Cheyenne

Cheyenne

Cheyenne, Cheyenne, where will you be campin’ tonight?

Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American western television series of 108 black-and-white episodes broadcast on ABC from 1955 to 1963. The show was the first hour-long western, and in fact the first hour-long dramatic series of any kind, with continuing characters, to last more than one season. It was also the first series to be made by a major Hollywood film studio which did not derive from its established film properties, and the first of a long chain of Warner Brothers original series produced by William T. Orr.

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Seasons

Mountain Fortress

1. Mountain Fortress

Air Date: 1955-09-20

Cheyenne, Smitty and a woman they just rescued from an Indian attack are trapped by a band of desperados in their fortified mountain hideaway.

Julesburg

2. Julesburg

Air Date: 1955-10-11

Trying to guide a lost wagon train, Cheyenne and Smitty tangle with a gang of cattle rustlers.

The Argonauts

3. The Argonauts

Air Date: 1955-11-01

Cheyenne tries to help two prospectors in their search for a gold mine, but then they encounter renegade Indians who try to rob them.

Border Showdown

4. Border Showdown

Air Date: 1955-11-22

Pursuing the bandits who killed a friend of theirs, Cheyenne and Smitty find that the gang has taken over an entire town and only the local padre has the courage to stand against them.

The Outlander

5. The Outlander

Air Date: 1955-12-13

Cheyenne's previous acquaintance with a woman involves him in blackmail and nearly gets him killed.

The Travelers

6. The Travelers

Air Date: 1956-01-03

Deputy Cheyenne is forced to bring an outlaw in for a murder Cheyenne doesn't think he committed after the US Marshal is killed in a shootout. At the same time the father of the victim is trailing Cheyenne and wants to hang the outlaw.

Decision

7. Decision

Air Date: 1956-01-24

Guiding a cavalry troop through Indian territory, Cheyenne leads a mutiny to avoid a massacre.

The Storm Riders

8. The Storm Riders

Air Date: 1956-02-07

Cheyenne is driving a herd of horses across land he thought was open range. The owner, Martin Storm, roughs him up and steals them. He gets help from a local rancher who has been trying to rid the valley of this menace since he got there.

Rendezvous at Red Rock

9. Rendezvous at Red Rock

Air Date: 1956-02-21

Cheyenne comes upon a man who has just been shot. Arrested by a few riders and on the way to Laramie, a hidden benefactor frees him. Their new friendship is shaken when he finds the real reason he saved him and who he really is.

West of the River

10. West of the River

Air Date: 1956-03-10

It's been five years since Ed McKeever's two daughters, Ruth and Jenny, were kidnapped by Chief Tanaka. A scout has just located the women and Cheyenne is assigned to lead the rescue mission of volunteers made up mostly of stockade prisoners from a nearby fort.

Quicksand

11. Quicksand

Air Date: 1956-04-01

Cheyenne meets a sly Indian's test of courage to save a wagonload of white settlers.

Fury at Rio Hondo

12. Fury at Rio Hondo

Air Date: 1956-04-17

In a Mexico wracked by political unrest, Cheyenne tangles with revolutionaries, a con man and a blonde pickpocket.

Star in the Dust

13. Star in the Dust

Air Date: 1956-05-01

A small-town sheriff, whom Cheyenne admires, is hoodwinked by a woman.

Johnny Bravo

14. Johnny Bravo

Air Date: 1956-05-15

Cheyenne's friend falls for a rancher's pretty daughter, but the rancher prefers Cheyenne as his son-in-law.

The Last Train West

15. The Last Train West

Air Date: 1956-05-29

The train to California carries some mighty interesting passengers, including Cheyenne and his...

The Dark Rider

1. The Dark Rider

Air Date: 1956-09-11

Murder enters the dealings when Cheyenne gets involved with a charming swindler on a cattle drive.

The Long Winter

2. The Long Winter

Air Date: 1956-09-25

Cheyenne waits out a winter with a cattle drive.

