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The Best Episodes of Lawman Season 3

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Lawman Season 3 Episode 1 - The Town Boys
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    #1 - The Town Boys

    S3:E1

    Johnny goes against everyone else's better judgement when he takes personal responsibility for 4 boys who have been arrested for killing a milk cow. The four boys lack any direction in life and remind Johnny of himself at their age. He finds them work at the livery stable, determined to help them rehabilitate. Three of the boys end up admiring him and wanting his approval, while the fourth boy is not only 'bad', he is criminal.

    Director:Unknown
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  2. Lawman Season 3 Episode 2 - The Go-Between
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    #2 - The Go-Between

    S3:E2

    Lily and Johnny are both kidnapped and held by a gang of blackmailing killers. They send a concussed, blindfolded Johnny back into town with orders to clean out Lily's bank account and leave the money where it can be picked up. Dan works with Johnny to figure out where she is being held before the men can get back to their hideout with the money. Dan knows they plan to kill her as soon as they return. The urgency both of them feel is indicative of the closeness the three of them have.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Lawman Season 3 Episode 3 - The Mad Bunch
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    #3 - The Mad Bunch

    S3:E3

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Lawman Season 3 Episode 4 - The Old War Horse
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    #4 - The Old War Horse

    S3:E4

    Bess Harper was Lily's mentor as a young girl, the woman who gave her her first job. Now she is an old alcoholic, in town to try to get five thousand dollars out of the town of Laramie left to it by her estranged ex-husband. Lily hatches a plan to rehabilitate her and get her back on stage, to the chagrin of her lawyer, who was the one who put the idea into her head.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Lawman Season 3 Episode 5 - Return of Owny O'Reilly
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    #5 - Return of Owny O'Reilly

    S3:E5

    Owny catches a wanted man by snagging him on his fishing line. He takes the body back to town to claim the reward, and with Johnny going out of town to collect it for him, he suggests to Dan that Owny be made his deputy while he's gone. The results are hilarious, with Owny trying desperately to copy Dan in everything.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Lawman Season 3 Episode 6 - Yawkey
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    #6 - Yawkey

    S3:E6

    Yawkey, who has killed 27 men and has the reputation of being the fastest gun alive, shows up at the Bird Cage and sends notice to Dan that he's going to kill him at 3:30 that afternoon. Dan's never met him, and doesn't know why he wants to kill him. Both Johnny and Lily try to talk Yawkey out of it, to no avail. Dan is determined to do his job regardless of the consequences, much to Lily's dismay. The end is a study in the life of a gunslinger.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. Lawman Season 3 Episode 7 - Dilemma
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    #7 - Dilemma

    S3:E7

    Troop (John Russell) tries to determine the identity of a terrified saloon sweeper being pursued by outlaws. Burbage: Tom Drake. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Shea: Harry Antrim. Walt: John Beradino. Harry: James Anderson. Fen: John McCann.

    Director:Robert B. Sinclair
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Lawman Season 3 Episode 8 - The Post
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    #8 - The Post

    S3:E8

    Rafe Curry is wanted in Concordia, New Mexico for murder. Troop is returning him, it's his duty. On the way, he is hampered in many ways but Curry says that Dan doesn't really want to return him anyway - he's just too dumb to know it.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Lawman Season 3 Episode 9 - Chantay
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    #9 - Chantay

    S3:E9

    Chantay is a young Indian girl who runs away from the Indian school because her teacher makes her 'do bad things'. She is followed and returned by an Indian policeman, Great Bear, but not before she meets and is smitten with Johnny. Later, he finds her under the bed in the marshall's office as he's sleeping, to Dan and Lily's shared amusement. He must take her back to the school, and then has to prove she's innocent of murder.

    Director:Robert B. Sinclair
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Lawman Season 3 Episode 10 - Samson the Great
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    #10 - Samson the Great

    S3:E10

    A boxing promoter arrives in Laramie with ""Samson the Great,"" a champion prizefighter. A number of local men pay for a chance to fight Samson in the hope of winning $50 but Samson easily defeats each of them. Samson then settles himself in the local saloon, becoming increasingly obnoxious and abusive. When Deputy McKay intervenes, Samson beats him up. Marshal Troop, to get Samson out of town, then challenges him to a fight and manages to defeat him after a brutal, bare-knuckle brawl.

    Director:Stuart Heisler
    Writer:Richard Matheson

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  11. Lawman Season 3 Episode 11 - The Second Son
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    #11 - The Second Son

    S3:E11

    When Al May comes home with a bag of stolen payroll money and being pursued by a posse, his younger half brother, Charlie, grabs the money and runs, letting himself get caught and taking the rap for Al. What he wants is acceptance by his dad and his brother, who blame him for his mother's running off with another man years before. Since Lily insists he's innocent and begs Dan to do something, he comes up with a plan to expose the truth.

