Riding with Buffalo Bill

Plot Summary

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.

Top 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