Laramie is an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959 to 1963.[1] A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman, owner of the Sherman Ranch, along with his younger brother Andy, played by Robert L. Crawford, Jr.; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper, an immature, hot-headed drifter who shows up at the Sherman Ranch in the premiere episode; and Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy, who keeps the homestead/stage stop running while Slim and Jess usually alternate starring roles during the show. Actress Spring Byington was later added to the cast.[2]
Episodes edit
| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
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| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 31 | September 15, 1959 | April 19, 1960 | |
| 2 | 33 | September 20, 1960 | June 13, 1961 | |
| 3 | 28 | September 26, 1961 | April 17, 1962 | |
| 4 | 32 | September 25, 1962 | May 21, 1963 | |
Season 1 (1959–60) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 1 | 1 | "Stage Stop" | Herschel Daugherty | Robert Pirosh | September 15, 1959 | |
| 2 | 2 | "Glory Road" | Herschel Daugherty | Kathleen Hite | September 22, 1959 | |
| 3 | 3 | "Circle of Fire" | Virgil W. Vogel | Story by : John C. Champion & John Dunkel Teleplay by : John Dunkel | September 29, 1959 | |
| 4 | 4 | "Fugitive Road" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Daniel B. Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | October 6, 1959 | |
| 5 | 5 | "The Star Trail" | Douglas Hayes | Douglas Hayes | October 13, 1959 | |
| 6 | 6 | "The Lawbreakers" | Lesley Selander | Jay Simms | October 20, 1959 | |
| 7 | 7 | "The Iron Captain" | Robert B. Sinclair | Story by : Robert Pirosh Teleplay by : E. Jack Neuman | October 27, 1959 | |
| 8 | 8 | "General Delivery" | Richard H. Bartlett | Frank L. Moss | November 3, 1959 | |
| 9 | 9 | "The Run to Tumavaca" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John Falvo & Paul Savage Teleplay by : Paul Savage | November 10, 1959 | |
| 10 | 10 | "The General Must Die" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : John Dunkel | November 17, 1959 | |
| 11 | 11 | "Dark Verdict" | Herschel Daugherty | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | November 24, 1959 | |
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John MacLane (L. Q. Jones) is falsely accused of murdering a doctor. MacLane, who is a friend of Jess Harper's, is apprehended by a lynch mob led by James Hedrick (Warren Stevens). Hedrick is the son of eccentric Judge Matthew Hedrick (Thomas Mitchell), who stacks the trial against MacLane, who is quickly convicted and hanged. Judge Hedrick then serves as defense attorney for the lynch mob in a collective trial before the circuit judge. The mob is released on grounds that the homicide was without criminal intent, leniency is recommended by the jury, and the suspects must be retried under individual indictments, a technicality that outrages Jess Harper. Slim Sherman, who had tried to defend MacLane at the trial, cautions Jess against precipitous action, and the two come to temporary blows. Jess and Slim find that Hedrick, grieved by his own corruption, has committed suicide. Walter Coy plays the prosecutor, and Harry Dean Stanton portrays Vern Cowan, the doctor's real killer. | ||||||
| 12 | 12 | "Man of God" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite | December 1, 1959 | |
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Father Elliott (James Gregory) hires Charlie Root (Bill Williams), to guide him to meet with the Sioux Chief Sitting Bull to foster a peace treaty on the lawless Wyoming frontier of the early 1870s. Series character Jess Harper fears for Father Elliott's safety when he learns that Charlie Root is wanted for murder and sets forth in pursuit of both men. Douglas Kennedy appears in this episode as a gunrunner and Tyler MacDuff as an Army lieutenant. | ||||||
| 13 | 13 | "Bare Knuckles" | Earl Bellamy | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | December 8, 1959 | |
| 14 | 14 | "The Lonesome Gun" | Alvin Ganzer | Story by : Daniel B. Ullman Teleplay by : Arthur Browne Jr. | December 15, 1959 | |
| 15 | 15 | "Night of the Quiet Man" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | December 22, 1959 | |
| 16 | 16 | "The Pass" | Lesley Selander | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | December 29, 1959 | |
