Days of Buffalo Bill

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Days of Buffalo Bill
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Theatrical release poster
Directed by Thomas Carr
Screenplay byWilliam Lively
Doris Schroeder
Produced by Bennett Cohen
Starring Sunset Carson
Peggy Stewart
Tom London
James Craven
Rex Lease
Edmund Cobb
CinematographyAlfred S. Keller
Edited by Tony Martinelli
Production
company
Distributed byRepublic Pictures
Release date
  • February 2, 1946 (1946-02-02)
Running time
56 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Days of Buffalo Bill is a 1946 American Western film directed by Thomas Carr and written by William Lively and Doris Schroeder. The film stars Sunset Carson, Peggy Stewart, Tom London, James Craven, Rex Lease and Edmund Cobb. The film was released February 2, 1946, by Republic Pictures. [1] [2] [3]

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Plot

Ace Diamond (James Craven) and Bill Clinker (Rex Lease) frame Sunset Carson (Sunset Carson) for the murder of a young rancher, Jim Owens (Jay Kirby as Jay Kirby). Sunset and his sidekick, Banty McCade (Tom London) escape and ride to the Owen's ranch to aid Jim's sister Molly (Peggy Stewart) in her fight to hold the ranch from being taken over by town banker Jacob Lewis (Edmund Cobb), secretly in cahoots with Diamond; both men are aware that an assay report indicates there is gold on the Owens property.

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