Death Deals the Hand

3. Death Deals the Hand

Air Date: 1956-10-09

Cheyenne and Hoot Hollister take the river boat to St. Louis for a night on the town.

The Bounty Killers

4. The Bounty Killers

Air Date: 1956-10-23

Marshal Frank Moxon saves Cheyenne's life.

The Law Man

5. The Law Man

Air Date: 1956-11-06

Cheyenne is sent by the Cattlemen's Association to stop a cattle rustling.

Mustang Trail

6. Mustang Trail

Air Date: 1956-11-20

Cheyenne hunts wild horses.

Lone Gun

7. Lone Gun

Air Date: 1956-12-04

Cheyenne is forced into a gunfight with the Laverson brothers, leaving two dead and one out for revenge.

The Trap

8. The Trap

Air Date: 1956-12-18

Cheyenne rides into Stagge City (pop. 407) and is promptly arrested on trumped-up vagrant charges. After a "trial" lasting less then a minute, he's sentenced to 90 days hard-labor at the nearby silver mine - owned by Stagge.

The Iron Trail

9. The Iron Trail

Air Date: 1957-01-01

Cheyenne takes an old mill train home.

Land Beyond the Law

10. Land Beyond the Law

Air Date: 1957-01-15

Cheyenne is suspected of being a member of the Ellwood gang.

Test of Courage

11. Test of Courage

Air Date: 1957-01-29

Cheyenne must get a herd of horses to a desolate cavalry base.

War Party

12. War Party

Air Date: 1957-02-12

While panning gold, Morgan Trude shoots Cheyenne, thinking he is going to rob him.

Deadline

13. Deadline

Air Date: 1957-02-26

Cheyenne helps an honest newspaper in a fight against a crooked man.

Big Ghost Basin

14. Big Ghost Basin

Air Date: 1957-03-12

Cheyenne rides into Crowheart carrying a dead man he found along the trail.

Born Bad

15. Born Bad

Air Date: 1957-03-26

While working as a small town sheriff Cheyenne falls for a girl who's father was a sheriff & her brother is a killer.

The Brand

16. The Brand

Air Date: 1957-04-09

Cheyenne Bodie (Clint Walker) stops at a cabin for help with a lame horse, and is shot at. He soon ends up on the wrong side of a posse.

Decision at Gunsight

17. Decision at Gunsight

Air Date: 1957-04-23

Cheyenne takes over a livery stable in exchange for money he is owed. Then he finds out why he got it so cheap. A protection racket runs the town and Cheyenne faces a showdown with the leader when he refuses to pay.

The Spanish Grant

18. The Spanish Grant

Air Date: 1957-05-07

The only survivor of a stage coach robbery is an infant boy. He is also the heir to a large land grant and someone else wants the land.

Hard Bargain

19. Hard Bargain

Air Date: 1957-05-21

A bank robber that Cheyenne is bringing in, saves him when he's caught in a bear trap.

The Broken Pledge

20. The Broken Pledge

Air Date: 1957-06-04

An Indian uprising results when reporter Fay Kirby tries to interview Sitting Bull.

1. Incident at Indian Springs

Air Date: 1957-09-24

A schoolmaster kills an outlaw. His reward: The school is besieged by the outlaw's brothers.

2. The Conspirators

Air Date: 1957-10-08

Clint Walker sings and dances as Cheyenne poses as an actor to expose a ring of Southern subversives.

3. The Mutton Puncher

Air Date: 1957-10-22

Cheyenne serves as the stake in a poker game---and a pretty rancher wins.

4. Border Affair

Air Date: 1957-11-05

Sebastian Cabot and Erin O'Brien play an aging general and his unwilling bride.

5. Devil's Canyon

Air Date: 1957-11-19

Cheyenne guides a group of ruthless fortune hunters on a dangerous search for buried diamonds.

6. Town of Fear

Air Date: 1957-12-03

An entire town turns against Cheyenne when he tries to prove a friend is not guilty of murder.

7. Hired Gun

Air Date: 1957-12-17

A rancher who hired Cheyenne fears he's a gunman out to kill him.

