Bass Reeves Movie The Best Western Film 

Nice work. Haven't seen anything as good as this for a long, long time. Great casting. Watched it five times. If Marlon Ladd ever makes this movie put me down to buy a copy for me and all my friends.

Too many people don't know that Bass Reeves was one of the greatest lawmen ever. Hes right up there with Wyatt Earp and the boys if not the best do your research. Its criminal he isn't as well know as Wyatt Earp and Bat Masterson because of the shade of his skin because he was every bit if not better a lawman

I have studied Bass Reeves life and he was the original Lone Ranger. Wow what a man…

The REAL Lone Ranger! Outstanding!

This man was the inspiration for the TV show called THE LONE RANGER!!!!

Bass Reeves was truly respected as a law enforcement officer in Indian and Oklahoma territory.

About time they made the movie about this man! Probably the most prolific lawman of all time!

This my great great great grandfather.

I just stumbled upon this....I am very impressed. Awesome work...

When are they going to make a full movie and tell his entire story?

Great Movie with awesome quality. This story should have been told decades ago! Bass was an awesome man!

Ive told people about Bass for many years im glad such a film has been made however short. Im still looking for the VHS film that was made about Bass Reeves i seen back in 90s .

Fort Smith Arkansas has a Hugh picture of Bass Reeves as you come in to Fort Smith and a museum

he afraid of a little thunder? LOL straight shooter aka top shotah in Patwa aka Jamaican dialect. anyway, I luv this movie so much! how the suspense is built up towards Bass Reeves entrance which is right on the money and aphrodisiac. amazing interpretation of Bass Reeves. keep it up! I just luv black history I study it all year round not just in February. working on my black historical fiction novel. so this does inspire my creative writing.

I want to see this movie. I would also like to see more movies of this nature. I hope I can relate my reasons here. I came to a place in my life, I could never imagine. I found myself in love and married to the most loving woman I ever met. I am white, my wife is black. Life is good. We have some fantastic grand kids of which I am very close to my Grandson(we lost his father) I more Dad then Grampa . We love going to the movies to watch westerns. Took him to see the last Magnificent Seven, and learned something. When I was a child I had my heros. My Davy Crockett, Kit Carson, Wyatt Earp and so on and on. I looked at my Grandson watching every move Denzil Washington made. I saw something I think is very important I had my heros, they looked like me. Where are the heros that look like my Grandson. He needs them. Heros are stars that help us navigate through life. They are important. He needs there stories to help him know what he can do. I am a student of Western History. I know these heros are there. I've read about them. I can name names, Jim Beckworth, Nate Love , Will Picket , the ninth and tenth Cavalry. This is were and when pride is born in a man. I want these for my Grandson and a lot of other young men just like him

This is the real Lone Ranger.

Fun Fact "Criminals would often leave notes on the trail for Deputies pursuing them, saying that if they ever crossed the “dead line” they would be killed; Reeves collected more than a dozen of these in his career and kept them as souvenirs. "

Hughes brothers, Or Spike Lee, need to make a movie about this man.

Bring the movie to theaters please

WOW ! Michael LADD, You're bringin it.

Thank you for telling this great Brown Man Story.

Fantastic. From Frankfurt, Germany with love, and best wishes.

This is greatness amazing awesome 👑👑

It is a great story. Big "like" for you Marlon :) I read about Bass Reeves after your film. He was great man, the legend of wild west.

Bass Reeves wow. As a child in St Lucia West Indies, my uncle use to buy the comics and paperback annuals of the Lone Ranger for me. I fell in love with the characters from then. White washing. How far does the rabbit hole go.

OUTSTANDING AND GREAT WORK 👍🏻

you cannot fault that man, while they be countin' so slow he be doin' business. movin' on.

I've enjoyed this many times.. Well done 🤠

Can I be in your next bass reeves movie? I live in Oklahoma and I'm obsessed with him lol

The original " LONE RANGER" TRULY AGAINST ALL ODDS FROM THE VERY BEGINNING.🎓🗽

Very well done Marlon!! Thx JJ

Nice work.❤ Love Bass Reeves

Outstanding!

