Calamity Jane

About this Broadcast

Brash tomboy gunslinger Jane goes on a mission to save her home town's saloon from financial ruin by bringing in a famous stage star to perform. This ladylike entertainer befriends Jane and shows her how to use her womanly wiles to attract a handsome cavalry officer. Unfortunately, he falls for the songstress - who is not the real professional she pretends to be, but her maid. Musical comedy Western, with Doris Day, Howard Keel, Allyn McLerie and Philip Carey

1953 HD subtitles 16x9 audio-description

Comedy Movie/Drama Music/Ballet/Dance Musical Western

Cast & Crew

Doris Day (Actor) .. Calamity Jane

Allyn McLerie (Actor) .. Katie Brown

Howard Keel (Actor) .. Wild Bill Hickok

Philip Carey (Actor) .. Lt Gilmartin

Dick Wesson (Actor) .. Francis Fryer

Paul Harvey (Actor) .. Henry Miller

Chubby Johnson (Actor) .. Rattlesnake

Gale Robbins (Actor) .. Adelaide Adams

David Butler (Director)

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Did You Know..

Doris Day (Actor) .. Calamity Jane

Born: April 03, 1922 in Cincinnati

Best Known For: Her roles in classic musicals.

Early-life: Born Doris Mary Ann Von Kappelhoff on April 3, 1922, in Cincinnati. Her father was a music teacher, her mother a housewife; they divorced when she was a child. She began dancing at an early age and planned to become a ballerina until an injury sustained in a car accident ended her dream. Instead, she turned to singing, and began performing with local bands. She changed her name to Day around 1940. Later, her agent persuaded her to take a screen test at Warner Bros, who signed her.

Career: Day's first film was 1948's Romance on the High Seas. Although she did appear in darker projects from time to time, she will always be best known for such movies as Tea for Two, On Moonlight Bay, Young at Heart, Calamity Jane, That Touch of Mink, Please Don't Eat the Daisies and Move Over, Darling. She famously made three films with Rock Hudson - Pillow Talk, Send Me No Flowers and Lover Come Back - and even worked on The Man Who Knew Too Much with Alfred Hitchcock. Day also had a hugely successful recording career, and fronted her own TV series.

Quote: 'I want to smile and I want to make people laugh. And that's all I want. I like it. I like being happy. I want to make others happy.'

Trivia: She lives in Carmel, California, and is dedicated to animal welfare.