Overview
Lawman is an American western television series originally telecast on ABC from 1958 to 1962 starring John Russell as Marshal Dan Troop and featuring Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal Johnny McKay. The series was set in Laramie, Wyoming during 1879 and the 1880s. Warner Bros. already had several western series on the air at the time, having launched Cheyenne with Clint Walker as early as 1955. The studio continued the trend in 1957 with the additions of Maverick with James Garner and Jack Kelly, Colt .45 with Wayde Preston, and Sugarfoot with Will Hutchins. One year later, Warner Bros. added Lawman and Bronco with Ty Hardin. Prior to the beginning of production, Russell and Brown and producer Jules Schermer made a pact to maintain the quality of the series so that it would not be seen as "just another western." At the start of season two, Russell and Brown were joined by Peggie Castle as Lily Merrill, the owner of the Birdcage Saloon, and a love interest for Dan.
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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: The Deputy
Oct 05, 1958
In this pilot episode, Dan Troop takes over in Laramie after the previous marshal is killed. His first job is to bring in the marshal's killer, a...
Episode 2: The Prisoner
Oct 12, 1958
In a tribute to High Noon, a man comes into town, looking for a fight. When he kills a man, he is arrested. Johnny gets lessons from Dan on how to h...
Episode 3: The Joker
Oct 19, 1958
Dan and Johnny try to capture a prisoner, who tells Johnny that he is his father. Dan is shocked when Johnny turns in his badge, saying he has bad bl...
Episode 4: The Oath
Oct 26, 1958
While Dan and Johnny are taking a killer to be hanged and a doctor to prison to serve a term, they come upon a stranded stagecoach with various passen...
Episode 5: The Outcast
Nov 02, 1958
Bob Ford, who shot Jesse James in the back, comes to Laramie, where Dan and Johnny must protect him from mob mentality in some who feel Jesse James wa...
Episode 6: The Jury
Nov 09, 1958
A new saloon is opened in Laramie by Kate Wilson, who has had several scrapes with the law, but is always acquitted by the all-male jurors due to seri...
Episode 7: Wanted
Nov 16, 1958
Fallon, a ruthless bounty hunter, brings in a body of a wanted man and collects the reward from Dan, who knew him elsewhere and doesn't like him....
Episode 8: The Badge
Nov 23, 1958
Johnny puts his badge on the line when he bets Dan that his life long friend, Bill Anderson, is a good guy - and the only one in his family. Bill has...
Episode 9: Bloodline
Nov 30, 1958
Luke Saint is a old codger who has a fast draw for a son named Matt. Matt has a reputation, which Luke likes to feed. On the way into Laramie, Matt ...
Episode 10: The Intruders
Dec 07, 1958
A Chinese girl is the only one willing to testify after her husband is killed by a couple of men extorting money from the Chinese mine workers outside...
Episode 11: Short Straw
Dec 14, 1958
Upset that Dan refuses to recind a 10 p.m. curfew he's put on all the saloons in town, the three saloon owners draw straws to see who gets the ...
Episode 12: Lady in Question
Dec 21, 1958
When Johnny McKay's old sweetheart comes to town, she is followed by her lover who goads Johnny into a gunfight. Johnny kills him, but the man...
Episode 13: The Master
Dec 28, 1958
Dan's pleased to hear his old mentor is in town, but he and Johnny are disappointed to find out he's there to help the Cattleman's Asso...
Episode 14: The Outsider
Jan 04, 1959
Rene LeBeau is a half-breed Indian woman who lives on a ranch with her Sioux mother after her father dies, and the cattlemen in the area are trying to...
Episode 15: The Captives
Jan 11, 1959
Jack McCall, who murdered Wild Bill Hickok, ends up in Laramie, holed up in Johnny's ailing 'Uncle' Jess' cabin. When Johnny show...
Episode 16: The Encounter
Jan 18, 1959
While going to arrest two men for murder, Dan is mauled by a bear. A woman saves him and takes him to her cabin, but he doesn't know she's ...
Episode 17: The Brand Release
Jan 25, 1959
A wounded Ben Greene is accused of stealing cattle. He insists that he bought them legally, and his brand release is at his cabin. The men who accus...
