Lawman Episode Guide

1 :01x01 - The Deputy

First aired: Oct/05/1958
Director: Montgomery Pittman
Guest star: Rankin Mansfield (Carl Shoemaker), Lee Van Cleef (Walt Hawks), Stanley Farrar (Judge Patterson), Jack Elam (Flynn Hawks), Lane Chandler (Tom Pike), Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp), Edward Byrnes (Lacy Hawks)

*** Dan Troop arrives in Laramie to take up his new duties as Marshal and is challenged at once by the three Hawks brothers, a family of bullies responsible for the death of the town's former Marshal.

2 :01x02 - The Prisoner

First aired: Oct/12/1958
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: John Doucette (Dick Sellers), Robert Williams (Cade Colin), Jon Lormer (Harry Tate), Harry Cheshire (Judge Trager of Laramie), Lane Chandler (Tom Pike), Phil Tully (Jode), William Henry (Doug Sutherland), K. L. Smith (Hank)

Dick Sellers, a bully forces inexperienced young men and old timers to draw on him then guns them down. Troop insists Sellers stand trial but the city council shies away from such action.

3 :01x03 - The Joker

First aired: Oct/19/1958
Writer: Finlay McDermid
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Emile Meyer (Sheriff Giles of Larkspur), Jon Lormer (Harry Tate), Dub Taylor (Larry), Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp), I. Stanford Jolley (Gil Breck), Jeff York (Barney Tremain)

A thief and murderer rides into Laramie and leads Johnny into believing he's his father.

4 :01x04 - The Oath

First aired: Oct/26/1958
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Don Kelly (Lou Menke), Barbara Stuart (Lola Bordeaux), Stephen Courtleigh (Doc Walter Brewer), Betty Lynn (Edna Phillips), Whit Bissell (Thornton Eggles), John Cliff (Hurley)

While transporting two prisoners, Dan and Johnny encounter a stage coach needing repairs. One prisoner tries to escape while the other prevents him.

5 :01x05 - The Outcast

First aired: Nov/02/1958
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Stuart Randall (Stan Jackson), Harry Harvey, Jr. (Willy Davis), Tony Romano (Guitar player), Emory Parnell (Hank), Dick Foran (Ed Kelly), Martin Landau (Bob Ford), James Lydon (Nat Davis)

Bob Ford, the man who murdered Jesse James comes to Laramie and an angry mob gathers. Dan wants to get Ford on a train and out of town before the situation boils over into a lynching party.

6 :01x06 - The Jury

First aired: Nov/09/1958
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Richard L. Bare
Guest star: Anthony George (Larry Bennett), Don Beddoe (Jim Tyler), Tom Jackson (The Warden), Jean Willes (Kate Wilson), Jon Lormer (Harry Tate), Harry Cheshire (Judge Trager of Laramie), John Reach (Carter Knox)

A female saloonkeeper with a long list of crimes is brought to justice when an old boyfriend serving time agrees to testify against her.

7 :01x07 - Wanted

First aired: Nov/16/1958
Writer: Finlay McDermid
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Russell Thorson (Wilson), Robert J. Wilke (Fallon), Kelly Thordsen (Garver), I. Stanford Jolley (Gil Breck), Patrick McVey (Red Barrington), Ralph Reed (Roy Barrington), Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp)

A ruthless bounty hunter named Fallon places Johnny is a difficult situation when he comes to Laramie looking for one of Johnny's friends.

8 :01x08 - The Badge

First aired: Nov/23/1958
Writer: Finlay McDermid, Bernard C. Schoenfeld
Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Gary Vinson (Bill Anderson), Wesley Lau (Rick Anderson), Phil Tead (Mr. Seymour), Peter Breck (First Ranchhand), Charles Bateman (Tim Bucknell), Kenneth R. MacDonald (Mr. Matson), Venetia Stevenson (Molly Matson), John Cason (Second Ranchhand), James McCallion (Shorty)

Bill Anderson is a good kid from a bad family. When his brother Rick is released from prison, Bill is tempted to join him in a bank robbery. Johnny bets his badge that Bill will not go bad.

