When his employer and old friend, Ian Stewart, is murdered, trail boss Cheyenne Bodie has to figure out not only exactly what happened to his boss and how to make sure the drovers are paid, but also how he can keep the Lutz brothers from reneging on the land deal they'd made with late Mr. Stewart. Not only that, but Cheyenne's friend Tom Brewster (a.k.a., Sugarfoot) is accused of the murder. Plus, somebody's selling repeating rifles to the Sioux, and another friend, Bronco Layne, has gone undercover to stop it. This is an intrigue-packed episode, with lives and friendships on the line.
Gun runners and peace pipes don't go together, but greed has always fueled conflict, and there's plenty of that in this story. In the end, however, Chief Crazy Horse does not get his guns, Tom Brewster does get his freedom, and the Army serves up justice, thanks to the combined efforts of the three amigos. In the finale, we see them ride off together for the last time.
This episode introduced newcomers "Sugarfoot" and "Bronco" as spin-offs from "Cheyenne" after Clint Walker had renegotiated his contract with Warner Brothers, which cut down on the number of episodes he would do a season. I'm not sure why the studio had to combine three shows under the umbrella of "The Cheyenne Show," unless it was to keep viewers interested in the two new cowboy epics that were to rotate with "Cheyenne." But after the other two were well established, it seems unnecessary to keep associating them with "Cheyenne" by mixing the themes for all three in the introduction and as the credits roll on "The Cheyenne Show"; viewers already knew that "Cheyenne" would be broadcast only every three weeks, so the ongoing association with the other two seems pointless. Anyway, that's how they did it. Although Will Hutchins' engaging folksy surveyor and lawbook aficionado, Sugarfoot, and Ty Hardin's likable Bronco Layne were well received, to this day "Cheyenne" continues to be the series replayed on multiple networks, and Clint Walker remains the favorite cowboy of the lot. Understandable since, competent as the others were, he stood head and shoulders above the rest.
Gun runners and peace pipes don't go together, but greed has always fueled conflict, and there's plenty of that in this story. In the end, however, Chief Crazy Horse does not get his guns, Tom Brewster does get his freedom, and the Army serves up justice, thanks to the combined efforts of the three amigos. In the finale, we see them ride off together for the last time.
This episode introduced newcomers "Sugarfoot" and "Bronco" as spin-offs from "Cheyenne" after Clint Walker had renegotiated his contract with Warner Brothers, which cut down on the number of episodes he would do a season. I'm not sure why the studio had to combine three shows under the umbrella of "The Cheyenne Show," unless it was to keep viewers interested in the two new cowboy epics that were to rotate with "Cheyenne." But after the other two were well established, it seems unnecessary to keep associating them with "Cheyenne" by mixing the themes for all three in the introduction and as the credits roll on "The Cheyenne Show"; viewers already knew that "Cheyenne" would be broadcast only every three weeks, so the ongoing association with the other two seems pointless. Anyway, that's how they did it. Although Will Hutchins' engaging folksy surveyor and lawbook aficionado, Sugarfoot, and Ty Hardin's likable Bronco Layne were well received, to this day "Cheyenne" continues to be the series replayed on multiple networks, and Clint Walker remains the favorite cowboy of the lot. Understandable since, competent as the others were, he stood head and shoulders above the rest.
