Battling with Buffalo Bill (1931)
1931 · Short film · 17 min · dir. Ray Taylor
- Western
- Action
Synopsis
A western adventure serial in 12 episodes. Buffalo Bill battles gambler Jim Rodney who is trying to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike discovered in the area. A nearby Indian tribe is provoked to attack the town and the cavalry is called in.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Ray Taylor
- Writer
- Henry MacRae
- Cinematography
- John Hickson
- Studio
- Universal Pictures
- Released
- 1931-11-22
- Running time
- 17 minutes
Cast & crew
Ray Taylor Director
Tom Tyler
Lucile Browne
William Desmond
Rex Bell
Francis Ford
George Regas
Yakima Canutt- John Bose
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Where's chapter 6. · Hoppy 1948 · 2012-03-24
I really enjoyed this serial but what a downer to have the last chapter #6 not play. The chapter starts, stops, and then goes back to chapter #1, where or how can i find a working chapter 6.
Early Universal cliffhanger · frontrowkid · 2009-08-30
Based on the writings of Col. William F. Cody, Battling with Buffalo Bill followed the success of "The Indians Are Coming" the previous year, which had starred Col. Tim McCoy, an authority on Native Americans. In addition to Tom Tyler, who looked the part in his buckskin jacket and goatee, the serial also co-starred serial veterans as Lucille Browne, William Desmond, Rex Bell (who would later do a series of his own) and Jim Thorpe, the Native American athlete who had gone into movies after being discredited in his athletic career. Chief Thunderbird served both as a actor and technical…
