Riding with Buffalo Bill

Overview

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

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

N/A

Joanne Rio

Maria Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15]

N/A

Shirley Whitney

Ruth Morgan

N/A

Edward Coch

Jose Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15] (as Ed Coch)