Lawman
Lawman

Lawman

1958 4 Seasons 156 Episodes ⭐ 5.8 Western

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.

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.

Seasons & Episodes

EP 1

The Deputy

In this pilot episode, Dan Troop takes over in Laramie after the previous marshal is killed. His first job is to bring i

EP 2

The Prisoner

In a tribute to High Noon, a man comes into town, looking for a fight. When he kills a man, he is arrested. Johnny get

EP 3

The Joker

Dan and Johnny try to capture a prisoner, who tells Johnny that he is his father. Dan is shocked when Johnny turns in h

EP 4

The Oath

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

EP 5

The Outcast

Bob Ford, who shot Jesse James in the back, comes to Laramie, where Dan and Johnny must protect him from mob mentality i

EP 6

The Jury

A new saloon is opened in Laramie by Kate Wilson, who has had several scrapes with the law, but is always acquitted by t

EP 7

Wanted

Fallon, a ruthless bounty hunter, brings in a body of a wanted man and collects the reward from Dan, who knew him elsewh

EP 8

The Badge

Johnny puts his badge on the line when he bets Dan that his life long friend, Bill Anderson, is a good guy - and the onl

EP 9

Bloodline

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.

EP 10

The Intruders

A Chinese girl is the only one willing to testify after her husband is killed by a couple of men extorting money from th

EP 11

Short Straw

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 stra

EP 12

Lady in Question

When Johnny McKay's old sweetheart comes to town, she is followed by her lover who goads Johnny into a gunfight. Johnny

EP 13

The Master

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 C

EP 14

The Outsider

Rene LeBeau is a half-breed Indian woman who lives on a ranch with her Sioux mother after her father dies, and the cattl

EP 15

The Captives

Jack McCall, who murdered Wild Bill Hickok, ends up in Laramie, holed up in Johnny's ailing 'Uncle' Jess' cabin. When J

EP 16

The Encounter

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

EP 17

The Brand Release

A wounded Ben Greene is accused of stealing cattle. He insists that he bought them legally, and his brand release is at

EP 18

The Runaway

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 l

EP 19

Warpath

The buffalo hunters, led by Tom Cardigan, are persecuting little Billy Bright in the saloon because he used to be marri

EP 20

The Gunman

Reformed gunfighter Kurt Monroe comes into Laramie to meet his fiancee, Lucy, on the stage. But when the stage comes in

EP 21

The Big Hat

Big Hat Anderson and Lily Keats are married, and Frank Tate, the newspaper editor, is given the grooms 'big hat' to wear

EP 22

The Chef

Hans is a chef wanting to open up his own restaurant, but the Youngs keep him bound to a contract they have with him. D

EP 23

The Posse

A posse is formed to find a suspected murderer, and a gunslinger is included in the posse. The other citizens object, b

EP 24

The Visitor

Jamie was left with the Welches to raise after his father, Jack Rollins, went to prison. Jack is out, and back to recla

EP 25

Battle Scar

A military man has a breakdown and finally reveals the truth about a war battle: he let people believe he had been a her

EP 26

The Gang

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 b

EP 27

The Souvenir

When Dan and Johnny both draw and fire on an escaped convicted killer's brother, Dan takes the credit for it in order to

EP 28

The Young Toughs

Three young toughs cause trouble for Johnny while he's left in charge while Dan goes out of town. Finally, he's forced

EP 29

Riding Shotgun

Larry DeLong is a reformed criminal who is now employed as a shotgun rider on the stageline. When his former gang robs

EP 30

The Journey

Dan starts on a journey in response to a telegram asking for his help in another town. When he gets there, no one seems

EP 31

The Huntress

When stage robbers kill Loma Williams' brother, she becomes a one-woman vigilante force. After one of the men tells her

EP 32

The Return

Dan helps a man released from prison to make the right decision between the girl that he loves and going back to his old

EP 33

The Senator

Dan and Johnny must stop an assassination attempt on the Senator, who is supposed to stop in Laramie on the midnight tra

EP 34

The Ring

Dan sets a trap for a murderer after a young woman is found killed in Laramie.

