Battling with Buffalo Bill
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| Battling with Buffalo Bill | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Ray Taylor |
| Written by | Ella O'Neill George H. Plympton William "Buffalo Bill" Cody (book) |
| Produced by | Henry MacRae |
| Starring | Tom Tyler Lucile Browne William Desmond Rex Bell Francis Ford |
| Cinematography | John Hickson |
| Edited by | Alvin Todd |
| Distributed by | Universal Pictures |
Release date | 28 November 1931 |
Running time | 12 chapters (217 min) |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931) is a Universal movie serial based on the book The Great West That Was by William "Buffalo Bill" Cody, which had also been used as the inspiration for the studio's highly successful 1930 serial The Indians Are Coming.[1]
This was Universal's 78th serial, the 10th with sound and 4th with full sound, of the studio's total of 137 serials.
Plot
The plot is a variation on the standard B-Western "Land Grab" plot: Gold has been discovered in the area and gambler Jim Rodney intends to make sole claim to it by pushing the rightful owners off the land and taking it for himself. To do so he has his henchmen kill an Indian woman, provoking attacks from her tribe. This brings Buffalo Bill and the United States Cavalry into the town. Buffalo Bill proceeds to defeat Rodney and his schemes.
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Cast
- Tom Tyler as William "Buffalo Bill" Cody
- Lucile Browne as Jane Mills, Buffalo Bill's love interest
- William Desmond as John Mills
- Rex Bell as Dave Archer, Buffalo Bill's sidekick - this part brought Bell to the attention of Monogram Pictures producer Trem Carr[2]
- Francis Ford as Jim Rodney, villainous gambler trying to illictly claim a local gold strike
- George Regas as 'Breed' Johns
- Yakima Canutt as Scout Jack Brady
- Bud Osborne as Joe Tampas, one of Rodney's henchmen
- Joe Bonomo as Joe Brady
- Bobby Nelson as Ezra Podge
- Chief Thunderbird as Chief Thunder Bird
- Jim Thorpe as Swift Arrow
Chapter titles
- Cornered By Redskins
- Circling Death
- Between Hostile Tribes
- The Savage Horde
- The Fatal Plunge
- Trapped
- The Unseen Killer
- Sentenced To Death
- The Death Trap
- A Shot From Ambush
- The Flaming Death
- Cheyenne Vengeance