9 :01x09 - Bloodline

First aired: Nov/30/1958
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Will Wright (Luke Saint), Paul Langton (Matt Saint), Emory Parnell (Hank), Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp), Chuck Courtney (Mark Saint), Jon Lormer (Harry Tate)

Matt Saint is a famous Texas fast gun on the run, not from the law but from his son Mark who wants to kill him for deserting his mother.

10 :01x10 - The Intruders

First aired: Dec/07/1958
Writer: David Lang, Edmund Morris
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Howard Negley ([unknown]), Philip Ahn (Wong), David McMaron ([unknown]), Bek Nelson (Dru Lemp), John Hoyt (Thomas Clements), Fred Graham ([unknown]), Lane Bradford (Cody)

A Chinese mineworker is murdered outside Laramie. Troop uncovers an extortion scheme.

11 :01x11 - Short Straw

First aired: Dec/14/1958
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Stuart Heisler

12 :01x12 - Lady in Question

First aired: Dec/21/1958
Writer: David Lang
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Guest star: Mike Connors (Hal Daniels), Dorothy Provine (Julie Preston)

13 :01x13 - The Master

First aired: Dec/28/1958
Director: Anton Leader

14 :01x14 - The Outsider

First aired: Jan/04/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: James Drury (Stan Bates), Edgar Buchanan (Jess Miller)

15 :01x15 - The Captives

First aired: Jan/11/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Stuart Heisler

16 :01x16 - The Encounter

First aired: Jan/18/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Louise Fletcher (Betty Horgan), Donald Buka (Cole Hawkins), Russell Johnson (Wade Horgan)

Troop tracks two murderers, Wade Horgan and Cole Hawkins to a remote cabin where they have holed up with Wade's sister Betty. Troop is injured on the trail by a bear and is tended by Betty. When Troop's identity is discovered by the murderers, a gun battle ensues. Cole, Wade and the innocent Betty all go down in a hail of bullets.

17 :01x17 - The Brand Release

First aired: Jan/25/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler

18 :01x18 - The Runaway

First aired: Feb/01/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Stuart Heisler

19 :01x19 - Warpath

First aired: Feb/08/1959
Writer: Dean Riesner
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Ted Jacques (Lew Bush), Iron Eyes Cody (Scarfaced Brave), William Fawcett (Billy "Squaw Man" Bright), Lew Gallo (Weed), Eugene Iglesias (Blanket), Howard Caine (Newt Whittaker), Michael Forest (Chief Little Wolf), Murvyn Vye (Tom Cardigan)

*** Buffalo hunters provoke a confrontation with the Shoshones after hunting on treaty lands.

20 :01x20 - The Gunman

First aired: Feb/15/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Stuart Heisler

Recently released from prison, gunfighter Kurt Monroe has a woman he loves and is determined to go straight and he tells Marshal Troop he wants no trouble. He's in Laramie to meet the stage carrying Lucy, his financee. When he bides his time at the Blue Bonnet, he doesn't drink any whiskey but he has to deal with some admiring "fans" who want nothing more than to see him get in a shoot-out.

21 :01x21 - The Big Hat

First aired: Feb/22/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Barbara Lang (Julie Tate), Robert Williams (Big Hat Anderson), Richard Reeves (Marty Brattle), James Parnell (Miner), Jay Novello (Frank Slater), Jon Lormer (Harry Tate), Rita Lynn (Lily Keats)

Harry Tate, the editor of the Laramie Free Press is shot and killed when he dons the hat of another man.

22 :01x22 - The Chef

First aired: Mar/01/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: John Doucette (Ira Young), Byron Foulger (Harry Dorn), Sig Ruman (Hans Steinmayer), Lee Patrick (Mary Young), Charles Meredith (Territorial Governor), Jean Harvey (Governor's Wife), Harry Cheshire (Judge Trager of Laramie)

A wealthy cattleman and a Laramie restaurateur both lay claim to an immigrant European chef.

23 :01x23 - The Posse

First aired: Mar/08/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Pernell Roberts (Unknown), Jean Allison (Beth), Michael MacReady (Hunter)

Marshal Troop single-handedly tries to hold off a posse bent on lynching an innocent man.