EP 35

The Bandits

After Ches Ryan's pay is docked, he retaliates by robbing the payroll. As he escapes, he passes through a town plagued

EP 36

The Wayfarer

Doc Holliday is in Laramie, and Dan would like to see him go. He is hanging around, however, for a woman due on the sta

EP 37

The Conclave

One member of a gang planning to rob a stage gets drunk while in Laramie and subsequently is jailed. He offers to tell

EP 38

Red Ransom

After Sioux Chief Red Horse's son is murdered, he holds Johnny hostage and tells Dan he will kill Johnny in the morning

EP 39

The Friend

While Dan is gone (again), Johnny runs across an old friend in town, not knowing he has joined a gang planning on robbin

EP 1

Lily

Lily Merrill opens the Bird Cage Saloon after being thrown out of Billings, Montana by the sheriff. Dan hears she was i

EP 2

The Hunch

An alcoholic is identified by the man he supposedly robbed the night before, and can't deny it because he was drunk. Ev

EP 3

Shackled

While guarding a prison wagon, Johnny is attacked by a prisoner after the wagon is set upon and overturned. He shackles

EP 4

The Exchange

When Lily's estranged ex-con husband, Frank, comes to town she avoids telling Dan who the man is. Dan's suspicious of h

EP 5

The Last Man

When an army officer comes to Laramie to try to establish an unfair treaty with the Indians, a white man who has been as

EP 6

The Breakup

Once again Johnny resigns, after being forced to kill an old friend. Dan hires another deputy, but he's no Johnny McKay

EP 7

Shadow Witness

When Beth, a girl who works in the Bird Cage, is murdered, the killer is seen by Oren, an old man with very thick glasse

EP 8

The Prodigal

Dan and Johnny help Timmo's estranged son to overcome years of bad association and feelings of neglect.

EP 9

The Press

Lal Hoard gets out of prison and heads for Laramie. Dan had put him away, and he swore revenge. Now, Lily and Johnny a

EP 10

9:05 to North Platte

Pa Jutes and his sons hold Lily Merrill and a young newsboy hostage in the marshall's office until the 9:05 train to Nor

EP 11

The Hoax

Two grifters come to town claiming to be there to raise money to rebuild the church in Laramie after it burns down. In

EP 12

The Shelter

A nightime rainstorm forces Dan and Johnny, who are escorting a prisoner, to seek shelter in a cabin. It is lived in by

EP 13

Last Stop

Bill Jennings and his fiancee', Amie, are about to be married. But then Bill's stepson, Gabe, shows up, full of anger a

EP 14

The Showdown

A gunman shows up wanting vengeance against Lance Creedy, a gunfighter who changed for the better when he married his wi

EP 15

The Stranger

An older man comes to town to avenge his son's killing by Dan Troop. Although Dan was doing his duty, the father hears

EP 16

The Wolfer

Pike Reese, a wolfer, tells everyone he's caught a wolf who has been stalking and ravaging the area's livestock. He the

EP 17

The Hardcase

Beth Denning, a somewhat wild girl, seems to stir up trouble wherever she goes. Raised by a lazy father in a filthy cab

EP 18

To Capture the West

Artist Frederick Jameson comes to town. Lily impresses him and he offers to paint her portrait. Meanwhile, a murderous

EP 19

The Ugly Man

Lily is threatened in an alley at night by a man calling himself ""the ugly man"". He seems to know all about her and a

EP 20

The Kids

Three kids ride into town, take a shot at Dan, and ride out. He and Johnny pursue them, catch them, and bring them in,

EP 21

The Thimblerigger

A strange man, who is a thimblerigger, shows up at the Bird Cage Saloon one night and promises to ruin a man with his ga

EP 22

The Truce

Dan has to get a prisoner away from the posse that is after him and to safety in jail so the man can apply for a pardon

EP 23

Reunion in Laramie

Pianist Reed Smith drank to forget the war. He's conquered the drinking problem, but not the men who are trying to get

EP 24

Thirty Minutes

In this show, which really is about 30 minutes in the town's life, bad guy (really bad guy) Jake Wilson (Jack Elam) come

EP 25

Left Hand of the Law

A man whose arm has been amputated because of a shootout with Marshall Troop some time back comes back to town, convince

EP 26

Belding's Girl

Meg Belding leaves home at 21, away from her verbally and physically abusive father. Lily gives her a job at the Bird C