| 17 | 17 | "Trail Drive" | Paul Landres | John C. Champion & Samuel A. Peeples | January 12, 1960 | |
| 18 | 18 | "Day of Vengeance" | Francis D. Lyon | Edward J. Lakso | January 19, 1960 | |
| 19 | 19 | "The Legend of Lily" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite | January 26, 1960 | |
| 20 | 20 | "Death Wind" | Francis D. Lyon | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | February 2, 1960 | |
| 21 | 21 | "Company Man" | Don McDougall | Story by : Warren Douglas Teleplay by : Warren Douglas & Daniel B. Ullman | February 9, 1960 | |
| 22 | 22 | "Rope of Steel" | Thomas Carr | Story by : Rod Peterson & Daniel B. Ullman Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | February 16, 1960 | |
| 23 | 23 | "Duel at Alta Mesa" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Jerry Adelman & Jay Simms Teleplay by : Jerry Adelman | February 23, 1960 | |
| 24 | 24 | "Street of Hate" | Herman Hoffman | Story by : Daniel B. Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | March 1, 1960 | |
| 25 | 25 | "Ride or Die" | Lesley Selander | Milton Geiger | March 8, 1960 | |
| 26 | 26 | "Hour After Dawn" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : John Dunkel & Daniel B. Ullman Teleplay by : John Dunkel | March 15, 1960 | |
| 27 | 27 | "The Protectors" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Oliver Drake & Al Martin Teleplay by : Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | March 22, 1960 | |
| 28 | 28 | "Saddle and Spur" | Thomas Carr | Sherman Vincent Harper | March 29, 1960 | |
| 29 | 29 | "Midnight Rebellion" | George Blair | Arthur E. Orloff | April 5, 1960 | |
| 30 | 30 | "Cemetery Road" | Thomas Carr | Buckley Angell | April 12, 1960 | |
| 31 | 31 | "Men of Defiance" | Lesley Selander | John C. Champion | April 19, 1960 | |
Season 2 (1960–61) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 32 | 1 | "Queen of Diamonds" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Jerry Adelman | September 20, 1960 | |
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Jim Dark (Claude Akins) foils a robbery by the Reeves brothers, one of whom was killed, but his right hand was severely injured, and he can no longer handle a gun. June Brown (Julie London) avoids her husband for his own protection when the outlaw brothers pursue them. Ultimately, the gang is captured, and the Darks are reconciled and leave Laramie by stagecoach. This episode has comic scenes of Slim Sherman and Jess Harper with repeated household chores since Slim's brother, Andy, had left the ranch for boarding school. | ||||||
| 33 | 2 | "The Track of the Jackal" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | September 27, 1960 | |
| 34 | 3 | "Three Rode West" | Lesley Selander | Jerry Adelman | October 4, 1960 | |
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Vera Miles appears as Annie Andrews, a woman seeking a husband. When the outlaw Frank Skinner, played by Myron Healey, admits that he will not marry her, Annie set her sights on Slim Sherman, who is not interested in marriage either but is looking for Skinner, for whom he had earlier ridden shotgun on the stagecoach. Skinner then robbed the stage of its $10,000 shipment and shot to death Jack Adams, played by Ross Elliott, the manager of the stage line in Rockland City. Slim had never met Adams, who had been a friend of his late father, Matt Sherman. Skinner tries to use Annie to lure Sherman into an ambush. The episode also features Chris Alcaide and Denver Pyle. | ||||||
| 35 | 4 | "Ride the Wild Wind" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | October 11, 1960 | |
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Ernest Borgnine guest stars as Boone Caudie, a "compassionate" outlaw who is courting a kind widow, Hannah Moore, played by Vivi Janiss (the second of the five wives of Bob Cummings), whom he plans to marry after one more bank holdup, this time in Casper. The outlaws find Andy Sherman on the trail riding a wild horse which they had stolen a year earlier from the Sherman ranch. The horse had just been returned after its rider, a member of the Caudie gang, was shot to death following a bank robbery in Laramie. Slim Sherman tracks down the gang in search of his brother. He finds a painting of U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant on Hannah's mantle. The painting was stolen by Caudie in the Laramie bank robbery and presented as a surprise "gift" to Hannah. The outlaws, including Caudie, are all killed in the foiled bank robbery in Casper. | ||||||
