| Buckskin | |
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Theatrical release poster |
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| Directed by | Michael D. Moore |
| Produced by | A.C Lyles |
| Written by | Jimmie Haskell |
| Starring | Barry Sullivan/Joan Caulfield/Lon Chaney Jr./Aki Aleong/Barton MacLane |
| Music by | Jimmie Haskell |
| Cinematography | W. Wallace Kelley |
| Editing by | Jack Wheeler |
| Distributed by | Paramount Pictures |
| Release date(s) | May 1968 December 6, 1968 January 10, 1969 April 1969 November 18, 1969 |
| Running time | 97 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Buckskin (1968) is a western film, released by Paramount Pictures, released on a low budget and starring an all-star cast. The main stars were Barry Sullivan and Joan Caulfield. Lon Chaney Jr. plays the role of Sheriff Tangley and Richard Arlen plays a townsman. The other stars were Barbara Hale, John Russell, Wendell Corey, Bill Williams, Leo Gordon, George Chandler, Aki Aleong and Barton MacLane. The film was also known as The Frontiersman.
Betty Hutton was originally selected to play the role of Nora Johnson, but she was fired.
The film also has a small racial twist, common in films of the late 1960s. Sung Lee (played by Aleong) is a Chinese worker who is a victim of prejudice, Chaddock (Sullivan) fights for him during the film.