Annie Get Your Gun (1967)

Plot Summary

This 1967 TV Movie featured the cast of the recent Lincoln Center and Broadway Revival of the classic musical. Starring Ethel Merman, who recreated her original 1946 role as sharp shooter Annie Oakley, the telecast co-starred Bruce Yarnell, Jerry Orbach and Benay Venuta. Running only 90 minutes and with no studio audience, this TV version was the most popular single musical special of the season for NBC. It raked in a total of 60 million viewers. The special retains a certain notoriety as a "lost" program. Seemingly the only surviving videotapes were erased at some point, with no copies found in the collections of Merman or composer Irving Berlin. A complete audio recording captured by a fan off the television can be sourced for listening online.

Full Cast & Characters

Ethel Merman

Annie Oakley

Bruce Yarnell

Frank Butler

Rufus Smith

Buffalo Bill Cody

Jerry Orbach

Charles Davenport

Benay Venuta

Dolly Tate

Harry Bellaver

Sitting Bull

Jack Dabdoub

Pawnee Bill

Wayne Hunter

Tommy Keller

Tony Catanzaro

Wild Horse

Ronnie Carroll

Foster Wilson

Jeanne Tanzy

Jessie Oakley

David Manning

Director & Crew

Where to Watch Annie Get Your Gun Online

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