
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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Air Date: 1958-10-05
In this pilot episode, Dan Troop takes over in Laramie after the previous marshal is killed. His first job is to brin...
Air Date: 1958-10-12
In a tribute to High Noon, a man comes into town, looking for a fight. When he kills a man, he is arrested. Johnny ...
Air Date: 1958-10-19
Dan and Johnny try to capture a prisoner, who tells Johnny that he is his father. Dan is shocked when Johnny turns i...
Air Date: 1958-10-26
While Dan and Johnny are taking a killer to be hanged and a doctor to prison to serve a term, they come upon a strand...
Air Date: 1958-11-02
Bob Ford, who shot Jesse James in the back, comes to Laramie, where Dan and Johnny must protect him from mob mentalit...
Air Date: 1958-11-09
A new saloon is opened in Laramie by Kate Wilson, who has had several scrapes with the law, but is always acquitted b...
Air Date: 1958-11-16
Fallon, a ruthless bounty hunter, brings in a body of a wanted man and collects the reward from Dan, who knew him els...
Air Date: 1958-11-23
Johnny puts his badge on the line when he bets Dan that his life long friend, Bill Anderson, is a good guy - and the ...
Air Date: 1958-11-30
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...
Air Date: 1958-12-07
A Chinese girl is the only one willing to testify after her husband is killed by a couple of men extorting money from...
Air Date: 1958-12-14
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 s...
Air Date: 1958-12-21
When Johnny McKay's old sweetheart comes to town, she is followed by her lover who goads Johnny into a gunfight. John...
Air Date: 1958-12-28
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 th...
Air Date: 1959-01-04
Rene LeBeau is a half-breed Indian woman who lives on a ranch with her Sioux mother after her father dies, and the ca...
Air Date: 1959-01-11
Jack McCall, who murdered Wild Bill Hickok, ends up in Laramie, holed up in Johnny's ailing 'Uncle' Jess' cabin. Whe...
Air Date: 1959-01-18
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...
Air Date: 1959-01-25
A wounded Ben Greene is accused of stealing cattle. He insists that he bought them legally, and his brand release is...
Air Date: 1959-02-01
Ben Steed is a soldier who wants to be a writer. His father, an army colonel, wants him to stay in the army. The so...
Air Date: 1959-02-08
The buffalo hunters, led by Tom Cardigan, are persecuting little Billy Bright in the saloon because he used to be ma...
Air Date: 1959-02-15
Reformed gunfighter Kurt Monroe comes into Laramie to meet his fiancee, Lucy, on the stage. But when the stage comes...
Air Date: 1959-02-22
Big Hat Anderson and Lily Keats are married, and Frank Tate, the newspaper editor, is given the grooms 'big hat' to w...
Air Date: 1959-03-01
Hans is a chef wanting to open up his own restaurant, but the Youngs keep him bound to a contract they have with him....
Air Date: 1959-03-08
A posse is formed to find a suspected murderer, and a gunslinger is included in the posse. The other citizens object...
Air Date: 1959-03-15
Jamie was left with the Welches to raise after his father, Jack Rollins, went to prison. Jack is out, and back to re...
Air Date: 1959-03-22
A military man has a breakdown and finally reveals the truth about a war battle: he let people believe he had been a ...
Air Date: 1959-03-29
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'...
Air Date: 1959-04-05
When Dan and Johnny both draw and fire on an escaped convicted killer's brother, Dan takes the credit for it in order...
Air Date: 1959-04-12
Three young toughs cause trouble for Johnny while he's left in charge while Dan goes out of town. Finally, he's forc...
Air Date: 1959-04-19
Larry DeLong is a reformed criminal who is now employed as a shotgun rider on the stageline. When his former gang ro...
Air Date: 1959-04-26
Dan starts on a journey in response to a telegram asking for his help in another town. When he gets there, no one se...
Air Date: 1959-05-03
When stage robbers kill Loma Williams' brother, she becomes a one-woman vigilante force. After one of the men tells ...
Air Date: 1959-05-10
Dan helps a man released from prison to make the right decision between the girl that he loves and going back to his ...
Air Date: 1959-05-17
Dan and Johnny must stop an assassination attempt on the Senator, who is supposed to stop in Laramie on the midnight ...
Air Date: 1959-05-24
Dan sets a trap for a murderer after a young woman is found killed in Laramie.
Air Date: 1959-05-31
After Ches Ryan's pay is docked, he retaliates by robbing the payroll. As he escapes, he passes through a town plagu...
Air Date: 1959-06-07
Doc Holliday is in Laramie, and Dan would like to see him go. He is hanging around, however, for a woman due on the ...
Air Date: 1959-06-14
One member of a gang planning to rob a stage gets drunk while in Laramie and subsequently is jailed. He offers to te...
Air Date: 1959-06-21
After Sioux Chief Red Horse's son is murdered, he holds Johnny hostage and tells Dan he will kill Johnny in the morni...
Air Date: 1959-06-28
While Dan is gone (again), Johnny runs across an old friend in town, not knowing he has joined a gang planning on rob...