Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954)
Make Way For The Greatest Plainsman In History!
280 min
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.
- Release date
- November 11, 1954
- Country of origin
- United States
Cast
- Marshall Reed as Bill Cody
- Rick Vallin as Reb Morgan
- Joanne Rio as Maria Perez
- Shirley Whitney as Ruth Morgan
- Jack Ingram as Ace
- William Fawcett as Rocky Ford
- Gregg Barton as Bart
- Edward Coch as Jose Perez
- Steven Ritch as Elko
- Pierce Lyden as Darr
Crew
- Spencer Gordon Bennet · Director
- George H. Plympton · Writer
- Sam Katzman · Producer
- Ira H. Morgan · Cinematographer
- Earl Turner · Editor