• Viewers watching "The Bounty Killers" in 1956 must have been amazed at this grim story of U. S. Marshall Frank Moxon, who uses his badge to kill with impunity fugitives he captures alive. To save the added cost of bringing them back alive. The Hollywood movie Production Code then in force would have prevented this "Cheyenne" episode from even appearing in movie theaters. Moxon knows the law and intimidates everyone he meets. Cheyenne finds himself in a tough situation as Moxon's newly hired deputy. When Warner Bros. Produced this "Cheyenne" episode, the studio also was in a tough situation, with television grabbing the studio's paying customers. Thanks to the success of the hour-long "Cheyenne" TV show, Warner Bros. Went bigtime into producing more hour-long TV western series (e.g. "Maverick," "Sugarfoot," "Bronco") for the then foundering ABC network. "The Bounty Killers" is a one of a kind TV Western; no rose colored glasses here.