Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954)

Columbia Pictures elevated a runofthemill Bwestern supporting player Marshall Reed to the title role in this equally runofthemill western serial released in 15 chapters Like most serials in the 50s Riding with Buffalo Bill consisted of quite a bit of budgetstretching 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 serials assistant director Leonard Katzman later produced the longrunning television series Gunsmoke and Dallas