8. Top Hand

Air Date: 1957-12-31

Cheyenne turns down the job of top hand for rancher Ben Gentry but finds two more offers awaiting him for the same job.

9. The Last Comanchero

Air Date: 1958-01-14

Cheyenne must stand up to a lynch mob to protect his captive, a man who sold guns to the Indians.

10. The Gamble

Air Date: 1958-01-28

Cheyenne takes over a saloon for a woman whose daughter is coming home after years in the East.

11. Renegades

Air Date: 1958-02-11

An Indian-hating colonel threatens to ruin Cheyenne's peace negotiations.

12. The Empty Gun

Air Date: 1958-02-25

When Matt Reardon tries to aid the widow of a man he killed, he learns her son is out for vengeance.

13. White Warrior

Air Date: 1958-03-11

Cheyenne, leading a wagon train in Apache territory, meets a band of braves and tries to free a teenage captive from them.

14. Ghost of the Cimarron

Air Date: 1958-03-25

Forced to aid a wounded gunman, Cheyenne is mistaken for a gang member by lawmen.

15. Wagon-Tongue North

Air Date: 1958-04-08

Cheyenne, in disguise, acts as a trail boss for a woman whose husband he killed in self-defense.

16. The Long Search

Air Date: 1958-04-22

A 10-year-old boy has disappeared, and Cheyenne is aided in the search by a Sioux youth, whose tribe has been accused of kidnapping the boy.

17. Standoff

Air Date: 1958-05-06

Cheyenne aids a village that faces destruction by an outlaw who's avenging the deaths of two of his men.

18. Dead to Rights

Air Date: 1958-05-20

A suave attorney stymies Cheyenne's hunt for a killer.

19. Noose at Noon

Air Date: 1958-06-03

An innocent man must hang for murder – or his wife will be killed.

20. The Angry Sky

Air Date: 1958-06-17

A woman comes to Cheyenne's aid after he is wounded while trailing a killer.

1. Blind Spot

Air Date: 1959-09-21

A sinister plot interrupts Cheyenne's efforts to unite a family split by the Civil War.

2. The Reprieve

Air Date: 1959-10-05

Cheyenne poses as robber Wes McQueen to find the late crook's hidden loot.

3. The Rebellion

Air Date: 1959-10-12

Cheyenne gets mixed up in a murder plot while delivering printing equipment.

4. Trial by Conscience

Air Date: 1959-10-26

Taking a cue from "Hamlet," Cheyenne uses an old stage trick to trap a killer.

5. The Imposter

Air Date: 1959-11-02

Cheyenne hires on as a ranch hand to investigate murder and fraud.

6. Prisoner of Moon Mesa

Air Date: 1959-11-16

Cheyenne faces a hostile countryside when he replaces a popular foreman.

7. Gold, Glory and Custer - Prelude (1)

Air Date: 1960-01-04

This two-part episode depicts events leading up to the famous Little Bighorn massacre. As an Indian scout with Col. Custer's regiment, Cheyenne Bodie helps search for gold on a Sioux reservation. (Part 1 of 2)

8. Gold, Glory and Custer - Requiem (2)

Air Date: 1960-01-11

Colonel Custer's regiment is wiped out in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Risking a charge of desertion, Cheyenne decides to appear at Major Reno's court martial. (Part 2 of 2)

9. Riot at Arroyo Soco

Air Date: 1960-02-01

Shooting the son of a prominent citizen wasn't the most popular act of Cheyenne's career---but it was the only way to stop a lynch mob.

10. Apache Blood

Air Date: 1960-02-08

Cheyenne sides with a white man raised by Apaches when a vengeful character tries to break up his marriage.

11. Outcast of Cripple Creek

Air Date: 1960-02-29

Disgusted by corruption, Cheyenne resigns as marshal and is promptly jailed – but his successor can't keep the peace alone.

12. Alibi for the Scalped Man

Air Date: 1960-03-07

A bridegroom disappears and Cheyenne is jailed on a trumped-up murder charge.

