Riding with Buffalo Bill
11 November 1954| 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.
Genres
ActionAdventureWestern
Cast
Marshall Reed
Rick Vallin
Jack Ingram
William Fawcett
Gregg Barton
Steven Ritch
Pierce Lyden
Michael Fox
Lee Roberts
Joanne Rio
Shirley Whitney
Edward Coch
