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
Joanne Rio
Maria Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15]
Shirley Whitney
Ruth Morgan
Jack Ingram
Henchman Ace
William Fawcett
Rocky Ford
Gregg Barton
Henchman Bart
Edward Coch
Jose Perez [ch 7-11, 14-15] (as Ed Coch)
Steven Ritch
Henchman Elko [ch 5] (as Steve Ritch)
Pierce Lyden
Henchman Darr
Michael Fox
King Carney
Lee Roberts
Zeke
Crew
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director
George H. Plympton
Screenplay, Story
Earl Turner
Editor
Ira H. Morgan
Director of Photography
Leonard Katzman
Assistant Director
Sam Katzman
Producer
John P. Livadary
Sound
Jack Erickson
Special Effects
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Music Director
Sidney Clifford
Set Decoration
Herbert B. Leonard
Production Manager
Leon Chooluck
Unit Manager
Paul Palmentola
Art Direction