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.
Directed by Spencer Gordon Bennet
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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
Joanne Rio
Maria Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15]
Shirley Whitney
Ruth Morgan
Edward Coch
Jose Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15] (as Ed Coch)
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The Tall Men
The Cowboys
The Man From Snowy River II
The Adventures of Bullwhip Griffin
The Legend of Zorro
The Mark of Zorro
Silverado
Rango
Hundreds of Beavers
The Big Sky
The Valley of Gwangi
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
Broken Lance
Into the West
White Fang
The Silencers