The Laramie Years
Episode Guide
Season 4 - The end of the line.
| Title | Guest Stars | Synopsis |
| Among The Missing | Ivan Dixon as Jamie Davis Claude Akins as Sheriff Tyler Shaw Dolores Michaels as Nona Jan Merlin as Milo Gordon L Q. Jones |
Mike is wounded during a bank robbery and Jess wants revenge. |
| War Hero | Lloyd Nolan as Gen. George Barton Joanna Barnes as Lucy Barton Herbert Rudley as Jeremy Thorne Mort Mills as Obie Loomis Keith Richards as Captain Winters |
Jess is bodyguard for Gen George Barton, a union army hero campaigning for presidential election. There are four killers on their trail. |
| The Fortune Hunter | Ray Danton as Vince Jackson Carolyn Craig as Kitty McAllen Peter Whitney as Fred McAllen Pat Crest as Opal |
Slim's lovely girlfriend is stolen away by suave Vince Jackson - whose motives are far from romantic. |
| Shadow Of The Past | Jacqueline Scott as Francie Jim Davis as Ben McKittrick Hugh sanders as Carewe L Q. Jones as Frank Keefer Ron Hayes as Carl Keefer Andy Romano as Will Keefer |
A woman arrives in Laramie to bury her dead husband, notorious gunfighter Ben McKittrick. She claims to be Jess' sister who he thought had died four years earlier. |
| The Long Road Back | Yvonne Craig as Ginny Malone Edgar Buchanan as Cletus McBain James McMullen as Virgil Walker Gregg Palmer as Duke Walker Sol Gorss as Steeger |
Slim is taking outlaw Virgil Walker back to Laramie when he is overpowered and left tied up in a cave. |
| Lost Allegiance | Rod Cameron as Christy Myrna Fahey as Sharon Helford Walter Sande as Walt Helford Lee Farr as Lon Harry Carey,Jr as Whitey Banister Tru Garrett as Gabe Banister Don Harvey as Sheriff McKay Lane Bradford as Ross Banister |
While tracking rustlers Jess is injured and finds himself face to face with one of the gang - and the face is a familiar one. |
| The Sunday Shoot | Burt Brinkerhoff as Hobey Carson Jena Engstrom as Nancy Gregory Walcott as Rare Seton |
Hobey Carson comes into Laramie from the hills to enter a shooting contest and persuades Slim to lend him the entry fee. |
| Double Eagles | Russell Johnson as Al Denning Dick Foran as Joe Farley Charles Robinson as Sam Moore Emile Genest as Duval Daniele Aubrey as Marie Duval George D. Wallace as Sloan James Beck as Easy |
Jess organises a posse to go after outlaws who have stolen a Bank draft and turned it into gold coins. |
| Beyond Justice | Lyle Bettger as Leland Emory David McLean as Steven Collier Fred Coby as Ed Rigby Kathie Browne as Phyllis Wynn |
Slim is deputized to protect Steven Collier who is being held on a charge of murder. Someone wants to kill Collier before he can testify, and strangely his lawyer is reluctant for the case to come to trial. |
| Bad Blood | Jean Byron as Annie Whitaker John Anderson as Leo McCall Stephen Barringer as Skip |
Before she dies Skip McCall's mother asks Jess to Take Skip to live with relatives - but Skip wants to find his father who is a wanted man. |
| Time Of The Traitor | Lew Ayres as Dr. Samuel Mudd R.G.Armstrong as Vic Prescott Paul Carr as Steve Prescott Harry Carey, Jr as Hobey Anne Whitfield as Miller Lane Bradford as Manton Don Harvey as Colie William Fawcett as Josh |
Steve Prescott needs urgent medical help but his father recognises the doc as Samuel Mudd - the man who treated John Wilkes Booth after he assassinated Lincoln. |
| Gun Duel | DeForest Kelley as Bart Collins Ben Cooper as Johnny Hartley Richard Devon as Del Shamley Nick Nicholson as Ray Vincent Jack Elam |
After a robbery in Casper, Del Shamley,Bart Collins and Ray Vincent agree to meet in Laramie to split the money. When Vincent doesn't show up Shamley and Collins are upset - especially as Vincent has the money. |
