A Man Called Ragan
Cheyenne - S6 - E14
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.
Cheyenne: Season 6 - 14 Episode s
6x1 - Winchester Quarantine
September 25, 1961
A fiery cattlewoman involves Cheyenne in her business and her life.
6x2 - Trouble Street
October 2, 1961
Cheyenne stops in Colton City to put up some supplies and a man by the name of Kell provokes him into a fight.
6x3 - Cross Purpose
October 9, 1961
A bride is left in the lurch when her groom turns fugitive on their wedding day.
6x4 - The Young Fugitives
October 23, 1961
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.
6x5 - Day's Pay
October 30, 1961
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.
6x6 - Retaliation
November 13, 1961
Townspeople oppose Cheyenne as he tries to capture robbers who made off with an unpopular tycoon's fortune.
6x7 - Storm Center
November 20, 1961
A young orphan begs Cheyenne to help him find his parents. Cheyenne agrees---then the boy himself disappears.
6x8 - Legacy of the Lost
December 4, 1961
Cheyenne learns that his white father may still be alive.
6x9 - The Brahma Bull
December 11, 1961
A bull complicates Cheyenne's efforts to help a sick child.
6x10 - The Wedding Rings
January 8, 1962
Cheyenne tangles with a bandit who named himself dictator of a Mexican province.
6x11 - The Idol
January 29, 1962
The Kirby brothers are determined to kill gunfighter Ben Shelby---but it's Cheyenne they have cornered.
6x12 - One Way Ticket
February 19, 1962
Cheyenne's distractions while escorting an outlaw to jail: the outlaw's friends, the outlaw's enemies---and a pretty widow.
6x13 - The Bad Penny
March 12, 1962
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.
6x14 - A Man Called Ragan
April 23, 1962
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.