Episode 18: The Runaway
Feb 01, 1959
Ben Steed is a soldier who wants to be a writer. His father, an army colonel, wants him to stay in the army. The son leaves, but not with the intent...
Episode 19: Warpath
Feb 08, 1959
The buffalo hunters, led by Tom Cardigan, are persecuting little Billy Bright in the saloon because he used to be married to a Shoshone Indian. The S...
Episode 20: The Gunman
Feb 15, 1959
Reformed gunfighter Kurt Monroe comes into Laramie to meet his fiancee, Lucy, on the stage. But when the stage comes in without her, his resolve to s...
Episode 21: The Big Hat
Feb 22, 1959
Big Hat Anderson and Lily Keats are married, and Frank Tate, the newspaper editor, is given the grooms 'big hat' to wear. As he leaves the ...
Episode 22: The Chef
Mar 01, 1959
Hans is a chef wanting to open up his own restaurant, but the Youngs keep him bound to a contract they have with him. Dan helps him get out of it in ...
Episode 23: The Posse
Mar 08, 1959
A posse is formed to find a suspected murderer, and a gunslinger is included in the posse. The other citizens object, but he turns out to be the only...
Episode 24: The Visitor
Mar 15, 1959
Jamie was left with the Welches to raise after his father, Jack Rollins, went to prison. Jack is out, and back to reclaim his son.
Episode 25: Battle Scar
Mar 22, 1959
A military man has a breakdown and finally reveals the truth about a war battle: he let people believe he had been a hero, when instead he was court-m...
Episode 26: The Gang
Mar 29, 1959
The Hayes gang is riding into Laramie, and one of the riders, Clay, is coming in to warn Dan. In a rare show of Dan's background, we learn Clay ...
Episode 27: The Souvenir
Apr 05, 1959
When Dan and Johnny both draw and fire on an escaped convicted killer's brother, Dan takes the credit for it in order to protect Johnny and draw ...
Episode 28: The Young Toughs
Apr 12, 1959
Three young toughs cause trouble for Johnny while he's left in charge while Dan goes out of town. Finally, he's forced into a shoot out wit...
Episode 29: Riding Shotgun
Apr 19, 1959
Larry DeLong is a reformed criminal who is now employed as a shotgun rider on the stageline. When his former gang robs the stage on which he's r...
Episode 30: The Journey
Apr 26, 1959
Dan starts on a journey in response to a telegram asking for his help in another town. When he gets there, no one seems to know anything about why he...
Episode 31: The Huntress
May 03, 1959
When stage robbers kill Loma Williams' brother, she becomes a one-woman vigilante force. After one of the men tells her where she can find the o...
Episode 32: The Return
May 10, 1959
Dan helps a man released from prison to make the right decision between the girl that he loves and going back to his old gang.
Episode 33: The Senator
May 17, 1959
Dan and Johnny must stop an assassination attempt on the Senator, who is supposed to stop in Laramie on the midnight train.
Episode 34: The Ring
May 24, 1959
Dan sets a trap for a murderer after a young woman is found killed in Laramie.
Episode 35: The Bandits
May 31, 1959
After Ches Ryan's pay is docked, he retaliates by robbing the payroll. As he escapes, he passes through a town plagued with an illness. He come...
Episode 36: The Wayfarer
Jun 07, 1959
Doc Holliday is in Laramie, and Dan would like to see him go. He is hanging around, however, for a woman due on the stagecoach, and he won't go ...
Episode 37: The Conclave
Jun 14, 1959
One member of a gang planning to rob a stage gets drunk while in Laramie and subsequently is jailed. He offers to tell Dan the scheme for some whiske...
Episode 38: Red Ransom
Jun 21, 1959
After Sioux Chief Red Horse's son is murdered, he holds Johnny hostage and tells Dan he will kill Johnny in the morning unless Dan can find the k...
Episode 39: The Friend
Jun 28, 1959
While Dan is gone (again), Johnny runs across an old friend in town, not knowing he has joined a gang planning on robbing the bank of Laramie. When h...
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