Lawman (1958)
Lawman
1958 / TV-PGLawman 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 & Episode
Outlaw leader Hale Connors arrives in Laramie to notify Troop that the stage won't be arriving.
Troop's only witness to a brutal murder is a blind youngster---who heard the killer's voice. Cole: Chad Everett. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Herod: James Westerfield. Mengis: Tom Reese. Lily: Peggie Castle.
An escaped convict blazes a trail of vengeance leading to the woman who betrayed him---his wife. Harris: Michael Pate. Barbara: Joyce Meadows. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Rio: Tom Bilson.
Troop finds himself without allies in the town of Darkness. His mission: arrest the town boss's sons for murder. Troop: John Russell. Robert: Jim De Closs. William: Corey Allen. Lord: Arch Johnson. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Caroline: Elen Willard.
An amateur fortuneteller tries to conceal his own future from the lawmen: he's planning a robbery. Wyatt: Robert McQueeney. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Luther: William Zuckert. Jess: K.L. Smith. Jake: Dan Sheridan.
Dave and Ella McCallan seek Troop's help when the mother of their foster child returns---after nine years---to take custody of her son. Tad: Billy Booth. Margaret: Catherine Mc Leod. Troop: John Russell. Ella: Mina Brown. Dave: King Calder. McKay: Peter Brown.
Troop (John Russell) faces the loss of his badge when a Government inspector objects to his "flexible" method of law enforcement. Luster: Lyle Talbot. McKay: Peter Brown. Teakwood: Sheldon Allman. Ernie: Walter Burke. Lily: Peggie Castle.
Armed with a wagonload of nitroglycerin, a Scottish engineer demands the bank's money. Clooney: Kenneth Tobey. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Falk: Charles Briggs.
When a friend of Lily's comes in on the stagecoach - unconscious and the only one aboard - a worried Lily nurses her, while her husband waits for her to regain consciousness so he can talk to her. Lily is suspicious of him, and finds the secret to his identity is hidden in her friend's locket.
McKay is stunned to learn that the bank robber he arrested was his father's best friend. Henny: Frank Ferguson. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Troop: John Russell. Slauson: Vinton Hayworth. Lowell: Don O'Kelly. Selma: Gertrude Flynn.
Lon Chaney is cast as an ex-lawman who returns to Laramie---wearing a stolen badge---to rob the stage. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Slick: Jack Searl. Jake: Marshall Reed.
McKay's Boston cousin (Richard Rogers) finds the West wilder than he expected. He's mistaken for an outlaw, seduced by a pretty flirt and clobbered by a jealous cowboy. McKay: Peter Brown. Troop: John Russell. Lily: Peggie Castle. Elly: Dawn Wells.
Troop (John Russell) tries to keep an accused murderer from the lynch mob trying to hang him---and the gang members bent on freeing him. Shaw: Philip Carey. McKay: Peter Brown. Madelyn: Jan Shepard. Lily: Peggie Castle. Tennant: Roy Barcroft. Clay: Jack C. Williams.
An outlaw gang engineers a bold plot to rob the Laramie bank. McKay: Peter Brown. Troop: John Russell. O'Toole: Pitt Herbert. Jake: Dan Sheridan. Lily: Peggie Castle. Slauson: Vinton Hayworth.
Laurie Kemper (Kathie Browne), who was convicted of killing her husband, returns from prison to face her unforgiving father-in-law. Kemper: Roy Roberts. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Billy: Frank Albertson. Fells: William Joyce. Judge: Harry Cheshire.
A wealthy rancher refuses to believe Troop's warnings that his beautiful fiancee is a swindler. Melanie: Jo Morrow. Troop: John Russell. Ollie: L.Q. Jones. McKay: Peter Brown. Farnum: William Mims. Lily: Peggie Castle. Jake: Dan Sheridan. Toomey: Grady Sutton.
Troop's efforts to reunite an outlaw with his seriously ill pregnant wife are hampered by a treacherous bounty hunter. Anne: Marie Windsor. Frank: Dick Foran. Ben: Jan Stine. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown.
A lynch mob and a reformed outlaw have their own reasons for wanting to take custody of Troop's prisoner. Boone: Andrew Duggan. Deal: Richard Evans. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Young: Greg Benedict.
A sinister matriarch brings her brood to Laramie to wreak vengeance on Troop (John Russell) for killing her outlaw husband. Ma Martin: Olive Carey. Jim: Evan McCord. Sam: Tom Gilson. Darrell: Charles Briggs. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle.
A stranger rides into town and collapses. After the doctor's examination, Troop tries to question him, but gets nowhere. All the stranger will say is that there's going to be a lot of trouble around sundown.
Troop (John Russell) is forced to rely on a booze-soaked doctor when a plague threatens to engulf Laramie. Evans: Sherwood Price. McKay: Peter Brown. Cissy: Eloise Hardt. Weeks: Charles Lane. Burrell: Whit Bissell. Sims: I. Stanford Jolley.
Troop (John Russell) is helplessly caught in the middle of a steadily escalating battle between bitter enemies Jim Bushrod and Amos Hall. Bushrod: Bill Williams. Hall: Tim Graham. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Slauson: Vinton Hayworth.
Troop tries to save a fading Shakespearean actor from the bottle and a scorned woman's vengeance. Troop: John Russell. Hendon: John Carradine. Martha: Mary Anderson. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Jake: Dan Sheridan. Wilson: Harry Harvey Sr. Carson: Warren Kemmerling.
The lawmen put their lives on the line to shield an emotionally disturbed youth from a lynch mob. Billings: Gary Vinson. Shay: John Qualen. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Bobbie: Miranda Jones. Lily: Peggie Castle.
McKay (Peter Brown) is hoodwinked by a reckless---but naive---young lady determined to spring her sinister fiance from jail. Bole: Peter Breck. Little Britches: Pamela Austin. Troop: John Russell. Snead: James Griffith. Callaghan: Frank Ferguson.
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.