Riding with Buffalo Bill
“Make Way For The Greatest Plainsman In History!”
1954•NR•4h 40m•8.0•Released
ActionAdventureWestern
Columbia Pictures elevated a run-of-the-mill B-western supporting player, Marshall Reed, to the title role in this equally run-of-the-mill western serial released in 15 chapters. Like most serials in the '50s, Riding with Buffalo Bill consisted of quite a bit of budget-stretching stock footage telling a highly fictionalized account of Buffalo Bill Cody aiding a group of ranchers in their defeat of a local crime lord. The serial's assistant director, Leonard Katzman, later produced the long-running television series Gunsmoke and Dallas.
Director
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Writer
George H. Plympton
Languages
English
Studio
Columbia Pictures
Cast
Marshall Reed
Bill Cody, aka The Riding' Terror
Rick Vallin
Reb Morgan
Jack Ingram
Henchman Ace
William Fawcett
Rocky Ford
Gregg Barton
Henchman Bart
Steven Ritch
Henchman Elko [ch 5] (as Steve Ritch)
Pierce Lyden
Henchman Darr
Michael Fox
King Carney
Lee Roberts
Zeke
Joanne Rio
Maria Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15]
Shirley Whitney
Ruth Morgan
Edward Coch
Jose Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15] (as Ed Coch)
Production
Company
Columbia Pictures
Producer
Sam Katzman
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