Annie Oakley

Set in the world of Buffalo Bill's traveling Wild West show, this 1935 drama follows a young country woman whose skill with a rifle draws her out of small-town life and into a touring spectacle. Annie Oakley first earns notice by outshooting a celebrated marksman, Toby Walker, in a wager she quietly lets him win. The show's manager brings her aboard anyway, and she soon becomes a star attraction. On the road, rivalry with Toby turns into romance, though the pair's careers and pride keep testing the relationship.

George Stevens directed the film, the first in the chronological list of his features that the available records provide, and the screenplay was written by John Twist and Joel Sayre. Barbara Stanwyck plays the title role, with Preston Foster as Toby Walker and Melvyn Douglas as Jeff Hogarth. Moroni Olsen appears as Buffalo Bill, and Pert Kelton and Andy Clyde round out the main cast. Produced by RKO Radio Pictures, the film runs ninety minutes.

The film is rated 6.6 out of 10 on IMDb from around 2,100 votes, while on TMDB it holds 6.5 out of 10 from a much smaller base of about three dozen votes. Both figures point to a mildly favorable response, with the larger IMDb sample giving the steadier indication of how audiences have received this Western drama over the decades.