Das war Buffalo Bill

There is a reason why this is ranked so highly; because it is more authentic than most of the Hollywood propaganda. Realistic sets, costumes and storyline scripts - - even the dubbing is good and it does not have to match up. Ideally somebody should reissue this in original Italian dialogue with English subtitles. Last but not least, I'm in love with Ingeboerg Schoener. PS/I'm glad Italy won Euro 2021 - - bless those poor English fans! They wuz robbed.

Muscleman Gordon Scott swaps his loincloth/tunic for a buckskin fringe jacket, jeans and a six gun in this entertaining euro western. It classed as a spaghetti western, but it eschews the gritty and anti-hero elements of that ilk. This western is a traditional shoot-em up a la John wayne-style with colourful locations, and there's plenty of intense action. Every western lexicon is covered here: barroom brawls, saloon shoot em ups, and exciting staged Indian fort attack. There's a naive charm about it with a lot of colour and energy.

Although "Buffalo Bill, Hero Of The West" is a western made by European filmmakers, it isn't quite like what you usually associate with spaghetti westerns. The movie plays out like it was made by American filmmakers, from the standard western plot right down to the musical score. That doesn't mean that spaghetti western fans won't find anything to enjoy here. For starters, this movie clearly had a budget; there are dozens of extras, as well as a complete replica of an army fort built. Also, the action sequences, from hand-to-hand combat to gun battles, are pretty well done. However, the story, despite the presence of the colorful wild west figure Buffalo Bill, is often kind of flat and predictable. Still, if you are a spaghetti western fan, the movie has enough interesting elements to make it worth a look. However, if you do decide to watch it, seek out a copy that presents the movie in its true widescreen format - the pan and scan editions frequently cut off speaking characters photographed to the far left and right.

Buffalo Bill Cody (Gordon Scott) fights Indians, led by rival Yellow Hand and spends time looking for the unscrupulous white men who are selling them rifles and whiskey.

Just plain bad, bad acting combines with bad dubbing, bad costumes and a generally kooky atmosphere to make this one of the silliest spaghetti westerns ever made. Seriously, this is as sophisticated as watching eight-year-olds playing cowboys and Indians in the backyard, trying hard and failing to turn Buffalo Bill into a beefcake action hero, via former TV-Tarzan Scott. The highlight of the film is a knock-down, drag-out fight between Scott and plus-size spaghetti western superstar Mario Brega.

Directed by J.W. Fordson (wow, John Ford's son?!), this has the nerve to directly steal one of it's sub-plots from Fort Apache. If only they really were related, Ford Sr. could have and should have taken him to the woodshed for that one!

One's enjoyment of this one depends solely on his or her desire to see really bad movies or their tolerance of mindless action. I really can't recommend this.

When the sword and sandal films in the Roman Cinecitta were threatening to go out of fashion, genre star Gordon SCOTT (1927-2007), who had been married to the Hitchcock star Vera MILES in Hollywood, switched to the emerging wave of Westerns .

His performance as Buffalo Bill is based on his life story, but is overall too convoluted and lengthy.

The only interesting thing is that: with Ingeborg SCHÖNER (*1935), Jan HENDRIKS (1928-1991) and Hans von BORSODY (1929-2013) there are also three film stars from the German-speaking film industry of those years.

You can take a look, but you don't have to!