In Search of Bass Reeves

Name: In Search of Bass Reeves
Director: Dana Celeste Robinson
Genre: Documentary, Western
Released: 2024
Rating: 5.7
Cast: Art T. Burton, Bill O'Neal, John W. Ravage, Robert Moore, David S. Turk

"From Slave to Lawman: The true story of Bass Reeves, one of the Old West's Greatest Frontier Marshals"

5.7/10

2024

1h 45m

Documentary

Western

Overview

By the end of his illustrious career, Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves may well have been the preeminent lawman of the Old West. He brought upwards of 3,000 outlaws to justice and served in law enforcement for 32 years during Reconstruction after the Civil War. His story is one of an escape to freedom and the dangers of the West for a former slave who rose to become a legend of the law. Join us as we go in search of Bass Reeves.