EP 27

Girl from Grantsville

In this angsty, nearly depressing episode, Johnny falls in love with a young girl in town, Jenny Miles. Dan and Lily ha

EP 28

The Surface of Truth

A ruthless trapper is just as brutal with his Indian wife, whom he kills in a rage. When her tribe finds out, they want

EP 29

Salvation of Owny O'Reilly

Joel Grey makes his first of 3 appearances in this series as Owny O'Reilly. In this show, as a young tough, he gets int

EP 30

The Lady Belle

Lady Belle Smythe comes to town to case the bank for her gang to rob. The menfolk in town are taken with her, but she i

EP 31

The Payment

Ron Fallon, a former gunman with a useless hand, comes to town wanting to help out the woman he loves, Judith Manning.

EP 32

The Judge

Dan and Johnny take a posse and go after a murderous thief who is called 'The Actor'. When a posse member is shot, John

EP 33

Man on a Wire

The 'Black Hand' was a secret criminal society, esp. of Italians, organized for blackmail and deeds of violence during t

EP 34

The Parting

A wanted man wants to turn himself in to Dan Troop, but wants the reward money given to Jennie, the woman he loves, so s

EP 35

The Swamper

An alcoholic, Jim Phelan,is a swamper who is offered a bribe to help make a bank robbery possible. He wants to, but wit

EP 36

Man on a Mountain

A deputy who wants to make a name for himself is trying to find an old friend of Dan's, accusing him of a crime that he

EP 37

Fast Trip to Cheyenne

Dan races against the clock to bring evidence to save an innocent man from being hanged in Cheyenne. Someone is obviou

EP 1

The Town Boys

Johnny goes against everyone else's better judgement when he takes personal responsibility for 4 boys who have been arre

EP 2

The Go-Between

Lily and Johnny are both kidnapped and held by a gang of blackmailing killers. They send a concussed, blindfolded Johnn

EP 3

The Mad Bunch

EP 4

The Old War Horse

Bess Harper was Lily's mentor as a young girl, the woman who gave her her first job. Now she is an old alcoholic, in to

EP 5

Return of Owny O'Reilly

Owny catches a wanted man by snagging him on his fishing line. He takes the body back to town to claim the reward, and

EP 6

Yawkey

Yawkey, who has killed 27 men and has the reputation of being the fastest gun alive, shows up at the Bird Cage and sends

EP 7

Dilemma

Troop (John Russell) tries to determine the identity of a terrified saloon sweeper being pursued by outlaws. Burbage: To

EP 8

The Post

Rafe Curry is wanted in Concordia, New Mexico for murder. Troop is returning him, it's his duty. On the way, he is hampe

EP 9

Chantay

Chantay is a young Indian girl who runs away from the Indian school because her teacher makes her 'do bad things'. She

EP 10

Samson the Great

A boxing promoter arrives in Laramie with ""Samson the Great,"" a champion prizefighter. A number of local men pay for a

EP 11

The Second Son

When Al May comes home with a bag of stolen payroll money and being pursued by a posse, his younger half brother, Charli

EP 12

The Catcher

Troop (John Russell) goes after a murder suspect, unaware that the real killer is riding with the posse. Catcher: Med Fl

EP 13

Cornered

Johnny kills a notorious gunman only because the killer's gun misfires. Although the town wants to make him a hero, he

EP 14

Escape of Joe Kilmer

A woman turns in her outlaw husband she says "for the reward." When Troop finds out the real reason, it may be too late

EP 15

Old Stefano

Tracy McNeil is a supposed businessman who is showing an inordinate interest in Lily Merrill. Johnny teases Dan about i

EP 16

The Robbery

On the trail of a murderer, Troop (John Russell) is stymied by the stubborn arrogance of an Army lieutenant. Davidson: R

EP 17

Firehouse Lil

In this lighter episode Jake, in charge of fire co. #2 and Oren, in charge of fire co. #1, crash into each other and sta

EP 18

The Frame-Up

Troop comes under fire when new evidence shows he sent an innocent man to the gallows. John Russell. Jessica: Randy Stua

EP 19

Marked Man

Troop is reunited with his friend Tod Larson (Andrew Duggan), unaware of a grim irony at work: Larson has been hired to

