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Release Date:
November 11, 1954
Original Title:
Riding with Buffalo Bill
Genres:
Action | Adventure | Western
Production Companies:
Columbia Pictures
Production Countries:
United States of America
Ratings / Certifications:
US: NR
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.
Art Direction:
Paul Palmentola
Assistant Director:
Leonard Katzman
Director:
Spencer Gordon Bennet
Director of Photography:
Ira H. Morgan
Editor:
Earl Turner
Music Director:
Mischa Bakaleinikoff
Producer:
Sam Katzman
Production Manager:
Herbert B. Leonard
Screenplay:
George H. Plympton
Set Decoration:
Sidney Clifford
Sound:
John P. Livadary
Special Effects:
Jack Erickson
Story:
George H. Plympton
Unit Manager:
Leon Chooluck
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