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''Don't Touch the White Woman!'' (french: Touche pas à la femme blanche !) is a 1974 Western comedy film co-written and directed by
Marco Ferreri Marco Ferreri (11 May 1928 – 9 May 1997) was an Italian film director, screenwriter and actor, who began his career in the 1950s directing three films in Spain, followed by 24 Italian films before his death in 1997. He is considered one of t ...
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Plot

A fictionalized version of Custer's Last Stand, set at a real building site in Paris, France.
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...
stars as General George Armstrong Custer. Buffalo Bill Cody ( Michel Piccoli) portrays a charlatan media impresario. Ugo Tognazzi gives a fictional portrayal of
Mitch Bouyer Mitch Boyer (sometimes spelled 'Bowyer', 'Buoyer', 'Bouyer' or 'Buazer', or in Creole, 'Boye') (1837 – June 25, 1876) was an interpreter and guide in the Old West following the American Civil War. General John Gibbon called him "next to Jim B ...
one of Custer's Native American scouts, who runs a business selling Native artifacts made in sweatshops by white women.
Alain Cuny René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Od ...
plays
Sitting Bull Sitting Bull ( lkt, Tȟatȟáŋka Íyotake ; December 15, 1890) was a Hunkpapa Lakota leader who led his people during years of resistance against United States government policies. He was killed by Indian agency police on the Standing Rock I ...
who must defend his people when their apartment building homes are destroyed by the Union Cavalry. The film climaxes with the Battle of the Little Bighorn held in a large construction excavation where
Les Halles Les Halles (; 'The Halls') was Paris' central fresh food market. It last operated on January 12, 1973, after which it was "left to the demolition men who will knock down the last three of the eight iron-and-glass pavilions""Les Halles Dead at 200 ...
market once was.


Cast

* Catherine Deneuve as Marie-Hélène de Boismonfrais *
Marcello Mastroianni Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (28 September 1924 – 19 December 1996) was an Italian film actor, regarded as one of his country's most iconic male performers of the 20th century. He played leading roles for many of Italy's top di ...
as George A. Custer * Michel Piccoli as Buffalo Bill * Philippe Noiret as Gen. Terry * Ugo Tognazzi as Mitch *
Alain Cuny René Xavier Marie Alain Cuny (12 July 1908 – 16 May 1994) was a French actor of stage and screen. He was closely linked with the works of Paul Claudel and Antonin Artaud, and for his performances for the Théâtre national populaire and Od ...
as Sitting Bull * Serge Reggiani as The Mad Indian * Darry Cowl as Major Archibald *
Monique Chaumette Monique Chaumette (born 4 April 1927) is a French actress. She appeared in more than forty films since 1958. She was married to Philippe Noiret Philippe Noiret (; 1 October 1930 – 23 November 2006) was a French film actor. Life and career No ...
as Sister Lucie * Daniele Dublino asdaughter * Henri Piccoli as Sitting Bull's father *
Franca Bettoia Franca Bettoia (or Bettoja; born 14 May 1936) is an Italian actress. Life and career Born in Rome, she made her first film appearance in ''Un palco all'opera ''(1955, by Siro Marcellini). The following year she appeared in ''Los amantes del de ...
as Rayon de Lune (as Franca Bettoja) * Paolo Villaggio as CIA agent * Franco Fabrizi as Tom (as Franco Fabrizzi) * Laurente Vedres as (as Vedres et Boutang)


See also

* '' Mr. Freedom'' * ''
Blazing Saddles ''Blazing Saddles'' is a 1974 American satirical western black comedy film directed by Mel Brooks, who also wrote the screenplay with Andrew Bergman, Richard Pryor, Norman Steinberg, and Alan Uger. The film stars Cleavon Little and Gene Wilder. ...
'' * Revisionist Western *
Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer George Armstrong Custer (1839–1876) was a United States Army cavalry commander in the American Civil War and the Indian Wars. He was defeated and killed by the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Mor ...


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* * * 1974 films 1974 comedy films 1970s French films 1970s French-language films 1970s Italian films 1970s parody films 1970s satirical films 1970s Western (genre) comedy films Cultural depictions of Buffalo Bill Cultural depictions of George Armstrong Custer Cultural depictions of Sitting Bull Films directed by Marco Ferreri Films produced by Alain Sarde Films scored by Philippe Sarde Films set in Paris Films shot in Paris Films with screenplays by Rafael Azcona French parody films French satirical films French Western (genre) comedy films French-language Italian films Italian parody films Italian satirical films Italian Western (genre) comedy films Spaghetti Western films {{1970s-Italy-film-stub