Annie Oakley (1935)

Director
George Stevens

Main cast
Barbara Stanwyck; Preston Foster; Melvyn Douglas; Moroni Olsen; Pert Kelton

Genres
Western

Description
Awkward Annie (Barbara Stanwyck) loves her sharpshooting rival (Preston Foster) in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.


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