| 36 | 5 | "Ride Into Darkness" | Lesley Selander | Jerry Adelman | October 18, 1960 | |
| 37 | 6 | "The Long Riders" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : John Dunkel | October 25, 1960 | |
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Slim Sherman and Jess Harper, while rounding up mustangs for extra money, save from an Indian attack the life of Luke Gregg (Dan Duryea). Slim invites Luke to work temporarily at the ranch, but Jess believes something is awry when Luke mentions Slim's past association with a vigilante group in Adobe Wells, Kansas. Luke is tied to Ed McKeever (John Anderson), a gunman who has been targeting the former vigilantes one by one. McKeever and his gang try to ambush Slim, who comes to the aid of Sheriff Mort Corey, another former Adobe Wells vigilante shot and wounded by McKeever. Ultimately, McKeever shoots Luke to death as Luke warns Slim of danger. | ||||||
| 38 | 7 | "The Dark Trail" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Milton Geiger | November 1, 1960 | |
| 39 | 8 | ".45 Calibre" | Lesley Selander | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | November 1, 1960 | |
| 40 | 9 | "License to Kill" | Lesley Selander | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | November 22, 1960 | |
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R. G. Armstrong plays Sam Jarrad, a former bounty hunter and a sheriff in Colorado, who comes to Laramie with a warrant for Jess Harper, who is accused of murdering a powerful rancher named Blake Wilkie. Slim Sherman is deputized to accompany Jarrad and Jess to Colorado. Denny Miller, later cast on Wagon Train as a regular, Duke Shannon, along with Robert Fuller as Cooper Smith, appears in this episode as Wilkie's son who has framed Jess for Blake Wilkie's death. | ||||||
| 41 | 10 | "Drifter's Gold" | Francis D. Lyon | Story by : Norman Jacob Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | November 29, 1960 | |
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Rod Cameron plays Tom Bedloe, an outlaw who has started the rumor of a nearby gold strike. When Slim Sherman comes to Laramie to buy supplies, he finds the town nearly deserted and must pretend to be an outlaw to survive. Meanwhile, Bedloe is looking for Marcie Benson, the daughter he has never seen, played by Judi Meredith. Gregory Walcott plays Duke, Bedloe's partner in crime. | ||||||
| 42 | 11 | "No Second Chance" | Earl Bellamy | Frank Chase | December 6, 1960 | |
| 43 | 12 | "Duel at Parkinson Town" | Maury Geraghty | Calvin J. Clements | December 13, 1960 | |
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Henry Hull guest starred as Ben Parkison, an embittered rancher who challenges Slim Sherman to a duel after Parkison's younger son accidentally kills himself on Sherman ranch land while stealing a calf. Ron Harper portrays the other Parkison son, Tom. The episode reveals that the Parksions and Shermans had many past disagreements that had resulted in a feud, but Slim had thought that the two families, now reduced in number, could live in peace. | ||||||
| 44 | 13 | "A Sound of Bells" | Joseph Kane | Fred Freiberger | December 27, 1960 | |
| 45 | 14 | "The Passing of Kuba Smith" | Lesley Selander | David Lang | January 3, 1961 | |
| 46 | 15 | "Man from Kansas" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | January 10, 1961 | |
| 47 | 16 | "Killer Without Cause" | Lesley Selander | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | January 24, 1961 | |
| 48 | 17 | "Stolen Tribute" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | January 31, 1961 | |
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Jess Harper is forced at gunpoint to journey into the Utah Territory by a released prisoner, Clint Wade, played by Jan Merlin, in search of $80,000 in stolen gold coins. Jess had killed and buried Wade's brother five years earlier at an abandoned Spanish mission in the desert but without finding the whereabouts of the buried gold. Soon Wade's former cellmate, Deke Beldon, played by Dennis Patrick, joins them with plans to take the money for himself. At the outpost, the three come upon crusty recluse Tully Casper, played by Edgar Buchanan, who also has his eyes on the gold. Ultimately, Jess forces Casper to turn over the gold to authorities after Casper has spent some $200 in a saloon. | ||||||
