Main Cast: Danny Glover, Bob Gunton, Carl Lumbly, Tom Bower, Gabriel Casseus
Release Year: 1997
Country: US
Run Time: 94 minutes
MPAA Rating: G
Plot
Frank Military and Susan Rhinehart scripted this western, a look back at the post-Civil War Black cavalry troops known as the Buffalo Soldiers, the fierce fighting unit previously covered in a PBS four-parter (1970) and an NBC pilot (1979). In the New Mexico Territory, ex-slave Sgt. Wyatt (Danny Glover) and the Buffalo soldiers arrest Captain Draper (Robert Knott) and other Texas Rangers, but politics mean the Rangers are quietly freed later. Back at Fort Craig, Wyatt reports to anti-black General Pike (Tom Bower) and Col. Grierson (Bob Gunton), a white responsible for assembling and supporting the black regiment. A search is underway for Indian chief Victorio (Harrison Lowe). Indian prophet Nana (Chesley Wilson) is tortured in an effort to get him to reveal Victorio's whereabouts. Determining that Victorio is at Rattlesnake Springs, the Buffalo Soldiers head in that direction for a confrontation. Filmed in the desert of Arizona's Cochise County, Buffalo Soldiers premiered December 7, 1997 on TNT. ~ Bhob Stewart, All Movie Guide
Reuben Cannon - Casting, Eddie Dunlop - Casting, Carolyn McDonald - Co-producer, Michael T. Boyd - Costume Designer, Charles Haid - Director, Andrew Doerfer - Editor, Danny Glover - Executive Producer, Pen Densham - Executive Producer, Richard Barton Lewis - Executive Producer, David R. Ginsburg - Executive Producer, John Watson - Executive Producer, Ilene Kahn - Executive Producer, Joel McNeely - Composer (Music Score), Michael Baugh - Production Designer, William Wages - Cinematographer, Gordon Wolf - Producer, Tim Cooney - Sound/Sound Designer, Frank Military - Screen Story, Jonathan Klein - Screen Story, Frank Military - Screenwriter, Susan Rhinehart - Screenwriter
