Cheyenne Bodie fights off an Indian attack ( 1955 ).
Cheyenne Bodie ( Clint Walker ), helps to fight off a Shoshone Indian attack led by War Cloud, in an extract from the first episode of "Cheyenne" in 1955.The 'Indians attacking' type music heard here is typical of the 1950's, and was basically 'stereotyped' during that era.The name of the actor seen talking to Cheyenne at the start of the clip is Robert J.Wilke (Bob Wilke ), a well known face in Westerns of the 1940's and 50's, usually playing the role of a 'bad guy'. He died of cancer in 1989.In this episode, he gets 'wasted' by one of his own men ( the Mexican ), who shoots him in the back !The Mexican in turn gets 'wasted ' by an Indian towards the end of the episode.The lady, Joan Carter, is played by Ann Robinson, who co-starred in the original 1953 film "The War of the Worlds" (alongside Gene Barry ).Joan Carter is on her way to marry an army Lieutenant ( played by James Garner ).James Garner is the Lieutenant looking afterMiss Carter during the fight, but you don't see a close-up of his face.The man who says "Holy smokes, they're bringing up ladders ! " is actor L.Q.Jones, who played the role of "Smitty" in the first 3 episodes of "Cheyenne"."Perado " , the character wearing the buckskin jacket, is played by Peter Coe (1918-1993 ).The Sergeant who says "Consider yourself lucky Reb ", is played by veteran TV series actor John Doucette. (1921-1994 ).The Sergeant gets 'wasted ' by a bullet from an Indian's rifle during the battle.The boy with the dog is played by Jeffrey Silver, appearing as "Jeff Silver" in the credits. ( He gets 'wasted' by an Indian at the end of the episode ).In this attack - Indian Group "A" attack from the front.Indian Group "B" attack from the north side.Indian Group "C" attack from the rear, using ladders.