24 :01x24 - The Visitor

First aired: Mar/15/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Charles Cooper (Jack Rollins), Vivi Janiss (Mrs. Welch), Stephen Talbot (Jamie), Ned Wever (Mr. Welch), Roscoe Ates (Old Timer), Doug McClure (Jed Ryan)

A gunslinger arrives in Laramie to take his young son from an elderly couple who have acted as the boy's unofficial guardians.

25 :01x25 - Battle Scar

First aired: Mar/22/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler

26 :01x26 - The Gang

First aired: Mar/29/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler

27 :01x27 - The Souvenir

First aired: Apr/05/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Robert Fuller (Davey Carey), Don Kelly (Virgil Carey), Harry Cheshire (Judge Trager of Laramie), Lane Chandler (Tom Pike), Emory Parnell (Hank), Ken Christy (Carl Shoemaker), Tom Palmer (Doc Stewart), Brent King (Boone Carey), Jan Harrison (Nan Brooks), Jeanette Nolan (Ma Carey), Barbara Lang (Julie Tate)

*** Troop lures a killer out of hiding by spreading a tale around town that he killed the man's brother.

28 :01x28 - The Young Toughs

First aired: Apr/12/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Emory Parnell (Hank), Morris Ankrum (Ike Smith), Eric Morris (Joey Young), Van Williams (Zachary Morgan), Barbara Lang (Julie Tate), Sig Ruman (Hans Steinmayer), Tom Gilson (Hoak Barnes)

Dan leaves the town in Johnny's hands with the advice to back down from trouble when he can. Three young toughs cause trouble and Johnny's forced into a shoot out with them. When Johnny admits he didn't follow Troop's advice, the Marshal says he made the right choice -- "for a man."

29 :01x29 - Riding Shotgun

First aired: Apr/19/1959
Director: Alan Crosland, Jr.
Guest star: Ron Soble (Jake), Roy Barcroft (Feeney), Terry Rangno (Tommy), Paul Fix (Pop Marraday), George Barrows (Ott), Lane Chandler (Tom Pike), Jack Lomas (Jess Brubaker), Allen Case (Larry DeLong)

A reformed criminal's efforts to lead a decent life are threatened by his old gang.

30 :01x30 - The Journey

First aired: Apr/26/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Nesdon Booth (Mr. Kenyon), Robert J. Wilke (Marshal Tom Haddon), Harry Millard (Phillip Bentham), J. Pat O'Malley (Owen Muldoon), Willis Bouchey (Jabez Bentham)

Troop travels to Socorro, New Mexico to give alibi evidence for a man who might be hanged. Dan discovers clues that lead to a corrupt rancher trying to protect his no-good son.

31 :01x31 - The Huntress

First aired: May/03/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Mickey Simpson (Bill Crowthers), Olive Sturgess (Wanda), Harry Swoger (Blum), Dub Taylor (Barman), John Pickard (Jim Pierce), Byron Keith (Frank Pierce), Andra Martin (Loma Williams), Harry Tyler (Jake Smith), John Clarke (Cowboy)

Loma Williams seeks revenge on the stage robbers who killed her brother; she kills one of the men just after he tells her where to find his brother - Laramie. Troop wants to apprehend the second man before Loma exacts her vigilante justice in his town.

32 :01x32 - The Return

First aired: May/10/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Frank Albertson (Clint Porter), Harry Landers (Wes Blaine), Nan Peterson (Nancy Porter), Burt Douglas (Ben Adams), Joan Granville (Rose Gentry), Lane Bradford (Roy Blaine), Emory Parnell (Hank), Tom Fadden (Cartwright), Don Wilbanks (Ryan)

Ben Adams, an excon, has to choose between leading a reformed life or running off with his old gang.

33 :01x33 - The Senator

First aired: May/17/1959
Director: Stuart Heisler
Guest star: Emory Parnell (Hank), Paul Keast (Senator Wellborn), Cecil Elliott (Mrs. Ashbourne), Jack Elam (Spence), Walter Baldwin (Telegraph Clerk), Dan Sheridan (Clegg Willis), Grandon Rhodes (Fergus), Don 'Red' Barry (Shorty), Ted de Corsia (Barrett)

Dan and Johnny must foil an assassination plot against a senator due to stop in Laramie on the midnight train.