BRAVO BRAVO!!!

I see he got the one hitter quitter punch 😂😮😂

A Must See For Me And Mine 🎉

Tyler Perry make the Movie you got the PAPER💰💰💰

very captivating

@Marlon Ladd Bass Reeves singlehandedly arrested and brought in over 3,000 men! He IS the Greatest Lawman of the Wild West... He is the Real Lone Ranger. In a full fledged 2.5 hour movie Morgan Freeman should be the Narrator. Get him behind you and this movie will certainly be made. I volunteer to portray the real life Indian Lawman that helped Bass and was the inspiration for Tanto...

excellent

great

Serving in Vietnam I witness many a skirmishes and saw black young men go forward fearless in the face of fire , I drug a many of Them out and tended there wounds , alot of them l had to send back to there mothers and family's lifeless , the grief they must have suffered , if you are one of those idiots who dislike black people for what reason I can't understand you should have seen what I did , it would turn your hate into RESPECT, FOR you are alive today because of there sacrifice GOD REST THERE SOULS

Omg need to find these

Tyler Perry have a movie studio, resources to do this. Bass Reeves make it happen

The inspiration for both the Lone Ranger and Rooster Cogburn.

I have this crazy memory of my dad telling me that the Lone Ranger is really black but the actor is white and maybe his black mask represents the color of his skin, perhaps . We lived in southern Illinois and I was five years old. We are white. Sixty years ago.

He was the first lone ranger a black man

🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥Great work my dude 🙏🏾💯💪🏾.

It's very important to have a real American to portrait this part. Sorry don't mean to offend anyone, but true he must be a true indigenous American

That was YOU playing as bass? Bro, why hasn't Hollywood noticed you yet? You're like this generations Clint Eastwood, you can direct, produce, and star in your own film.

super super super

Porque suben peliculas que no están en español en mexico

Not the Bob Marley film I thought it was

Marlon, I’m interested to hear your review of the “Harder They Fall” bruh, in my opinion you would’ve been a better Director, and told a better story, fictional or not.

GOD Honours the Deeds of a mis-adventure and make a record for returns.

The only thing that "whipped" Bass Reeves was Plessy vs Ferguson .

I thought they were making a full movie

Why don't the black community and actors make the movie. I loved the Lone Ranger when I was a kiddy and was overjoyed and intrigued to find out it was a real bloke called Bass Reeves. I'd love to see a movie and would prefer it done by a black influence. Good Luck from Wales.

Wow! More american history revealed! They didn't teach this in school. This country is so messed up on the color line... thanks for educating me

Time Hollywood puts Bass Reeves on the map. Do it right. Real African American hero. The real Lone Ranger.

I am an early US history teacher, and I love this. Too many unsung heroes that they need to know about. Bass Reeves was an American badass.

They need to make a motion movie on his life . Overdue definitely.

Only real cats know about Bass Reeves!!

Totally agree with Matt Rodriguez. You took a typical saloon shoot out with a limited budget, and with good paced direction and editing kept me engaged the entire time. Kudos.

That was really good it should be a full length movie.

I'm surprised mario van peebles never did a movie about bass Reeves there definitely needs to be a biopic

Dude, Bass Reeves is my favorite lawman from the old West. Thanks for this.

This should become a true movie...let's .aka it so.

That's my great great grandpa

Very well done. It was engrossing from start to finish.

Truth eventually finds it's way to the surface. Not at all surprised it hasn't been made a movie yet, it doesn't support the agenda!.

Great job, Marlon. Congrats to everyone involved in this project. It was exciting to watch and see how it all came together from start to finish.

10 stars. Great production of "The Real Lone Ranger"

Impressive quality of editing in this. That's what gives this short its feature film quality. Plus I'm glad to see that one of history's greatest people is finally getting some love. Bass Reeves was a legend. Even if you base your of him solely off of what can be verified through documents, his life reads like an old western. And he was the consummate Western hero that always saved the day, never got shot, and always brought his man in alive. Almost always. Of his over 3000 arrests, he had to kill 14 of them. Most people knew better than to try him. Some even turned themselves in when they heard Bass Reeves was hunting them. Considering the lawlessness of Oklahoma in the early 1800s, that makes Bass Reeves the toughest SOB of that century for sure.

