| The Knickerbocker Buckaroo | |
| Director: | Albert Parker Arthur Rosson (asst. director) |
| Producer: | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Story: | Elton Thomas Joseph Henabery Frank Condon Ted Reed |
| Starring: | Douglas Fairbanks |
| Cinematography: | Hugh McClung Glen MacWilliams |
| Studio: | Famous Players–Lasky/Artcraft Pictures Corporation |
| Distributor: | Paramount Pictures |
| Runtime: | 77 minutes |
| Country: | United States |
| Language: | Silent English intertitles |
| Budget: | $264,000 |
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is a 1919 American silent Western/romantic comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Douglas Fairbanks, who also wrote (under the pseudonym Elton Thomas) and produced the film.[1] The Knickerbocker Buckaroo is now considered lost.[2] [3]
Fairbanks plays a hedonistic New York City aristocrat who tries to change his selfish ways by heading to Sonora, Texas to carry out a campaign of altruism. Along the way, he is mistaken for a Mexican bandit and is pursued by a corrupt sheriff who is in pursuit of the bandit's hidden fortune.[4]
The Knickerbocker Buckaroo was Fairbanks' last film under his contract with Paramount Pictures. After this production, he worked exclusively at United Artists, a company he co-founded in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Charles Chaplin, and D. W. Griffith.