34 :01x34 - The Ring

First aired: May/24/1959
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Richard Long (Zachary), Tom Palmer (Doc Stewart), Ruth Warren (Angie Spender), Hillary Brooke (Claire Adams), Roscoe Ates (Ike Jenkins)

When a young woman is found murdered, Dan sets a trap for the killer.

35 :01x35 - The Bandit

First aired: May/31/1959
Writer: Oliver Crawford
Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Lurene Tuttle (Matt's wife), Don Beddoe (Doctor Morros), Skip Homeier (Ches Ryan), Anne Anderson (Jenny Gibbons), Jimmy Baird (Bobby Gibbons)

Ches Ryan robbed the mine payroll in retaliation for his pay being docked. In the course of his getaway, he comes across a town with a fever epidemic. A young woman and her kid brother have both taken ill and have no one to take care of them. Ryan stays despite knowing he's likely to get caught. When Dan catches up to him, they both tend the pair until Dan also gets the fever. Despite the new opportunity to get away, Ryan tends Dan as well. He then returns the money and tells the young woman he'll be back.

36 :01x36 - The Wayfarer

First aired: Jun/07/1959
Director: Lee Sholem
Guest star: Adam West (Doc Holliday), Tom Palmer (Doc Stewart), Emory Parnell (Hank), Jeff York (Sam Cates)

Dan would like Doc Holliday to leave Laramie before some vengeful bad guys call him out. But Doc is waiting for a stage bringing a lady.

37 :01x37 - The Conclave

First aired: Jun/14/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Mark Sandrich, Jr.
Guest star: Donald Elson (Mr. Oliver), Denver Pyle (Glen Folsom), Lee Van Cleef (Ned Scott), Lawrence Dobkin (Buck Walsh), Carl Milletaire (Ramirez), Emory Parnell (Hank)

Marshal Troop is able to thwart a stage robbery when one of the gang is arrested and spills the beans in exchange for some whiskey.

38 :01x38 - Red Ransom

First aired: Jun/21/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Grace Raynor (White Cloud), Francis McDonald (Red Horse), George D. Wallace (Nat Gruber), Walter Burke (Whiskey Jimmie)

When Sioux Chief Red Horse's son Running Deer is murdered, he holds Johnny hostage and gives Dan until the next morning to find the killer. Running Deer's betrothed White Cloud knows the killer.

39 :01x39 - The Friend

First aired: Jun/28/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Mark Sandrich, Jr.
Guest star: Roscoe Ates (Ike Jenkins), Nestor Paiva (Jack Gorman), Brad Von Beltz (Harry), Paul Lukather (Mack), Robert Fuller (Buck Harmon), Emory Parnell (Hank), Robert F. Simon (Mr. Harmon)

After a five year absence, Johnny's boyhood pal Buck Harmon reappears in Laramie to scout the town for the bank robbing Gorman Gang. But he sides with Deputy McKay to fight the gang and loses his life in a shoot out.

40 :02x01 - Lily

First aired: Oct/04/1959
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Guest star: Peggie Castle (Lily Merrill)

41 :02x02 - The Hunch

First aired: Oct/11/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Strother Martin (Jack Foley), Peggie Castle (Lily Merrill), Kim Charney (Peter Judson)

An alcoholic appears to have committed a robbery but Troop has a hunch something isn't right.

42 :02x03 - Shackled

First aired: Oct/18/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Leslie H. Martinson

43 :02x04 - The Exchange

First aired: Oct/25/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Peggie Castle (Lily Merrill)

44 :02x05 - The Last Man

First aired: Nov/01/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Robert Sparr

45 :02x06 - The Breakup

First aired: Nov/08/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Paul Guilfoyle

46 :02x07 - Shadow Witness

First aired: Nov/15/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Everett Sloane

47 :02x08 - The Prodigal

First aired: Nov/22/1959
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Paul Stewart

48 :02x09 - The Press

First aired: Nov/29/1959
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr

49 :02x10 - 9:05 to North Platte

First aired: Dec/06/1959
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Robert Sparr

50 :02x11 - The Hoax

First aired: Dec/20/1959
Writer: Dean Riesner
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Tom Palmer (Doc Stewart), Nolan Leary (Rev. Aaronson), Maudie Prickett (Laura Tate)

When the Laramie church goes up in flames, two con-men show up posing as clergymen and fund-raisers.