| 49 | 18 | "The Lost Dutchman" | Tay Garnett | Jerry Adelman | February 14, 1961 | |
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Slim Sherman and Jess Harper arrive in Jackson City to purchase cattle from a state senator, George Lake, played by Robert Emhardt. Lake, however, reneges on the deal and is then murdered. Circumstantial evidence points to Slim as the culprit. When Jess sets forth to clear his friend, he comes across several persons seeking to find a cavalry spur that supposedly contains a map to the fabled Lost Dutchman's Gold Mine in Arizona. Lake was killed for the map, and Jess races to find the decisive spur before Slim can be tried, convicted, and hanged. Karen Steele appears as Linda Lake. | ||||||
| 50 | 19 | "Cactus Lady" | Maury Geraghty | Maury Geraghty | February 21, 1961 | |
| 51 | 20 | "Riders of the Night" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Milton Geiger & Rod Peterson | March 7, 1961 | |
| 52 | 21 | "Mark of the Manhunters" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Paul Savage | March 14, 1961 | |
| 53 | 22 | "Rimrock" | Herman Hoffman | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Paul Savage | March 21, 1961 | |
| 54 | 23 | "Run of the Hunted" | James P. Yarbrough | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | April 4, 1961 | |
| 55 | 24 | "Two for the Gallows" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Dan Ullman | April 11, 1961 | |
| 56 | 25 | "The Debt" | Joseph Kane | David Lang | April 18, 1961 | |
| 57 | 26 | "Killers' Odds" | Lesley Selander | Jerry Adelman | April 25, 1961 | |
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Jess Harper comes upon Fred Powers, a stranger with a price on his head, played by John Lupton, formerly of the Broken Arrow series. Slim Sherman offers Fred employment on the ranch though Fred is pursued by bounty hunters portrayed by Lee Van Cleef and Russell Johnson. The charge against Fred is fraudulent because he had killed in self-defense. Fred begins to court Sue Fenton, played by Patricia Michon, in whom Slim also has a romantic interest. Ultimately, Slim, Jess, and Fred must rescue Sue and her family from the gunslingers. As the episode ends, Fred, not Slim, gets the girl, and the two head by covered wagon to California, where Sue had inherited unseen property. | ||||||
| 58 | 27 | "Bitter Glory" | Herschel Daugherty | Edward J. Lakso | May 2, 1961 | |
| 59 | 28 | "The Tumbleweed Wagon" | Lesley Selander | Raphael Hayes | May 9, 1961 | |
| 60 | 29 | "Trigger Point" | Lesley Selander | Arthur Browne Jr. | May 16, 1961 | |
| 61 | 30 | "Badge of the Outsider" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Kathleen Hite | May 23, 1961 | |
| 62 | 31 | "Men in Shadows" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Calvin Clements | May 30, 1961 | |
| 63 | 32 | "Strange Company" | Harold Schuster | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | June 6, 1961 | |
| 64 | 33 | "Widow in White" | Joseph Kane | Rod Peterson | June 13, 1961 | |
Season 3 (1961–62) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 65 | 1 | "Dragon at the Door" | James P. Yarbrough | Rod Peterson | September 26, 1961 | |
| 66 | 2 | "Ladies' Day" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | October 3, 1961 | |
| 67 | 3 | "Siege at Jubilee" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | October 10, 1961 | |
| 68 | 4 | "The Mountain Men" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin | October 17, 1961 | |
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At the Sherman Relay Station, Ben Sanford, played by Dan Duryea, and one of the original settlers in the Laramie area, and his two sons intend to remove a prisoner, Joe Vance, who is being transported to Fort Leavenworth after conviction of the manslaughter of a third Sanford son. The Sanfords plan to lynch the prisoner to get the justice that they believe the court denied them. At the time the Sanfords arrive at the relay station, Slim Sherman and Jess Harper are painting the roof, and Daisy Cooper and Mike Williams have gone into town for supplies. Ultimately, the younger of the Sanford sons, John, played in his acting debut by Alex Cord, a long-time friend of Robert Fuller's, fires a warning shot to alert the stagecoach carrying Vance. The older belligerent son, portrayed by Jason Evers, falls in a gunfight with Jess, but Vance proceeds to serve his sentence at Leavenworth. | ||||||
