Remember, we had political correctness back in the 1950's too! No mention of story or plot here, but this episode surprised me! It has, in my very humble opinion, the best ending I've ever seen for a western TV drama of any of the shows made during this time.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL was great, at half an hour, but the PC "message" westerns didn't gear up until Kennedy was elected-- Gunsmoke went "comedy" with Festus and Bonanza became a preach fest. Of course, this lead to LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and so on and so on, a trend that killed the western.
This episode of CHEYENNE had NOTHING TO DO with any of that sappy junk! It leads you by the hand for 95% of it's story, then springs a twist ending so cool and original I felt I needed to comment on it here and hope other people will watch. and the last scene, the look on his face-- well, don't tell me Clint Walker didn't know how to act. He may not have knocked over the critics, but we're watching these shows 50 years later-- that has to tell you something.
Watch this one episode and then watch the rest, see what you've been missing. Great stuff.
HAVE GUN WILL TRAVEL was great, at half an hour, but the PC "message" westerns didn't gear up until Kennedy was elected-- Gunsmoke went "comedy" with Festus and Bonanza became a preach fest. Of course, this lead to LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE and so on and so on, a trend that killed the western.
This episode of CHEYENNE had NOTHING TO DO with any of that sappy junk! It leads you by the hand for 95% of it's story, then springs a twist ending so cool and original I felt I needed to comment on it here and hope other people will watch. and the last scene, the look on his face-- well, don't tell me Clint Walker didn't know how to act. He may not have knocked over the critics, but we're watching these shows 50 years later-- that has to tell you something.
Watch this one episode and then watch the rest, see what you've been missing. Great stuff.