Riding with Buffalo Bill(1954)
Make Way For The Greatest Plainsman In History!
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.
Movie: Riding with Buffalo Bill
Top 10 Billed Cast
Bill Cody, aka The Riding' Terror
Reb Morgan
Henchman Ace
Rocky Ford
Henchman Bart
Henchman Elko [ch 5] (as Steve Ritch)
Henchman Darr
King Carney
Zeke
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