{{short description|1978 film}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2021}} {{Use American English|date=October 2021}} {{Infobox film | name = Buffalo Rider | image = Buffalo Rider poster.jpg | director = {{ubl|John Fabian|Dick Robinson|'''Dramatic sequences:'''|George Lauris}} | producer = {{ubl|John Fabian|Dick Robinson}} | writer = {{ubl|Mollie Gregory|'''Narration:'''|Bill McCallum|Jim Cisler|Tom Manning|Peter Powell|Pete Cornacchia}} | starring = Rick Guinn | narrator = C. Lindsay Workman | music = Al Capps | cinematography = {{ubl|Bill Farmer|George Griner|Greg McKay}} | editing = John Fabian | distributor = Starfire Films | released = {{film date|1976|11|1}} | runtime = 89 minutes | country = United States | language = English }} '''Buffalo Rider''' is a 1976 American Western film co-directed by John Fabian, George Lauris and Dick Robinson. The film's character of Buffalo Jones bears no relation to Charles "Buffalo" Jones who the producers did not know existed until years after.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20210422152716/https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/489723/buffalo-rider#overview Turner Classic Movies]</ref>

==Plot== ''Buffalo Rider'' Tells the story of a man named Buffalo Jones with Rick Guinn playing the role of Jones. Jones is depicted as a loner who tames and rides a buffalo and hunts down murderous buffalo hunters.<ref>[https://tubitv.com/movies/497804/buffalo-rider?start=true&tracking=google-feed Tubi]</ref><ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Buffalo-Rider-C-Lindsay-Workman/dp/B075LYR7XQ Prime Video]</ref>

==Cast== * Rick Guinn as Jake "Buffalo" Jones * John Freeman as Frank Nesbitt * Rich Scheeland as Ralph Pierce * George Sager as Ted Clayborn * Dick Robinson as Sam Robinson * Priscilla Lauris as Mrs. Robinson * C. Lindsay Workman (''voice'') as Narrator * Hal Smith (''voice'') as Old buffalo hunter

==Reception== The film has received negative reviews. Chris Higgins of ''Mental Floss'' wrote that "given all the animal 'stunts' (including what sure looks like actually shooting buffalo and various cross-species animal fights) it wouldn't pass muster today. The movie itself is a bit sub par, featuring an extreme over-reliance on narration and a sort of meandering documentary-ish treatment with some buffalo-related dramatic elements tossed in."<ref>{{cite web|last=Higgins|first=Chris|title=The Late Movies: Guy on a Buffalo|url=http://mentalfloss.com/article/29201/late-movies-guy-buffalo|work=Mental Floss|date=November 9, 2011 |accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref> The film was featured in a Gizmodo article of "the weirdest thing on the internet tonight" where Andrew Tarantola wrote, "Enjoy the heartwarming tale of a man, conveniently named Buffalo Jones, and his buffalo, named Buffalo. No wait. Its name is Samson, because that's so much more original. Whatever you call them, the two chum around the American frontier, saving babies and stuff for an hour and a half (even though the script was apparently only about 15 pages long)."<ref>{{cite web|last=Tarantola|first=Andrew|title=The Weirdest Thing on the Internet Tonight: Buffalo Rider|date=August 2, 2013 |url=https://gizmodo.com/the-weirdest-thing-on-the-internet-tonight-buffalo-rid-975820631|publisher=Gizmodo|accessdate=5 September 2013}}</ref>

==In popular culture== On November 22, 2011, the film was released as a video on demand from RiffTrax. This edition features a satirical commentary done by comedians and actors Michael J. Nelson, Kevin Murphy and Bill Corbett.<ref>{{cite web|title=RiffTrax!|url=http://www.rifftrax.com/buffalo-rider|work=RiffTrax|date=September 19, 2014 |accessdate=20 April 2017}}</ref>

In 2011, the Austin-based band The Possum Posse created "Guy on a Buffalo", a narrated song set to clips from the movie ''Buffalo Rider''.<ref>[https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelhumphrey/2011/10/24/a-chat-with-the-guy-behind-guy-on-a-buffalo/3/ A Chat With The Guy Behind 'Guy On A Buffalo' - Forbes]</ref> A clip from Part 3 of "Guy on a Buffalo" was used in Season 3 Episode 6 "All For Nothing" of the hit series ''Yellowstone'' inspiring the ranch hands to try and go buffalo riding.

==Home media==

BUFFALO RIDER was released on Cobra Video in Australia in the PAL format. The company did not add a release date for the video on the insert art sleeve or the videocassette label. The sleeve art says "copyright 1977 STARFIRE FILMS INC." in very small print on the front and there is no top label on the tape. The company only attached a spine label to the videocassette with the mis-printed title 'BUFFALO RIDERS' (sic).

Cobra Video and Marketing was located at "1A-2 111 Pacific Highway, Hornsby, N.S.W. 2077". ['N.S.W.' is short for 'New South Wales'].

==See also== *Revisionist Western *Bison

==References== {{Reflist|2}}

==External links== *{{IMDb title|tt0198346}} *[https://archive.org/details/BuffaloRider1978 Complete movie] on Archive.org *[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ix4HOCUWUqg Theatrical and] [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGAUcTs0nwU TV trailers]

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