YOUNG BUFFALO BILL
1940

Young Buffalo Bill was one of a brief series of Roy Rogers "historical westerns" of the early 1940s. Rogers plays the youthful Buffalo Bill Cody, here depicted as an assistant land surveyor in old New Mexico. The villains plot to get their hands on valuable mineral deposits in the region, and to that end enlist the aid of a hostile Indian tribe. But Young Buffalo Bill saves the day, with a bit of assistance from the ever-on-time US Cavalry. George "Gabby" Hayes is around for his traditional comedy relief, while the aristocratic Spanish-American heroine is played by winsome Pauline Moore, Republic's answer to Margaret Sullavan.

STARRING:
Roy Rogers as Bill Cody
George 'Gabby' Hayes as Gabby Whittaker
Pauline Moore as Tonia Regas
Hugh Sothern as Don Regas
Chief Thundercloud as Akuna
Julian Rivero as Pancho
Trevor Bardette as Emelio Montez
Steve Pendleton as Jerry Calhoun
Wade Boteler as Colonel Joseph Calhoun
Anna Demetrio as Elena
Estelita Zarco as Dolores

DIRECTED BY: Joseph Kane

Running time: 59 minutes (original version)
54 minutes (edited version)