51 :02x12 - The Shelter

First aired: Dec/27/1959
Writer: Edmund Morris
Director: Paul Guilfoyle
Guest star: Anna Navarro (Tucupita), Chris Alcaide (Ben Moray), John Alderson (Jack Brace)

Dan and Johnny are transporting a prisoner when a rainstorm and nightfall force them to seek shelter in Jack Brace's cabin. Tucupita, the Indian woman Brace keeps as a virtual slave warns Dan that Brace robs and kills travelers.

52 :02x13 - Last Stop

First aired: Jan/03/1960
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Robert Sparr

53 :02x14 - The Showdown

First aired: Jan/10/1960
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: James Coburn (Blake Carr)

54 :02x15 - The Stranger

First aired: Jan/17/1960
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Roscoe Ates (Ike Jenkins), Ian Wolfe (Jason Smith)

Troop is forced to kill a gun slinger in the Birdcage. He gets a letter shortly thereafter threatening revenge. When the dead man's father comes to town he hears a local blowhard claim his son was just a fun-loving kid gunned down for no good reason by the Marshal. When he points a shotgun at the Marshal, Johnny steps in between them and talks him down.

55 :02x16 - The Wolfer

First aired: Jan/24/1960
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr

Wolf hunter Pike Reese claims to have captured the wolf that's been ravaging livestock in the area but he wants $10,000 or he'll release him. Carl Haydn shoots the wolf in the cage and later turns up dead. Dan has to go after Reese and barely escapes with his life.

56 :02x17 - The Hardcase

First aired: Jan/31/1960
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Tom Palmer (Doc Stewart), Don Drysdale (Roy Grant)

Beth Denning arouses men and causes trouble when she comes to town. When she is found unconscious, Roy Grant is accused of assaulting her. A lynch mob forms which the lawmen are able to keep at bay without violence until Beth regains consciousness and names the real culprit.

57 :02x18 - To Capture the West

First aired: Feb/07/1960
Writer: Clair Huffaker
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Warren Stevens (Frederick Jameson), George Kennedy (Burt)

Artist Frederick Jameson shows himself able to handle the kind of one-on-one confrontations that occur when rustic cowhands are confronted by an educated artist. The murderous gang on his trail is another story.

58 :02x19 - The Ugly Man

First aired: Feb/14/1960
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Ted Knight (The Ugly Man)

Lily is threatened with death by a man identifying himself as The Ugly Man. He claims a prior relationship with Lily and knows intimate details of her life. Dan and Johnny keep a twenty-four hour watch with some comic results.

59 :02x20 - The Kids

First aired: Feb/21/1960
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr

60 :02x21 - The Thimblerigger

First aired: Feb/28/1960
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Gerald Mohr (The Thimblerigger), Doodles Weaver (Jack), DeForest Kelley (Sam White)

A mysterious thimblerigger shows up at the Bird Cage and insists he's going to ruin a man with his game.

61 :02x22 - The Truce

First aired: Mar/06/1960
Writer: Ric Hardman
Director: Robert Sparr

62 :02x23 - Reunion in Laramie

First aired: Mar/13/1960
Writer: William F. Leicester
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: I. Stanford Jolley (Willie), Murvyn Vye (Vint Fell), William Schallert (Reed Smith)

63 :02x24 - Thirty Minutes

First aired: Mar/20/1960
Writer: Richard Matheson
Director: Robert Sparr
Guest star: Clancy Cooper (Timmo McQueen), Jack Elam (Jake Wilson)

Bad guy Jake Wilson kills a man in the Bird Cage who recognizes him as a wanted man. He and Johnny exchange gun fire and both are hit. Lily has no idea if Johnny is alive or dead. Wilson uses Lily and the others to facilitate his release. He forces the Marshall to disarm and intends to kill him on his way out.