''Buffalo Bill, Hero of the Far West '' (''Buffalo Bill, l'eroe del far west'') is a 1964

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directed by Mario Costa.

Story

Buffalo Bill William Frederick Cody (February 26, 1846January 10, 1917), better known as Buffalo Bill, was an American soldier, bison hunter, and showman. One of the most famous figures of the American Old West, Cody started his legend at the young age ...

is sent west by President Ulysses S. Grant to settle an Indian uprising started by Yellow Hand and supported by gun smugglers.

Cast

Gordon Scott Gordon Scott (born Gordon Merrill Werschkul; August 3, 1926 – April 30, 2007) was an American film and television actor known for his portrayal of the fictional character Tarzan in five films (and one compilation of three made-as- ...

as Colonel William "Buffalo Bill" Cody * Mario Brega as Donaldson *

Jan Hendriks Jan Hendriks (6 December 1928 – 13 December 1991) was a German film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films on screen and TV between 1950 and 1985. In 1952 he won the German Film Award as Best Male Newcomer. Between 1977–1985 he co-sta ...

as Monroe * Catherine Ribeiro as Rayon-de-Lune/Moonbeam *

Piero Lulli Piero Lulli (1 February 1923 – 23 June 1991) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 111 films between 1942 and 1977. He was the younger brother of actor Folco Lulli. Selected filmography * '' A Pilot Returns'' (1942) - De Santis * '' ...

as Red *

Mirko Ellis Mirko Ellis (4 September 1923 – 11 September 2014) was a Swiss-Italian film, stage and television actor. Born Mirko Korcinsky in Locarno to a family of Lithuanian origin, Ellis moved, after his studies, to Italy, where he made his film debut i ...

as Yellow Hand *

Hans von Borsody Hans von Borsody (; 20 September 1929 – 4 November 2013) was a German film actor. Biography He was born in Vienna into an artistic family of Hungarian descent. His father Eduard was a film director, his uncle Julius a set designer.(in German ...

as Captain Hunter *

Roldano Lupi Roldano Squassoni, known professionally as Roldano Lupi (8 February 1909 – 14 August 1989) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1942 and 1967. He was born in Milan, Italy and died in Rome, Italy. Selected filmography ...

as Colonel Peterson *

Ingeborg Schöner Ingeborg Schöner (born 2 July 1935) is a German film and television actress. Selected filmography * '' The Silent Angel'' (1954) * '' The Dark Star'' (1955) * '' The Captain and His Hero'' (1955) * '' The First Day of Spring'' (1956) * '' Kin ...

as Mary Peterson * Feodor Chaliapin, Jr. as Chief White Fox *

Ugo Sasso Ugo Sasso, born Domenico Pasquale Giuseppe Sasso (23 March 1910 - 21 July 1981), was an Italian film and television actor. Life and career Born in Turin, in the early 1930s Sasso moved to Rome to attend the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografi ...

as Snack *

Luigi Tosi Luigi Tosi (15 July 1915 – 12 March 1989) was an Italian actor. He appeared in more than seventy films from 1944 to 1965. Filmography References External links * 1915 births 1989 deaths Italian male film actors Male actors from ...

as barman *

Franco Fantasia Franco Fantasia (5 March 1924 – 10 November 2002) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and fencing master. He appeared in more than one hundred films from 1951 to 2002. He was the brother of actor Andrea Fantasia. Illness and death Septem ...

as George, a poker player *

Andrea Scotti Andrea Scotti (27 August 1931 – 21 December 2003) was an Italian film and television actor. Background Born in Naples, Scotti attended at the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia in Rome, graduating in 1956. During his career he was mainl ...

as poker player

References

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* 1965 films 1965 Western (genre) films Spaghetti Western films Italian Western (genre) films French Western (genre) films West German films 1960s Italian-language films Films scored by Carlo Rustichelli Cultural depictions of Buffalo Bill Films directed by Mario Costa 1960s Italian films {{1960s-Italy-film-stub