Lawmen: Bass Reeves
TVMA
Drama
Anthology
Western
The untold story of the first Black U.S. Marshal, Bass Reeves, who was later the inspiration for The Lone Ranger.
Cast & Crew
David Oyelowo Bass Reeves
Lauren E. Banks Jennie Reeves
Demi Singleton Sally Reeves
Forrest Goodluck Billy Crow
Barry Pepper Esau Pierce
Donald Sutherland Judge Isaac Parker
Dennis Quaid Sherrill Lynn
Chad Feehan Creator
Chad Feehan Executive Producer
Taylor Sheridan Executive Producer
David Oyelowo Executive Producer
David C. Glasser Executive Producer
Jessica Oyelowo Executive Producer
David Permut Executive Producer
Christina Alexandra Voros Executive Producer
Ron Burkle Executive Producer
Bob Yari Executive Producer
David Hutkin Executive Producer
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Matt Roush says...
Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan is an executive producer of series creator Chad Feehan’s traditional Western, starring David Oyelowo (also an executive producer) as the nontraditional and should-be-legendary Bass Reeves, who made history as the first Black U.S. Marshal West of the Mississippi. His arrest record—some 3,000 outlaws—is as impressive as his strict moral code. “I need a man with a good gun and a strict spine,” says Donald Sutherland as the judge who gives Bass the badge. He gets his wish. The first chapters track Reeves’ journey from slavery, where he was forced to fight for the Confederacy, to freedom among Native Americans and ultimately to represent the U.S. Government, all while raising a family. A grizzled Dennis Quaid co-stars as the shoot-first marshal who recruits Bass, representing the sort of lawman Reeves hopes never to become.
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