EP 20

The Squatters

Before he died, a Wyoming cattleman gave Ad Prentice a tract of land to start a ranch. Prentice's hired hand, Bent Carr,

EP 21

Homecoming

Troop (John Russell) goes after an escaped murderer who has sworn to kill him. Walker: Marc Lawrence. McKay: Peter Brown

EP 22

Hassayampa

Hassayampa Edwards is a temperance leader who tries to get the saloons in Laramie closed. When one burns down, Dan forc

EP 23

The Promoter

Troop and Lily form a business partnership to frustrate a dapper crook bent on seizing control of Laramie by buying all

EP 24

Detweiler's Kid

Elfreida Detweiler has been raised by her father, a hardnosed, hateful, spiteful old German immigrant who resents her be

EP 25

The Inheritance

EP 26

Blue Boss and Willie Shay

EP 27

Man from New York

A New York policeman arrives in Laramie determined to mete out justice for a crime committed years before by a now respe

EP 28

Mark of Cain

Chad Kennedy, acquitted of murdering his brother, returns to Laramie from exile after 3 years. Visiting his ill father,

EP 29

Fugitive

A man's skipping town makes it look like he's guilty of a stagecoach robbery. Joey: Michael Davis. Troop: John Russell.

EP 30

The Persecuted

Troop (John Russell) must find another way to deal with a maniacal killer after the man is acquitted in court. Keller: A

EP 31

The Grubstake

The lawmen try to protect a saloon hostess from swindlers. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Stephanie: Heather A

EP 32

Whiphand

Troop (John Russell) steps in when a romantic triangle threatens to erupt in bloodshed. Jed: Med Flory. Cassie: Peggy Mc

EP 33

The Threat

A David and Goliath-type battle ensues as a physically weak man uses psychological warfare to punish his brother's kille

EP 34

The Trial

Embittered Dexter Weston blindly leaps at the chance to even the score with Judge Whitehall (Ray Teal), who sentenced We

EP 35

Blind Hate

Troop (John Russell) tries to avoid bloodshed when an embittered rancher threatens the man courting his daughter. Lucy:

EP 36

The Break-In

To cap a baffling turn of events, a notorious outlaw enters the Laramie jail---and demands to be paid the price on his h

EP 37

Conditional Surrender

Pa Beason has come to Laramie to die. He has led a life of killing and looting,and has never been brought to justice.

EP 38

Cold Fear

Troop (John Russell) steps in when two vengeful gunmen kidnap ex-marshal Brad Turner's new bride. Turner: Frank Overton.

EP 39

The Promise

A condemned murderer (Ken Lynch) gives one last order to a cohort: kill Troop (John Russell)! McKay: Peter Brown. Washbu

EP 1

Trapped

Outlaw leader Hale Connors arrives in Laramie to notify Troop that the stage won't be arriving.

EP 2

The Juror

One member of the Cauley gang is captured and brought to Laramie for trial, because the town where he was caught couldn'

EP 3

The Four

Four men ride into Laramie, all carrying rifles, and station themselves around town. After one of them is shot and kill

EP 4

The Son

Troop's only witness to a brutal murder is a blind youngster---who heard the killer's voice. Cole: Chad Everett. Troop:

EP 5

Owny O'Reilly, Esq.

Millie Cotton, the governor's daughter, has run away from home and landed in Laramie. Desperate for money, she robs Own

EP 6

The Substitute

In another rather light-hearted episode, the school teacher leaves to get married in a fit of what is deemed 'spring fev

EP 7

The Stalker

Alteeka McClintock, a trapper friend of Troop's, comes to town and accidentally kills a man during some horse play at th

EP 8

The Catalog Woman

When one of Laramie's citizens disappears the day after his wedding to a woman he met through a marriage catalog, Dan do

EP 9

The Cold One

An escaped convict blazes a trail of vengeance leading to the woman who betrayed him---his wife. Harris: Michael Pate. B

EP 10

Porphyria's Lover

During a terrible, windy storm, Lily is suddenly terrified by the sight of a book of poetry. She explains that the poem

EP 11

The Appointment

Dan's old friend, Major Jason Leeds, has come to Laramie to offer Johnny an appointment to West Point. Johnny has never

EP 12

The Lords of Darkness

Troop finds himself without allies in the town of Darkness. His mission: arrest the town boss's sons for murder. Troop:

