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Laramie
TV Series (1959 - 1963)
It is the 1870s in Wyoming Territory. Slim Sherman (John Smith)and his 14-year-old brother Andy (Robert Crawford) try to hang on to their ranch after their father is shot by a land grabber. They augment their slight cattle ranch income by serving as a stagecoach station near Laramie. Jess Harper (Robert Fuller) a drifter stays to help.
Series Info
Type:
Scripted
Premiered:
Sep. 15, 1959
Status:
Canceled/Ended
Runtime:
60 min.
Genre
- western
Character Guide
Series Fun Facts
- The main musical theme, written by Cyril J. Mockridge, also was used as the main theme in the 1945 film, "Thunderhead~Son of Flicka".
- Upon its switch to regular color broadcasts, this was one of the first series to inaugurate the new NBC Peacock logo of 1962- a kaleidoscope of concentric color circles with the text, "the…
[show]Upon its switch to regular color broadcasts, this was one of the first series to inaugurate the new NBC Peacock logo of 1962- a kaleidoscope of concentric color circles with the text, "the following program is brought to you in living color..."
[hide] - The set that served as the Sherman Ranch and Relay Station appears in a 1960 episode of Wagon Train - The Larry Hanify Story.












