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.
Spencer Gordon Bennet | Director |
Herbert B. Leonard | Production Manager |
Ira H. Morgan | Director of Photography |
George H. Plympton | Screenplay |
Earl Turner | Editor |
Paul Palmentola | Art Direction |
John P. Livadary | Sound |
Leon Chooluck | Unit Manager |
Mischa Bakaleinikoff | Music Director |
Sam Katzman | Producer |