EP 13

Tarot

An amateur fortuneteller tries to conceal his own future from the lawmen: he's planning a robbery. Wyatt: Robert McQueen

EP 14

The Prodigal Mother

Dave and Ella McCallan seek Troop's help when the mother of their foster child returns---after nine years---to take cust

EP 15

By the Book

Troop (John Russell) faces the loss of his badge when a Government inspector objects to his "flexible" method of law enf

EP 16

The Trojan Horse

Armed with a wagonload of nitroglycerin, a Scottish engineer demands the bank's money. Clooney: Kenneth Tobey. Troop: Jo

EP 17

The Locket

When a friend of Lily's comes in on the stagecoach - unconscious and the only one aboard - a worried Lily nurses her, wh

EP 18

Friend of the Family

McKay is stunned to learn that the bank robber he arrested was his father's best friend. Henny: Frank Ferguson. McKay: P

EP 19

The Vintage

Mr. Lazarino is an Italian immigrant who has a wagon full of transported grapevines to plant in his new home, hoping to

EP 20

The Tarnished Badge

Lon Chaney is cast as an ex-lawman who returns to Laramie---wearing a stolen badge---to rob the stage. Troop: John Russe

EP 21

No Contest

McKay's Boston cousin (Richard Rogers) finds the West wilder than he expected. He's mistaken for an outlaw, seduced by a

EP 22

Change of Venue

Troop (John Russell) tries to keep an accused murderer from the lynch mob trying to hang him---and the gang members bent

EP 23

The Hold-Out

Blake Stevens is a well respected businessman. When he doesn't fight back against a vigilante group of thugs determined

EP 24

The Barber

An outlaw gang engineers a bold plot to rob the Laramie bank. McKay: Peter Brown. Troop: John Russell. O'Toole: Pitt Her

EP 25

The Long Gun

EP 26

Clootey Hutter

Clootey is a female gunslinger who lives up in the hills and has just come into Laramie for supplies. In a pouring rain

EP 27

Heritage of Hate

Laurie Kemper (Kathie Browne), who was convicted of killing her husband, returns from prison to face her unforgiving fat

EP 28

Mountain Man

Lex Buckman, a mountain man - huge, dirty, and unshaven - gives the men in Laramie a lot to talk about-and admire- by hi

EP 29

The Bride

A wealthy rancher refuses to believe Troop's warnings that his beautiful fiancee is a swindler. Melanie: Jo Morrow. Troo

EP 30

The Wanted Man

Troop's efforts to reunite an outlaw with his seriously ill pregnant wife are hampered by a treacherous bounty hunter. A

EP 31

Sunday

A lynch mob and a reformed outlaw have their own reasons for wanting to take custody of Troop's prisoner. Boone: Andrew

EP 32

The Youngest

A sinister matriarch brings her brood to Laramie to wreak vengeance on Troop (John Russell) for killing her outlaw husba

EP 33

Cort

A stranger rides into town and collapses. After the doctor's examination, Troop tries to question him, but gets nowhere

EP 34

The Doctor

Troop (John Russell) is forced to rely on a booze-soaked doctor when a plague threatens to engulf Laramie. Evans: Sherwo

EP 35

Man Behind the News

Luther Boardman is the new owner of the Laramie Free Press, and he is in love with the outlaw persona. Feeling the outl

EP 36

Get Out of Town

Troop (John Russell) is helplessly caught in the middle of a steadily escalating battle between bitter enemies Jim Bushr

EP 37

The Actor

Troop tries to save a fading Shakespearean actor from the bottle and a scorned woman's vengeance. Troop: John Russell. H

EP 38

Explosion

The lawmen put their lives on the line to shield an emotionally disturbed youth from a lynch mob. Billings: Gary Vinson.

EP 39

Jailbreak

McKay (Peter Brown) is hoodwinked by a reckless---but naive---young lady determined to spring her sinister fiance from j

EP 40

The Unmasked

Troop (John Russell) stands between two bloodthirsty bounty hunters and their quarry: the man who shot John Wilkes Booth

EP 41

The Witness

Murder suspect Jim Martin (John Agar) is in double jeopardy: if the jury doesn't convict him, the victim's husband will

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