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| Buffalo Bill | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | William A. Wellman |
| Written by | Aeneas MacKenzie Clements Ripley Cecile Kramer Frank Winch (story) John Larkin (uncredited) |
| Produced by | Harry Sherman Darryl F. Zanuck |
| Starring | Joel McCrea Maureen O'Hara Linda Darnell Thomas Mitchell |
| Cinematography | Leon Shamroy |
| Edited by | James B. Clark |
| Music by | David Buttolph |
| Color process | Technicolor |
Production company | 20th Century Fox |
| Distributed by | 20th Century Fox |
Release date |
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Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $2 million[1] |
Buffalo Bill is a 1944 AmericanWestern film about the life of thefrontiersmanBuffalo Bill Cody, directed byWilliam A. Wellman and starringJoel McCrea andMaureen O'Hara withLinda Darnell,Thomas Mitchell (asNed Buntline),Edgar Buchanan andAnthony Quinn in supporting roles.
A fictionalized account of the life ofWilliam F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, a hunter and Army Scout who rescues a US Senator and his beautiful daughter,Louisa Frederici; Frederici eventually becomes his devoted wife. Cody is portrayed as someone who admires and respects theIndians. He is a good friend of Yellow Hand, who will eventually become Chief of theCheyenne. Public opinion is against the Indians, and military leaders, politicians and businessmen are prepared to take their lands and destroy their hunting grounds for their own profit. Cody is eventually forced to fight the Cheyenne on their behalf. He meets a writer,Ned Buntline, whose accounts of Cody's exploits make him a sensation in the eastern United States and Europe. He establishes a wild west show that becomes an international sensation. His career as a performer is threatened when he takes a stand against the mistreatment of the Native American population.[2]
Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon andParia, Utah.[3]: 287
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