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Battling with Buffalo Bill is a 1931 American Pre-Code Western serial film directed by Ray Taylor and starring Tom Tyler, Lucile Browne, William Desmond, Rex Bell, and Francis Ford. Based on the book The Great West That Was by William F. "Buffalo Bill" Cody, the film is about a cowboy named Buffalo Bill who goes up against a shady gambler who is attempting to scare off the townspeople so he can gain possession of a gold strike. When a nearby Indian tribe is provoked into attacking the town, the cavalry rides in to the rescue. Cody's book was also used as the inspiration for the studio's highly successful 1930 serial The Indians Are Coming. Battling with Buffalo Bill was Universal Pictures's 78th serial, the 10th with sound and 4th with full sound, of the studio's total of 137 serials.
Original Release
11/23/1931
US Release
11/23/1931
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Tyler | William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody / Buffalo Bill Cody |
Lucile Browne | Jane Mills |
William Desmond | John Mills |
Rex Bell | Dave Archer |
Francis Ford | Jim Rodney |
George Regas | Henchman Breed Johns / 'Breed' Johns |
Yakima Canutt | Jack Brady - Scout / Scout Jack Brady |
Bud Osborne | Joe Tampas - Henchman |
Joe Bonomo | Joe Brady [Ch. 4] |
Bobby Nelson | Ezra Podge [Ch. 4] |
Directors
Writers
Buffalo Bill Cody, Ella O'Neill, Henry MacRae
Cast
Name | Character |
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Tom Tyler | William 'Buffalo Bill' Cody / Buffalo Bill Cody |
Lucile Browne | Jane Mills |
William Desmond | John Mills |
Rex Bell | Dave Archer |
Francis Ford | Jim Rodney |
George Regas | Henchman Breed Johns / 'Breed' Johns |
Yakima Canutt | Jack Brady - Scout / Scout Jack Brady |
Bud Osborne | Joe Tampas - Henchman |
Joe Bonomo | Joe Brady [Ch. 4] |
Bobby Nelson | Ezra Podge [Ch. 4] |
Chief Thunderbird | Chief Thunder Bird |
Jim Thorpe | Swift Arrow [Chs. 9-12] |
John Beck | Hiram Podge (Ch's 4 & 5) |
Matthew Betz | Townsman |
John Bose | Indian |
Charles Brinley | Townsman [Ch. 1] |
Milton Brown | Milt (Ch's 6-9) |
Bob Burns | Rider (Ch. 1) |
Edmund Cobb | Andy |
Buck Connors | Townsman |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Henry MacRae | Producer |