Barfly (uncredited)
* Gene Roth - Barfly (uncredited)
* Danny Sands - Townsman (uncredited)
* Jeffrey Sayre - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Allen D. Sewall - Townsman (uncredited)
* Lucile Sewall - Townswoman (uncredited)
* Sammy Shack - Townsman (uncredited)
* Lee Shumway - Bartender with White Sideburns (uncredited)
* Carl Sklover - Barfly (uncredited)
* Tom Smith - Townsman (uncredited)
* Charles Soldani - Indian (uncredited)
* George Sowards - Barfly (uncredited)
* Bert Spencer - Townsman (uncredited)
* William Steele - Townsman (uncredited)
* Norman Stevans - Chicago Show Spectator (uncredited)
* Bert Stevens - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Glenn Strange - Prospector (uncredited)
* Brick Sullivan - Stage Hand (uncredited)
* Charles Sullivan - Barfly (uncredited)
* Hal Taggart - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Forrest Taylor - McPherson (Minister) (uncredited)
* Harry Tenbrook - Townsman (uncredited)
* Arthur Tovey - Wedding Guest (uncredited)
* Sailor Vincent - Barfly (uncredited)
* Ralph Volkie - Barfly (uncredited)
* Ray Weamer - Man at Fort Dance (uncredited)
* Bob Whitney - Bartender (uncredited)
* William Wilkerson - Indian (uncredited)
* Harry Wilson - Townsman (uncredited)