13. Home Is the Brave

Air Date: 1960-03-14

The enemies of a dead hero try to prevent his honorable burial.

1. The Long Rope

Air Date: 1960-10-03

Cheyenne is reminded of a scene from his boyhood when Fred Baker comes to him for help.

2. Counterfeit Gun

Air Date: 1960-10-10

Cheynne is guarding a gold shipment when thieves attack, steal the gold and kill a man.

3. Road to Three Graves

Air Date: 1960-10-31

Delivering mine equipment, Cheyenne runs into a feud between rival mine owners.

4. Two Trails to Santa Fe

Air Date: 1960-10-28

An Apache woman named Alleah is to be tortured to death for marrying a white man. Cheyenne helps her to escape and the angry Apaches ride to attack a nearby mining settlement in retaliation.

5. Savage Breed

Air Date: 1960-12-19

Al Lestrade, Dodge City's marshal, is on vacation, hunting buffalo. But a cartridge from the shot fired to stampede an approaching herd is traced to Lestrade's rifle.

6. Incident at Dawson Flats

Air Date: 1961-01-09

Arriving at a friend's wedding, Cheyenne becomes the target in a murder plot that could turn into a massacre. McIntyre: Jock Gaynor. Selma: Joan O'Brien. Bostrum: Gerald Mohr. Jasper: Hampton Fancher. Cyrus: Morris Ankrum.

7. Duel at Judas Basin

Air Date: 1961-01-30

"Duel at Judas Basin" combines the trinity of Cheyenne, Bronco, and Sugarfoot in one episode. This 'summit meeting' provides an exciting episode for young fans knowing that the bad guys didn't have a chance. But one gets framed for murder, jailed and broken out; another is working undercover to infiltrate the bad guys, is almost taken prisoner, gets away, and all the while Cheyenne has to hold it all together as the three fight the local law, Crazy Horse and the bad guys.

8. The Return of Mr. Grimm

Air Date: 1961-02-13

A hate-filled father arranges a lynching for Cheyenne to avenge the death of his son, killed while resisting arrest.

9. The Beholden

Air Date: 1961-02-27

Cheyenne no sooner brings a robber in than a marshal releases him.

10. The Frightened Town

Air Date: 1961-03-20

Outlaws take over an entire town, but only Cheyenne is willing to help the marshal (Andrew Duggan).

11. Lone Patrol

Air Date: 1961-04-10

A stubborn cavalry captain ignores Cheyenne's advice---and leads his patrol into certain slaughter.

12. Massacre at Gunsight Pass

Air Date: 1961-05-01

Cheyenne's in the middle when Indians attack the stage in which he and his prisoner are traveling.

13. The Greater Glory

Air Date: 1961-05-15

Cheyenne and Billy the Kid join forces to help a woman in trouble.

1. Winchester Quarantine

Air Date: 1961-09-25

A fiery cattlewoman involves Cheyenne in her business and her life.

2. Trouble Street

Air Date: 1961-10-02

Cheyenne stops in Colton City to put up some supplies and a man by the name of Kell provokes him into a fight.

3. Cross Purpose

Air Date: 1961-10-09

A bride is left in the lurch when her groom turns fugitive on their wedding day.

4. The Young Fugitives

Air Date: 1961-10-23

Young Gilby Collins outshoots ""the Great Kinsey"" in a carnival competition and wins a gun. When Nita, Kinsey's assistant, congratulates Collins, her sore-loser boss manhandles her. Collins comes to her defense, Kinsey draws a gun, and Collins shoots him dead. Kinsey's relatives, the Crawfords, plan to lynch Collins despite Nita's insistence that Collins fired in self defense. Cheyenne steps forward, saying that Collins should be taken to the Marshal in a nearby town for a fair trial. Not trusting the legal system, however, Collins flees toward Mexico along with Nita. The elder Crawford organizes a posse and goes after them. Cheyenne rides along with the posse, anxious to see that justice is done even if it means risking a horsewhipping at the hands of the vengeful Crawford.

