Doris Day is compelling and easy to like as the boisterous heroine in this brassy and colourful musical. Howard Keel is less appealing as Bill Hickok – a low, booming voice but not a great deal of charisma. Allyn Ann McLerie is charming as Katie Brown, the would-be singer and actress whose visit to Deadwood changes their lives.
It’s lively and energetic. What makes it fascinating is the approach to gender politics. Calamity has to make herself “acceptable” to men by wearing a pretty dress and getting away from “female thinking”. It’s possibly the most sexist film I’ve ever seen.
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