The Dangerous Days of Kiowa Jones

(ABC, 12/25/1966, 120 mins). A Western about a drifter (Robert Horton) who is deputized by a dying marshal to deliver two killers to prison and his efforts to elude a pair of bounty hunters who want his charges. Based on the 1963 novel by Western writer Clifford Adams. This was a pilot for prospective series that failed to materialize.

Production Company MGM Television. Director Alex March. Producers David Karp, Max E. Youngstein. Teleplay Frank Fenton, Robert E. Thompson. Based on the novel by Clifford Adams. Photography Ellsworth Fredericks. Music Samuel Matlovsky. Title Song Steve Karliski, Larry Kolber. Song performed by Hank Williams Jr. Editor Jack McSweeney. Art Directors George W. Davis, Addison Kehr. Associate Producer Hank Moonjean.

Cast Robert Horton (Kiowa Jones), Diane Baker (Amilia Rathmore), Sal Mineo (Bobby Jack Wilkes), Nehemiah Persoff (Skoda), Gary Merrill (Marshal Duncan), Robert H. Harris (Dobie), Lonny Chapman (Roy), Royal Dano (Otto), Zalman King (Jessie), Dean Stanton (Jelly), Val Avery (Morgan).