Riding with Buffalo Bill
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| Riding with Buffalo Bill | |
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| Directed by | Spencer Gordon Bennet |
| Produced by | Sam Katzman |
| Written by | George H. Plympton (story) |
| Starring | Marshall Reed, Rick Vallin, Joanne Rio, Shirley Witney, Jack Ingram, William Fawcett, Gregg Barton, Ed Coch, Steve Ritch, Pierce Lyden, Michael Fox, Lee Roberts |
| Music by | Mischa Bakaleinikoff (musical director) |
| Cinematography | Ira H. Morgan |
| Editing by | Earl Turner |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
| Release date(s) | 1954 |
| Running time | 15 Episodes |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) is a Columbia film serial.
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[edit] Plot
Columbia's 54th serial production (of 57) finds long-time villain player Marshall Reed top-billed for the first and last time in his career that stretched across over 130 Westerns, 17 Serials and 23 features (TV credits and duplicated/changed-for-TV titles not included) and, thanks to liberal use of stock footage from prior Columbia Westerns and Serials, a player such as Jack Kirby makes an appearance six yrs after his 1948 death.
The primary stock footage source for this Serial was 1940's "Deadwood Dick" with Reed in his alter-ego as "The Ridin' Terror" costumed to match Don Douglas or, to be more precise, the Don Douglas double from the 1940 Serial. Reed plays a clean-shaven version of famous hunter and Indian scout Buffalo Bill Cody who comes to the aid of miner Rocky Ford (William Fawcett, doing his usual unloveable grump role) when outlaws attack his ranch. Rocky tells Cody that the man behind the local terrorism is King Carney (Michael Fox) who is trying to keep the new railroad out of the territory in order to carry on with his illegal operations. Rocky asks Cody to don the disguise of a legendary masked man, known as "The Ridin’ Terror", who once before smashed outlaw rule in the area. Cody enlists the aid of settlers Reb Morgan (Rick Vallin) and his sister Ruth Morgan (Shirley Whitney).
[edit] Cast
Marshall Reed ... Buffalo Bill Cody/The Ridin' Terror
Rick Vallin ... Reb Morgan
Joanne Rio ... Maria Perez
Shirley Whitney ... Ruth Morgan
Jack Ingram ... Henchman Ace
William Fawcett ... Rocky Ford
Gregg Barton ... Henchman Bart
Ed Coch ... Jose Perez
Steve Ritch ... Henchman Elko
Pierce Lyden ... Henchman Darr
Michael Fox ... King Carney
Lee Roberts ... Zeke
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[edit] Chapter titles
1. The Ridin' Terror From St. Joe 2. Law of The Six Gun 3. Raiders From Ghost Town 4. Cody To The Rescue 5. Midnight Marauders 6. Under The Avalanche 7. Night Attack 8. Trapped In The Powder Shack 9. Into An Outlaw Trap 10. Blast To Oblivion 11. The Depths of the Earth 12. The Ridin' Terror 13. Trapped In The Apache Mine 14. Railroad Wreckers 15. Law Comes To The West
[edit] See also
| Preceded by Gunfighters of the Northwest (1954) |
Columbia Serial Riding with Buffalo Bill (1954) |
Succeeded by The Adventures of Captain Africa (1955) |
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