Convict Wes McQueen and old friend Cheyenne Bodie meet up again under difficult circumstances. According to Wes, they're a lot alike, but Cheyenne qualifies that, saying, "Except that robbing trains is out of my line." Cheyenne's been deputized by Pinkerton to see that McQueen returns $30,000 he stole from the Great Northern Railroad; in return, his prison sentence will be commuted. Wes' only condition is that his son, Billy, be found and saved from following his father into a life of crime. That's where Cheyenne comes in. While Wes' intentions are finally honorable, his past looms large in the form of a pint-sized Fagan-like old partner in crime named Ten Cents Harmon, who is determined to rope Wes back into his old ways.
Enter young hotshot Cote Martin, whose equally hot-headed brother Wes had killed in a fair shootout. When he tries to goad an unarmed Wes into a fight, Cheyenne is forced to shoot him. But there's another brother and, of course, he vows revenge. He and two cohorts ambush Cheyenne and Wes but escape before realizing that they have indeed exacted their revenge. With his dying breath, Wes begs Cheyenne to find Billy; in doing so, he'll also find the money.
Cheyenne makes it to the abandoned Mexican village where Billy is hiding out with a group of the very sort of men Wes wanted him saved from. Since none of them have seen Wes for a long time, Cheyenne manages to convince them that he's Wes McQueen. The boy is defiant, but just as Cheyenne has begun to win his trust, Ten Cents shows up and threatens to undo all the good Cheyenne has done. After some tension-filled moments, Billy's true character emerges when he stands up to Ten Cents and his henchmen, saving Cheyenne from a sadistic roasting.
Tim Considine does his best to play against type, but we never forget that he's Mike from "My Three Sons." Connie Stevens plays Clovis, a young girl kidnapped by pro tem leader of the gang, Duke, played with menacing bravado by the ever-reliable Hal Baylor. She feels safe with Cheyenne, a man unlike any other she's come across in her tragic young life. When he's pretending to be Wes McQueen, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie shows how tough he can be, but in dealing with Billy and Clovis, he's the kind and caring man he's proven himself to be over and over again in the series.
It's not easy, but in the end Cheyenne does what he came to do. Leaving what's left of the gang without horses, he gives them the choice to either face 50 miles of desert on foot or wait for the law that's hot on their heels. Then Cheyenne, Billy, and Clovis ride off to retrieve the money and return it to the Great Northern. From there the youngsters can chart their own path and Cheyenne will ride on to do good another day.
Enter young hotshot Cote Martin, whose equally hot-headed brother Wes had killed in a fair shootout. When he tries to goad an unarmed Wes into a fight, Cheyenne is forced to shoot him. But there's another brother and, of course, he vows revenge. He and two cohorts ambush Cheyenne and Wes but escape before realizing that they have indeed exacted their revenge. With his dying breath, Wes begs Cheyenne to find Billy; in doing so, he'll also find the money.
Cheyenne makes it to the abandoned Mexican village where Billy is hiding out with a group of the very sort of men Wes wanted him saved from. Since none of them have seen Wes for a long time, Cheyenne manages to convince them that he's Wes McQueen. The boy is defiant, but just as Cheyenne has begun to win his trust, Ten Cents shows up and threatens to undo all the good Cheyenne has done. After some tension-filled moments, Billy's true character emerges when he stands up to Ten Cents and his henchmen, saving Cheyenne from a sadistic roasting.
Tim Considine does his best to play against type, but we never forget that he's Mike from "My Three Sons." Connie Stevens plays Clovis, a young girl kidnapped by pro tem leader of the gang, Duke, played with menacing bravado by the ever-reliable Hal Baylor. She feels safe with Cheyenne, a man unlike any other she's come across in her tragic young life. When he's pretending to be Wes McQueen, Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie shows how tough he can be, but in dealing with Billy and Clovis, he's the kind and caring man he's proven himself to be over and over again in the series.
It's not easy, but in the end Cheyenne does what he came to do. Leaving what's left of the gang without horses, he gives them the choice to either face 50 miles of desert on foot or wait for the law that's hot on their heels. Then Cheyenne, Billy, and Clovis ride off to retrieve the money and return it to the Great Northern. From there the youngsters can chart their own path and Cheyenne will ride on to do good another day.
