The Bronze Buckaroo (1939)
1939 · Feature film · 55 min · dir. Richard C. Kahn
OARING ROUND-UP OF SONG-STUDDED THRILLS!
- Western
Synopsis
Bob Blake and his sidekick and four singing cowboys arrive at the Jackson ranch where Bob learns from Betty Jackson that her brother, Joe, is missing. Bob investigates and learns that there is gold on the Jackson ranch, and the neighboring rancher has kidnapped Joe in order to get his land.
Synopsis from TMDb
Details
- Director
- Richard C. Kahn
- Writer
- Richard C. Kahn
- Composer
- Lew Porter
- Cinematography
- Roland Price
- Studio
- Hollywood Pictures Corporation (II)
- Released
- 1939-01-01
- Running time
- 55 minutes
Cast & crew
- Richard C. Kahn Director
- Artie Young
Herb Jeffries
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★★★★ · Herb Jeffries - Buckaroo Bonanza · Poohbah70 · 2019-11-29
This African-American western is certainly the equal of any average "B" western, It stars Herb Jeffries, who much like the various white heroes, is tall, slim, quick on the draw and good with his fists. He also has a beautiful tenor voice (later lowered to baritone range) and is accompanied by "The Four Tones", excellent vocalists who comprise the four men who ride with him on his adventures. One of them, Lucius Brooks, also provides a little comic relief. The female lead is cutie Artie Young, sadly underused here, as her real forte was her great dancing. Spencer William, Jr. (best known to…
★★★★ · Actually quite decent · The_Emperor_Of_Television · 2012-10-19
This is much better than I was expecting it to be. Not an outstanding classic, of course, but an enjoyable b-western regardless. That song certainly ends with a bang!
★★★ · Enjoyable all-black western (1939) · Cygnifyer · 2011-01-29
This surprisingly enjoyable B-Western is the middle of three films featuring Herb Jeffries as the Bronze Buckaroo. It, along with the other two --Two-Gun Man from Harlem (1938) and Harlem Rides the Range (1939), are directed by Richard Kahn. Herb Jeffries was the first black singing cowboy. His baritone, along with the singing of the Four Tones, adds to the pleasure of watching and listening to the film.
