Richard Long and Van Williams did Bourbon Street Beat together in 1959-60, and ever after Long seemed to be looking out for Williams, as he turned up in subsequent series Long starred in, including Big Valley in what appears to be a pilot for a Williams show. Williams hit it good in Green Hornet in 1966 but not as good as his costar Bruce Lee - this has all the looks of a try for another series for Williams.
Williams is a widower sheriff raising a son in a mining town without a school. Jarrod Barkley (Long) comes to negotiate a merger of a Barkley mine with a mine owned by Sidney Glover. The problem is, years Glover abandoned the particular shaft they need to connect their mines and a Chinese couple has claimed and worked it. Glover wants the shaft back but first the law is not on his side, then it is, then it isn't again as more facts become clear. In the meantime the locals, anxious for jobs, are after the Chinese who they see are keeping work from them, and racism rears its ugly head. Williams keeps trying to adhere to the law even as it shifts on him, but the locals just want the Chinese gone. As sheriff, Williams is caught in the crossfire.
Jarrod abandons the proposed merger with Glover and throws his weight behind Williams and the law. The ending is a bit too pat and maudlin for my taste, and if it was a pilot, it didn't sell. The episode is just OK, not one I'd go out of my way to watch except for some Long and Williams eye candy.