The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo is a 1977 western film starring Charles Bronson, Kim Novak, Jack Warden, Slim Pickens, and Will Sampson. The movie is rated PG in the USA. The film is directed by J. Lee Thompson, who frequently teamed with Bronson. It was also the final film Bronson made for United Artists.

Opening to mixed reviews, this film featured one of the last screen appearances of Kim Novak, who decided to do fewer films as she wanted to go into retirement.

In the movie, Wild Bill Hickok often wears dark glasses. There is a factual basis to this characterization. In 1876, Hickok was diagnosed by a doctor in Kansas City, Missouri, with glaucoma and 'ophthalmia'. In actuality, he was probably afflicted with trachoma, a common vision disorder of the time.