5. Day's Pay

Air Date: 1961-10-30

On the trail of a sheriff's killer, Cheyenne is interrupted by a town's plea for help in dealing with a gang of terrorists.

6. Retaliation

Air Date: 1961-11-13

Townspeople oppose Cheyenne as he tries to capture robbers who made off with an unpopular tycoon's fortune.

7. Storm Center

Air Date: 1961-11-20

A young orphan begs Cheyenne to help him find his parents. Cheyenne agrees---then the boy himself disappears.

8. Legacy of the Lost

Air Date: 1961-12-04

Cheyenne learns that his white father may still be alive.

9. The Brahma Bull

Air Date: 1961-12-11

A bull complicates Cheyenne's efforts to help a sick child.

10. The Wedding Rings

Air Date: 1962-01-08

Cheyenne tangles with a bandit who named himself dictator of a Mexican province.

11. The Idol

Air Date: 1962-01-29

The Kirby brothers are determined to kill gunfighter Ben Shelby---but it's Cheyenne they have cornered.

12. One Way Ticket

Air Date: 1962-02-19

Cheyenne's distractions while escorting an outlaw to jail: the outlaw's friends, the outlaw's enemies---and a pretty widow.

13. The Bad Penny

Air Date: 1962-03-12

When four men receive notes threatening their lives, Cheyenne suggests the notes may have come from a newcomer in town. This gets a hearty laugh, because the new arrival is pretty young Penelope Piper.

14. A Man Called Ragan

Air Date: 1962-04-23

Marshal Frank Ragan rides into Stark City to visit Johnny Wilson. But Wilson has disappeared and cattle baron Ben Stark tells Ragan he had better do the same. Clint Walker does not appear in this episode, which was the pilot for the series The Dakotas; hence, it is not included in the DVD release of season six.

1. The Durango Brothers

Air Date: 1962-09-24

After defeating a bully, Cheyenne discovers his prize: the man's old-maid sister (Sally Kellerman).

2. Satonka

Air Date: 1962-10-01

Cheyenne's after a killer and Indians tell him his quarry is a monster called Satonka.

3. Sweet Sam

Air Date: 1962-10-08

Shortly after arriving in Rock Springs, Sam Pridemore stops a killer and becomes a town hero. Cheyenne knows the man and suspects he is after the gold in the bank.

4. Man Alone

Air Date: 1962-10-15

Cheyenne helps a wounded cowboy who is suffering from amnesia. He suspects the man was a member of a band of outlaws that robbed the Cattlemen's Association.

5. The Quick and the Deadly

Air Date: 1962-10-22

Jud Ainley is on trial for murder and the main witness against him, lawman Harry Thomas is discredited as a witness and charged with robbery.

6. Indian Gold

Air Date: 1962-10-29

Charlie Teeney and his followers go looking for gold on the Sioux reservation after they see White Crow come into town with two small bags of gold.

7. Dark Decision

Air Date: 1962-11-05

A blind singer, under the spell of a crooked gambler, backs up an accusation of murder against Cheyenne.

8. Pocketful of Stars

Air Date: 1962-11-12

Cheyenne is involved in an Indian uprising when the railroad threatens to run through sacred burial grounds.

9. The Vanishing Breed

Air Date: 1962-11-19

Cheyenne, appointed to the state senate, starts a campaign to preserve the buffalo.

10. Vengeance Is Mine

Air Date: 1962-11-26

Cheyenne's first job as sheriff: quell a friend's thirst for vengeance.

11. Johnny Brassbuttons

Air Date: 1962-12-03

An Indian is accused of treason when an Army unit he's leading gets ambushed.

12. Wanted for the Murder of Cheyenne Bodie

Air Date: 1962-12-10

Cheyenne is charged with murder---his own.

13. Showdown at Oxbend

Air Date: 1962-12-17

Cheyenne takes on an evil cattleman (Andrew Duggan).

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Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

1955-09-20

Episodes

108 (7 seasons)

Status

Ended

Cast

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Production Companies

Warner Bros. Television

Warner Bros. Television