Riding with Buffalo Bill
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.
Cast
Marshall Reed
as Bill Cody, aka The Riding' Terror
Rick Vallin
as Reb Morgan
Joanne Rio
as Maria Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15]
Shirley Whitney
as Ruth Morgan
Jack Ingram
as Henchman Ace
William Fawcett
as Rocky Ford
Gregg Barton
as Henchman Bart
Edward Coch
as Jose Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15] (as Ed Coch)
Steven Ritch
as Henchman Elko [ch 5] (as Steve Ritch)
Pierce Lyden
as Henchman Darr