It's amazing... How,ALL of America's Greatest Men/Heroes never got mentioned in !AMERICAN history books....Im sure we all know why.....R.I.P....TO THE REAL LONE RANGER......

Bass Reeves was born in Arkansas, and work out of Fort Smith Arkansas under Judge Parker, the same judge as in the TRUE GRIT movies! to now attempt to make him a product of Oklahoma is misleading

Great movie, it lives up to the story in an honest perspective! If only there were a Bass Reeves’ Lone Ranger movie in 1994 where Denzel Washington portrays him.

Without the Hollywood medium mush bass Reeves was absolutely the biggest badass in the West

WOW! Another genuine, American Badass! 🇺🇸 Bass Reeves just gave me yet another reason to be a proud American! I now have another American Hero in Bass Reeves!

They didn't teach this in our schools.

That mustache ain't got nothing on the real Bass Reeves's mustache.

No disrespect for Bass Reeves, but the acting in this short film, doesn't do him any real justice, as the Legend of a Lawman .

I'm a descendant of Bass Reeves and I'm a huge fan of him now and forever!!!🤗💖😚👏

Some of my favorite American Heroes are... Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Mr Fred Rodgers, Harriet Tubman, Elvis Presley, George Washington, and now... Bass Reeves! Just to name a few!

Were can I get the movie? I live in Oklahoma and I would like to show this to my family.

This is what im talking, you have an awesome movie/character right here, yet Hollywood continues to with changing white characters into black.

Bass Reeves was Extra-ordinary

I am REALLY impressed with the quality of this work. Much better ad interesting than the one the studios are rolling out.

I can watch this over n over again, it never gets old! If a man can, I can, and if he can't I STILL CAN! I live by this code! Great movie I love it!

Maybe Tyler Perry or Spike Lee will get the real story of Bass Reeves ( the Lone Ranger ) and make a long feature movie or series of his story. That's very possible now.

There was a EXCELLENT MOVIE made on SAMUEL BASS REVESE LIFE in the 1950:s it STARED SAMMY DAVIS Jr. and ERNEST BORSNIT of McHales NAVY later in LIFE. METRO GODWYN MAER or MGM STUDIOS was the PRODUCER it was made for TELEVISION though not a MAJOR RELEASE .YOU may CATCH it some NIGHT on LATE it's a GOOD MOVIE.VERY FACTUAL in that ASPECT off his LIFE There other PARTS o HIS LIFE in the WILD WEST of AMERICA , that are KNOWN HISTORIALLY to lots but not REALLY DISCUSSED , a INTERESTING LIFE for someone from CHARLOTTESVILLE , VA.

I know about Bass Reeves. I learned about him on a documentary. The Lone Ranger was a black Lawman. It's true.

I was happy to find this! And surprised at the level of acting, action, all of it!! If you have anything else, and especially if you do a complete movie on my hero Bass Reeves, I must be informed. Excellent work! On a low note, it was so refreshing to see, I was sad and upset when it ended.

Note enough recognition for this great lawmen to say the least. Loved this short film of the infamous Bass Reeves.

Native Indians were very comfortable with the black people >×~~

Very enjoyable, however IMHO the writing could have been muchh better. More in the day sort of dialog.

Excellent. My HERO of THE WEST !!! Actually, every Law enforcement agency should review Bass Reeves history before becoming officials and training officers. NUFF SAID

Wow, glad I found this. I originally seen the 6 min short with the shoot out in the woods. I thought that was great but this felt like a true Short film. I am a screenwriter looking to collaborate with Independent talent. I would like to see Bass Reeves on television or on the big screen; even Netflix. Keep up the good work, Marlon. I am a fan now and supporter.

MMMM, yes very impartial. Who took a bite out the guy hat?

THESE DEVILS KNOW WHO THE REAL PEOPLE OF THE WORLD R, WE R THE WORLD N THE CHILDREN.