| 69 | 5 | "The Fatal Step" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Paul Savage | October 24, 1961 | |
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Gary Clarke appeared as Tad Kimball, a young friend of Jess Harper. Kimball, however, joins a partner, portrayed by Dennis Patrick, in the sabotage and robbery of a stage in which Jess is riding shotgun. He regrets taking part in the crime and tries belatedly to make amends. | ||||||
| 70 | 6 | "The Last Journey" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Edward J. Lakso Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | October 31, 1961 | |
| 71 | 7 | "Deadly is the Night" | Lesley Selander | Jerry Adelman & John C. Champion | November 7, 1961 | |
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Jess Harper stops at the former stagecoach outpost of Ma Tolliver (Olive Carey) to rest his lame horse. Suddenly Matt Dyer, an outlaw played by Lloyd Nolan, arrives with his gang and takes as hostage Jess, Ma, and her granddaughter, Sue (Marlene Willis). Dyer proceeds to humiliate the hostages, and when a posse arrives, he tries to use Ma and Sue to prevent the storming of the house. However, the posse forces his hand, and the outlaws flee, but Jess prevents Dyer from running away. Harry Lauter appears as Rafe Andrews. | ||||||
| 72 | 8 | "The Accusers" | Ted Post | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Albert Aley | November 14, 1961 | |
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Housekeeper Daisy Cooper identifies Slim Sherman's stage line boss, Allen Winter, played by Charles Drake, as having left a hotel room right after a saloon girl, Carla Morton, portrayed by Joanne Linville, is murdered there. At first, few believe Daisy because Winter is a respected man in Laramie. Carla had pressured Winter to leave his wife and marry her. When Daisy searches for further proof of Winter's guilt, Winter resorts to sabotage of Daisy's carriage and stakes out the Sherman ranch house, posing as an Indian, while Slim is away on an overnight assignment authorized by Winter. Slim suddenly becomes convinced of Daisy's story and rides to her rescue. | ||||||
| 73 | 9 | "Wolf Cub" | Lesley Selander | Ron Bishop & Wells Root | November 21, 1961 | |
| 74 | 10 | "Handful of Fire" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Rod Peterson Teleplay by : Raphael Hayes | December 5, 1961 | |
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A Colonel John Barrington, played by George Macready, and presumably modeled on John Chivington of the Sand Creek massacre in Colorado in 1864, escapes while facing a court martial at Fort Laramie for his role in the later Wounded Knee Massacre of 1890 in South Dakota. The episode reveals that Slim Sherman was present at Wounded Knee and hence testified against Barrington, but that time sequence is inconsistent with the other episodes of Laramie, set in the 1870s. Barrington's daughter, Madge takes Slim hostage. She has documents in her possession which she contends justify Barrington's harsh Indian policies. Slim escapes but must negotiate with the Sioux to avoid massacre. | ||||||
| 75 | 11 | "The Killer Legend" | Hollingsworth Morse | Story by : Robert Hamner & Rod Peterson Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | December 12, 1961 | |
| 76 | 12 | "The Jailbreakers" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley | December 19, 1961 | |
| 77 | 13 | "The Lawless Seven" | Lesley Selander | Dan Ullman | December 26, 1961 | |
| 78 | 14 | "The Perfect Gift" | Lesley Selander | Tom Seller | January 2, 1962 | |
| 79 | 15 | "The Barefoot Kid" | Joseph Kane | Dick Nelson | January 9, 1962 | |
| 80 | 16 | "Shadows in the Dust" | Joseph Kane | Lowell Barrington | January 16, 1962 | |
| 81 | 17 | "The Runaway" | Lesley Selander | Meyer Dolinsky | January 23, 1962 | |
| 82 | 18 | "The Confederate Express" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Paul Savage Teleplay by : John C. Champion | January 30, 1962 | |
