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60% Critic Match
Buffalo Bill Rides Again
“BUFFALO BILL ON THE LOOSE AGAIN - for LAW and ORDER”
6.0 / 10• 1947• 1h 9m•NR• English
Western
Storyline
Produced by Jack Schwartz for low-budget company Screen Guild, this mild Western starring the veteran Richard Arlen was apparently the first entry in a proposed series. Arlen played the title role, here assigned by the army to quell an Indian attack on the powerless settlers. The Indians are accusing Tom Russell (John Dexter) of murdering a member of the tribe, an act, as Buffalo Bill discovers, actually committed by a gang of outlaws hired by investment company owner J.B. Jordon (Frank O'Connor). Buffalo Bill Rides Again was soundly defeated by a low budget and slipshod direction by the veteran Bernard B. Ray. Popular B-Western villain Ted Adams disappeared mysteriously halfway through the film, only to be replaced by Edmund Cobb. Jennifer Holt, the daughter of Arlen contemporary Jack Holt and by far the busiest B-Western heroine of the 1940s, had little to do other than letting herself be kidnapped by evil Gil Patric.
Cast & Crew
Richard Arlen
Buffalo Bill
Lead
Jennifer Holt
Dale Harrington
Lee Shumway
Steve Harrington
GP
Gil Patric
E.D. Simpson
Ed Cassidy
Sheriff
Edmund Cobb
Henchman Morgan
CM
Chief Many Treaties
Chief Brave Eagle
Ted Adams
Henchman Sam
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Bernard B. Ray's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Buffalo Bill Rides Again is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
