Buffalo Bill (1944 film)

Buffalo Bill is a 1944 American Western film about the life of the frontiersman Buffalo Bill Cody, directed by William A. Wellman and starring Joel McCrea and Maureen O'Hara with Linda Darnell, Thomas Mitchell (as Ned Buntline), Edgar Buchanan and Anthony Quinn in supporting roles.

Buffalo Bill
Directed byWilliam A. Wellman
Written byAeneas MacKenzie
Clements Ripley
Cecile Kramer
Frank Winch (story)
John Larkin (uncredited)
Produced byHarry Sherman
Darryl F. Zanuck
StarringJoel McCrea
Maureen O'Hara
Linda Darnell
Thomas Mitchell
CinematographyLeon Shamroy
Edited byJames B. Clark
Music byDavid Buttolph
Color processTechnicolor
Production
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20th Century Fox
Distributed by20th Century Fox
Release date
  • April 1944 (1944-04)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2 million[1]

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A fictionalized account of the life of William 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 the Indians. He is a good friend of Yellow Hand, who will eventually become Chief of the Cheyenne. 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]

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Production

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Parts of the film were shot in Johnson Canyon and Paria, Utah.[3]: 287 

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Aubrey Solomon, Twentieth Century-Fox: A Corporate and Financial History Rowman & Littlefield, 2002 p 220
  2. ^ "Buffalo Bill (1944)". The American Film Institute. Retrieved January 26, 2019.
  3. ^ D'Arc, James V. (2010). When Hollywood came to town: A history of moviemaking in Utah (1st ed.). Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith. ISBN 9781423605874.
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