| Naked Steel | John Doucette as Sheriff Tate Charles Maxwell as McKeever Robert Cornthwaite as Heron Joan Swift as Saloon Girl Gage Clarke as Jenks James Beck as Lee Christy Harlan Warde as Mat Christy |
Sheriff Tate shoots one bank robber and the other one drops the loot. The cash reminds Tate of a certain dance hall girl with expensive taste. |
| Vengeance | Fay Spain as Gladys Denver Pyle as Al Morgan John Milford as Joe Morgan Lee Van Cleef |
Jess kills a robbery suspect when his bullet ricochets of a rock and hits the man in the back. His family come for revenge |
| Protective Custody | David Brian as Walt Douglas Gregory Walcott as Willard Ron Hayes as Cass |
Walt Douglas fires a young man named Willard from the stage line, so Willard and his friend Cass decide to steal a gold shipment. |
| The Betrayers | Adam West as Kett Darby Kathie Brown as Lorrie Dennis Patrick as Ray Thatcher Don Kennedy as Deputy |
Jess warns Sheriff Douglas that Kett Darby plans to hold up a train. When the sheriff rides off to stop him Darby and his friends rob the bank with no interference. |
| The Wedding Party | Barton MacLane as Ed Bishop Jacqueline Scott as Stacey Ed Nelson as Gil Harrison Ronald Foster as Lee Taylor Russ Bender as Red Wheeler Barbara Parkins as Marilee Bishop William Boyett as Pike Chuck Courtney as Frank |
Gil Harrison does not want his ex wife Stacey to marry
Lee Taylor and forces Slim to warn her not to do it.
Trivia : This has the quote that sums up Slim Sherman : "Straight as an iron without a bend" - Gil Harrison. |
| No Place To Run | Don Durant as Gandy
Ross Arch Johnson as Sam Wellman
Ellen McRae as
Amy
Richard Coogan as Marshall Petrie Tom Skerritt as
Price
Robert Hoy as Fels |
Jess rescues reformed safecracker Gandy Ross from
Indians, but Gandy has another problem. An outlaw named Wellman wants him
to return to his former profession.
Trivia : Robert Hoy went on to play a cast regular in The High Chaparral - he played ranch hand Joe Butler. He also worked with Robert Fuller again in the Bonanza follow up Bonanza : The Next Generation. |
| The Fugitives | Phyliss Avery as Myra Greevy Jan Merlin as Joel Greevy Hal Baylor as Hub Mark Dana as Doan Bartlett Robinson as Munson |
Outlaw Joel Greevy shoots Slim and leaves him for
dead. Jess catches Greevy who refuses to tell him where Slim is unless he
is freed.
Trivia : How is this for continuity - Bartlett Robinson used to play the sheriff of Laramie in season 1. In this episode he appears again and refers to the time he used to be Sheriff !!!! |
| The Dispossessed | Arthur Hunicutt as Sam Dillard Carl Reindel as Cass Dillard Robert Bray as Luke Beldon Richard Shannon as Prentice Bennye Gatteys as Ellen Gail Kobe as Madge Michael Forest as Cobey Jim Davis as Joe Beldon |
On their way to horse trade with the Beldens Slim and Jess meet two pretty girls traveling with some strange men. Later the Beldens suggest that maybe the girls had been captured by comancheros. |
| The Renegade Brand | Lory Patrick as Laurie Jeanette Nolan as Ellen McGovern Ken Lynch as Tyndall Kevin Hagen as Page Roy Barcroft as Mr Frazer Percy Helton as Opie Edward Kemmer as Jim Lassel Jerry Summers as Hank McGovern William Bramley as Sheriff Tulman |
Slim tracks down Hank McGovern who wounded Jess in a robbery. He is forced to kill him in self defence, a story the local posse will not believe. |
| The Violent Ones | John Anderson as Bob Blayne Dawn Wells as Millie Paul Carr as Bill Blayne James Anderson as Benson Jack Chaplain as Larry Blayne |
