Boss Cowboy

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Boss Cowboy
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Directed by Victor Adamson
Screenplay by Betty Burbridge
Produced byVictor Adamson
Starring Buddy Roosevelt
Frances Morris
Sam Pierce
Cinematography Brydon Baker
Edited by Frances Burroughs
Production
company
Victor Adamson Productions
Distributed bySuperior Talking Pictures
Release date
  • May 13, 1934 (1934-05-13)
Running time
51 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Boss Cowboy is a 1934 Western B movie remake of Rough Ridin' (1924)produced and directed by low-budget independent filmmaker Victor Adamson and starring Buddy Roosevelt. [1]

Contents

Plot

Hard-riding ranch owner Dick Taylor hunts for a band of cattle rustlers in the Arizona ranch country. [2] [3]

Cast

Reception

Rodgers reportedly received a deluge of fan mail following the film's opening run, and critics generally deemed it a success. [2] [1] [3]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Ideal". Dayton Daily News. May 13, 1934. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Movie Notes". The Noblesville Ledger. June 29, 1934. Retrieved May 26, 2019.
  3. 1 2 "Buddy Roosevelt in His Best Role". The Paducah Sun-Democrat. September 7, 1934. Retrieved May 26, 2019.