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Outlaw Matt Grundy, played by John Larch, arrives in Laramie with a scheme to win back the affection of his wife, Martha, portrayed by Peggy Webber, and their young daughter, Tina. As a favor to their neighbor, Martha, Slim Sherman and Jess Harper defend Grundy, who is pursued by the Kerrigan brothers, played by Harry Dean Stanton, Steve Brodie, and James Beck. Grundy fools Slim and Jess into thinking that he must reach Laramie to deposit a bank draft, but he really intends to rob the bank. Grundy had saved Jess from an accident while he was repairing the wheel of a stagecoach but then injects him with a dangerous chemical to keep him from talking after Jess learns that Grundy is indeed an outlaw. Grundy shoots Slim in the arm. As he died, Grundy asked Slim to make sure that Martha received the reward money on his head. | ||||||
| 83 | 19 | "The High Country" | Unknown | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin & Paul Savage | February 6, 1962 | |
| 84 | 20 | "A Grave for Cully Brown" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Edward J. Lakso Teleplay by : Albert Aley | February 13, 1962 | |
| 85 | 21 | "The Runt" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion & Leon Schotter Teleplay by : Raphael Hayes & Rod Peterson | February 20, 1962 | |
| 86 | 22 | "The Dynamiters" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Ron Bishop | March 6, 1962 | |
| 87 | 23 | "Day of the Savage" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | March 13, 1962 | |
| 88 | 24 | "Justice in a Hurry" | Joseph Kane | Herman Epstein | March 20, 1962 | |
| 89 | 25 | "The Replacement" | Lesley Selander | Richard Newman | March 27, 1962 | |
| 90 | 26 | "The Turn of the Wheel" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Arthur Brown Jr. Teleplay by : Rod Peterson and Paul Savage | April 3, 1962 | |
| 91 | 27 | "Trial by Fire" | Joe Kane | George Slavin | April 10, 1962 | |
| 92 | 28 | "Fall into Darkness" | Joe Kane | Rod Peterson | April 17, 1962 | |
Season 4 (1962–63) edit
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date | |
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| 93 | 1 | "Among the Missing" | Joseph Kane | Rod Peterson | September 25, 1962 | |
| 94 | 2 | "War Hero" | Lesley Selander | Sam Ross | October 2, 1962 | |
| 95 | 3 | "The Fortune Hunter" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Buckley Angell | October 9, 1962 | |
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Ray Danton plays Vince Jackson, a suave but nefarious suitor for a young woman, Kitty McAllen, played by Carolyn Craig, whom he plans to marry in order to extort money from her wealthy father, Fred McAllen, portrayed by Parley Baer. However, Slim Sherman has his own interest in Kitty who is using Vince's alleged affections to make Slim jealous. Ultimately, Kitty leaves Laramie to attend college. | ||||||
| 96 | 4 | "Shadow of the Past" | Herman Hoffman | Story by : David Lang Teleplay by : David Lang & Dan Ullman | October 16, 1962 | |
| 97 | 5 | "The Long Road Back" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley | October 23, 1962 | |
| 98 | 6 | "Lost Allegiance" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Dick Nelson | October 30, 1962 | |
| 99 | 7 | "The Sunday School" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Ron Bishop | November 13, 1962 | |
| 100 | 8 | "Double Eagles" | Joseph Kane | Richard Newman | November 20, 1962 | |
| 101 | 9 | "Beyond Justice" | Lesley Selander | William Blinn & Michael Gleason | November 27, 1962 | |
| 102 | 10 | "Bad Blood" | Joseph Kane | Fred Freiberger & Herman Miller | December 4, 1962 | |
| 103 | 11 | "Time of the Traitor" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Paul Savage | December 11, 1962 | |
| 104 | 12 | "Gun Duel" | Thomas Carr | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley | December 25, 1962 | |
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Jess Harper is the weekend deputy while Sheriff Mort Corey is away on business. Mort's newly married nephew, Johnny Hartley, played by Ben Cooper, wants to become a deputy too but finds he is unsuited for the work only after nearly getting killed by gunshot from two bank robbers, played by DeForest Kelley and Richard Devon. Carole Wells, formerly of National Velvet, portrays Carol Hartley, Johnny's wife. Jack Elam appears in this episode as the comical Pastor Hawks, dressed in black, who is an unconventional jail "guest". Gail Kobe, formerly of CBS's Trackdown, plays Lottie Harris, a saloon girl who had hoped to marry one of the bank robbers and then head to California. Jess advises Lottie to stop gazing out the window at the dusty Laramie street and to look instead in the mirror to overcome her own weaknesses. | ||||||
