the plainsman represent the directorial prowess of cecil b. demille at it most inaccurate and un factual . it set up parallel plot for no less stellar an entourage than wild bill hickok ( gary cooper ) and buffalo bill cody ( james ellison ) and calamity jane ( jean arthur ) and george armstrong custer and abraham lincoln to interact and even though in reality lincoln be already dead at the time the story take place . every once in a while demille float dangerously close toward the truth and but just a easily veers away from it into unabashed spectacle and showmanship . the film be an attempt to buttress custer last stand with a heap of fiction that be only loosely base on the life of people and who be already the product of manufactured stuff and legend . truly and this be the world accord to demille a zeitgeist in the annals of entertainment and but a pretty campy relic by today standard . transfer represent consider the vintage of the film and this be a moderately appeal transfer and with often clean white and extremely solid black . there a considerable amount of film grain in some scene and an absence of it at other moment . all in all and the image quality be therefore somewhat inconsistent and but it be never all bad or all good just a bit well than middle of the road . age related artifact be keep to a minimum and digital anomaly do not distract . the audio be mono but nicely balance . extra represent forget it . it universal . bottom line represent a pseudo history paint on celluloid and this western be compel and fun . just take it character and story with a grain of salt in some case a whole box seem more appropriate .