5 years previous Jess shoots outlaw Bob Blayne in the hand crippling him. Blayne's son Billy has now grown up and is determined to make Jess pay but Jess refuses to fight him. Billy tries everything to make Jess fight from calling him a coward to beating Slim up with the help of 3 friends. Eventually Billy pushes Jess too far and they have a showdown. |
| The Unvanquished | Frank De Kova as Tah-sa Jock Gaynor as Giamo |
When one of Slim's ranch hands is killed people think the killer is an Indian named Tah-sa. But Slim is not so sure. |
| The Sometime Gambler | James Gregory as Richards Jacqueline Scott as Ellen Michael Forest as Wilkerson Bing Russell as Reeves |
Reformed outlaw Richards refuses to join his former partners in a bank job. When the gang find the vault empty they think Richards beat them to it. |
| Edge Of Evil | Ron Harper as Stede Rhodes Suzanne Lloyd as Ann Rhodes Alan Hale, Jr as Roger Canby Harry Lauter as Bert Lewis Quinn Redeker as Jack Lewis |
Farmer Stede Rhodes finds a cache of freshly mined gold and wants to keep it. When Jess tells him to find the rightful owner, Stede abandons him in the desert without water. |
| Broken Honour | Rod Cameron as Roy Halloran Donald "Red" Barry as Dave Byrnie Peggy McCay as Martha Halloran Vinton Hayworth as Art Potter Richard Bakalyan as Mel Doleman Ron Soble |
Outlaw Dave Byrnie offers Jess money to stop him riding shotgun on a payroll shipment. Jess turns him in but the line agent doesn't back Jess up, instead he fires him. |
| The Last Battleground | John Hoyt as Major John Ellis Frank Overton as James Courtland Brett King as Hall Robert Knapp as Gibbs Dee Pollock as Will Courtland Marshall Reed |
Jess kills a man who claims to be looking for a hidden cache of gold. Slim tells Jess that the cache is real and that his father was branded a traitor because of it. |
| The Stranger | Geraldine Brooks as Lorena Carver Dewey Martin as Vanton Madox Karl Swenson as Emil Viktor Lee Van Cleef as Caleb L Q. Jones as Sergeant Ed Prentiss as Doc Scott McCartor as Carl |
Someone has been taking Sherman cattle and leaving money for it. Jess sets out to catch the honest thief. |
| The Marshals | Reginald Gardiner as Patches David McLean as Branch McGary William Bryant as Reb Carlton Robert J. Wilke as Clint Buckner Dennis Patrick as Vern Buckner Ed Prentiss John Pickard |
Jess is seriously wounded while warning Marshal McGary about an ambush set up by Clint Buckner to free McGary's prisoners. To save Jess' life McGary is forced to take him to a doctor in a town controlled by Buckner. |
| Badge Of Glory | Lin McCarthy as John Holby Jo Morrow as Helen Gregg Palmer as Chuck Logan Tru Garrett as Harry Sheldon Allman as Sam Logan |
Fatally wounded by Jess in a robbery attempt, Sam Logan makes a final gesture by persuading needy preacher John Holby to collect the reward on him. But Logan's brother believes that Holby killed Sam, and vows revenge. |
| Trapped | Tommy Sands as Tad Henderson Barton MacLane as Owen Richards Jim Davis as Genoway Claude Akins as Walker Joan Freeman as Nina Richards Paul Lukather as Park James Kline as Mills |
Slim is trapped by wealthy ranch owner Owen Richards, who thinks he is one of the men who kidnapped his daughter. |
THE FINAL EPISODE EVER
| The Road To Helena | Henry Hull as David Franklin Maggie Pierce as Ruth Franklin Robert Colbert as Ross John Pickard as Bradford Dan Krohn as Jamie Ross |
Wounded David Franklin and his daughter Ruth are on the road to Helena, where Franklin plans to pay back the money he stole from the bank. But they are followed by a lawman named Ross, who wants the money for himself. |
So after 124 episodes Laramie came to an end.
It can never be replaced.