| 105 | 13 | "Naked Steel" | Harmon Jones | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Donald S. Sanford | January 1, 1963 | |
| 106 | 14 | "Vengeance" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Ray Buffum Teleplay by : Ray Buffum & Rod Peterson | January 8, 1963 | |
| 107 | 15 | "Protective Custody" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion & Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | January 15, 1963 | |
| 108 | 16 | "The Betrayers" | Jesse Hibbs | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley | January 22, 1963 | |
| 109 | 17 | "The Wedding Party" | Jesse Hibbs | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley & John C. Champion | January 29, 1963 | |
| 110 | 18 | "No Place to Run" | Lesley Selander | David Lang | February 5, 1963 | |
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Don Durant played the role of Gandy Ross, a likeable safecracker trying to go straight. Ellen Burstyn plays Ross's girlfriend, Amy, and Arch Johnson is cast as the outlaw Sam Wellman, who forces Ross to open the safe in the bank at fictitious Granite City. Tom Skerritt plays the role of Price. Jess Harper does his best to rescue his friend Ross from the clutches of the outlaws. | ||||||
| 111 | 19 | "The Fugitives" | Joseph Kane | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Donald S. Sanford | February 12, 1963 | |
| 112 | 20 | "The Dispossessed" | Jesse Hibbs | Buckley Angell | February 19, 1963 | |
| 113 | 21 | "The Renegade Brand" | Lesley Selander | Paul Savage | February 26, 1963 | |
| 114 | 22 | "The Violent Ones" | Lesley Selander | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Paul Savage | March 5, 1963 | |
| 115 | 23 | "The Unvanquished" | Hollingsworth Morse | Story by : Joyce Perry Teleplay by : Dick Nelson | March 12, 1963 | |
| 116 | 24 | "The Sometime Gambler" | Lesley Selander | Story by : John Meredyth Lucas Teleplay by : John Meredyth Lucas & Rod Peterson | March 19, 1963 | |
| 117 | 25 | "Edge of Evil" | Hollingsworth Morse | Story by : John Rosser & Dan Ullman Teleplay by : Ron Bishop | April 2, 1963 | |
| 118 | 26 | "Broken Honor" | William Witney | Story by : Joyce Perry Teleplay by : Robert Vincent Wright | April 9, 1963 | |
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Rod Cameron and Peggy McCay portray Roy and Martha Halloran, a farm couple who stumbles upon $30,000 in money found inside a strong box on their property. The loot had been seized in a stagecoach heist and hidden away for later retrieval. Roy, who is reliant on a wheelchair, insists on keeping the money until Jess Harper arrives amid grave danger to all of their lives from the bandits searching about for the missing money. One of the bandits is played by Don "Red" Barry, best remembered from the 1940 film Adventures of Red Ryder. | ||||||
| 119 | 27 | "The Last Battleground" | Lesley Selander | Ron Bishop | April 16, 1963 | |
| 120 | 28 | "The Stranger" | Jesse Hibbs | Donald S. Sanford | April 23, 1963 | |
| 121 | 29 | "The Marshals" | William Witney | Story by : John C. Champion Teleplay by : Albert Aley | April 30, 1963 | |
| 122 | 30 | "Badge of Glory" | Joseph Kane | George F. Slavin | May 7, 1963 | |
| 123 | 31 | "Trapped" | Joseph Kane | Story by : Joyce Perry Teleplay by : Rod Peterson | May 14, 1963 | |
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Slim Sherman finds an injured kidnap victim in the woods, portrayed by Mona Freeman. Dennis Holmes, as Mike Williams, rides away to seek help, but the kidnappers reclaim the hostage. Slim pursues the kidnappers but is mistaken as a third kidnapper by the girl's father, played by Barton MacLane. Sands plays the girl's boyfriend, who had been ordered by her father to cease seeing her. Guest stars include Tommy Sands, Claude Akins, and Jim Davis. | ||||||
| 124 | 32 | "The Road to Helena" | Herman Hoffman | Story by : Dan Ullman Teleplay by : John McGreevey | May 21, 1963 | |
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Slim Sherman, while in Cody, Wyoming, is hired by David Franklin, played by Henry Hull, and his barmaid daughter, Ruth, portrayed by Maggie Pierce, to guide the pair to Helena, Montana, so that Franklin can return money that he had previously stolen. John M. Pickard, who appeared seven times on Laramie, guest stars in the final episode as Bradford. | ||||||
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