Laramie (TV series)
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Laramie DVD Cover
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| Genre | Western |
| Directed by |
Earl Bellamy Thomas Carr Herschel Daugherty Tay Garnett Jesse Hibbs Herman Hoffman Joseph Kane Francis D. Lyon Hollingsworth Morse Lesley Selander William Witney |
| Starring |
John Smith Robert Fuller Hoagy Carmichael Stuart Randall Eddy Waller Robert Crawford, Jr. Dennis Holmes Spring Byington |
| Composer(s) |
David Buttolph Cyril J. Mockridge Arthur Morton Milton Rosen Hans J. Salter Albert Sendrey Harry Sukman |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 124 |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | John C. Champion |
| Producer(s) | Revue Studios |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Production company(s) | Revue Studios |
| Distributor |
Universal Television NBCUniversal Television Distribution |
| Release | |
| Original network | NBC |
| Picture format |
Black-and-white (September 1959 - June 1961) Color (September 1961 - May 1963) |
| Audio format | Monaural |
| Original release | September 15, 1959 – May 21, 1963 |
Laramie was an American Western television series that aired on NBC from 1959-63. A Revue Studios production, the program originally starred John Smith as Slim Sherman; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper; Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy; and Robert L. Crawford, Jr. as Andy Sherman. Actress Spring Byington was later added to the cast. The Encore Westerns Channel and Grit networks began airing the series in July 2015.
The two Sherman brothers and a drifter, Jess Harper, come together to run a stagecoach stop for the Great Central Overland Mail Company after the Shermans' father, Matt, was murdered by a greedy land seeker. The Sherman parents are buried on the ranch. Not until near the end of the series was it revealed that Matt Sherman had been falsely accused during the American Civil War of having aided the Confederates. After Jess Harper finds on Sherman ranch land the wreckage of a Union Army gold wagon stolen by Confederate raiders, Slim sets forth with the officer accused of helping the Confederates, portrayed by Frank Overton, and an Army major, the real culprit played by John Hoyt, to clear Matt Sherman's name. The gold dust in question had long ago been scattered by the wind.
Hoagy Carmichael's contract was not renewed after the first season, and his character was eliminated with the explanation that he had accompanied Andy to boarding school in St. Louis, Missouri. Andy, however, returned to appear in three episodes in the first half of the second season.
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