    Director:Robert B. Sinclair
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Lawman Season 3 Episode 12 - The Catcher
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    #12 - The Catcher

    S3:E12

    Troop (John Russell) goes after a murder suspect, unaware that the real killer is riding with the posse. Catcher: Med Flory. McKay: Peter Brown. Fenway: Robert Armstrong. Bailey: James Coburn. Mrs. Fenway: Claudia Barrett.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Lawman Season 3 Episode 13 - Cornered
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    #13 - Cornered

    S3:E13

    Johnny kills a notorious gunman only because the killer's gun misfires. Although the town wants to make him a hero, he knows the truth. Then he learns that the gunman's son is going to be coming to avenge his father's death, and he's reputed to be faster than his father was.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Richard Matheson

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  14. Lawman Season 3 Episode 14 - Escape of Joe Kilmer
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    #14 - Escape of Joe Kilmer

    S3:E14

    A woman turns in her outlaw husband she says "for the reward." When Troop finds out the real reason, it may be too late to save himself or the town from a bloodbath.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. Lawman Season 3 Episode 15 - Old Stefano
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    #15 - Old Stefano

    S3:E15

    Tracy McNeil is a supposed businessman who is showing an inordinate interest in Lily Merrill. Johnny teases Dan about it, but Dan doesn't want to interfere. In fact, Lily is interested in buying McNeil's thoroughbred horse, but his price is too high: to try to persuade Dan to let him buy up land that isn't really for sale. Meanwhile, Old Stefano, a mute old shepherd who comes to town with an injured sheep dog, is accused of killing McNeil's injured horse. Dan has to intervene in McNeil's behalf.

    Director:Unknown
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  16. Lawman Season 3 Episode 16 - The Robbery
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    #16 - The Robbery

    S3:E16

    On the trail of a murderer, Troop (John Russell) is stymied by the stubborn arrogance of an Army lieutenant. Davidson: Robert Ridgely. Deever: Hal Torey. Roach: Warren Kemmerling. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle.

    Director:Robert Altman
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Lawman Season 3 Episode 17 - Firehouse Lil
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    #17 - Firehouse Lil

    S3:E17

    In this lighter episode Jake, in charge of fire co. #2 and Oren, in charge of fire co. #1, crash into each other and start a fight in the street during a fire drill. After Lily chides them loudly in public for their behavior, she is elected unanimously the new fire marshall. A group of bandits witness this and prepare to start a fire as a diversion so they can rob the payroll being held in the bank. Lily and the Volunteer Fire Brigade save the day.

    Director:Leslie H. Martinson
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Lawman Season 3 Episode 18 - The Frame-Up
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    #18 - The Frame-Up

    S3:E18

    Troop comes under fire when new evidence shows he sent an innocent man to the gallows. John Russell. Jessica: Randy Stuart. Courtney: Dabbs Greer. Belmont: William Mims. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Lawman Season 3 Episode 19 - Marked Man
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    #19 - Marked Man

    S3:E19

    Troop is reunited with his friend Tod Larson (Andrew Duggan), unaware of a grim irony at work: Larson has been hired to kill the marshal. Troop: John Russell. Darby: Jeff DeBenning. Lily: Peggie Castle. McKay: Peter Brown. Muriel: Miranda Jones.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Lawman Season 3 Episode 20 - The Squatters
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    #20 - The Squatters

    S3:E20

    Before he died, a Wyoming cattleman gave Ad Prentice a tract of land to start a ranch. Prentice's hired hand, Bent Carr, hopes to gain possession of the land by proving the transaction was illegal.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Lawman Season 3 Episode 21 - Homecoming
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    #21 - Homecoming

    S3:E21

    Troop (John Russell) goes after an escaped murderer who has sworn to kill him. Walker: Marc Lawrence. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Eddy: Ray Strickland. Mary: Adrienne Marden.

    Director:Robert B. Sinclair
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Lawman Season 3 Episode 22 - Hassayampa
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    #22 - Hassayampa

    S3:E22

    Hassayampa Edwards is a temperance leader who tries to get the saloons in Laramie closed. When one burns down, Dan forces Lily to close the Bird Cage until the storm dies down.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Lawman Season 3 Episode 23 - The Promoter
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    #23 - The Promoter

    S3:E23

    Troop and Lily form a business partnership to frustrate a dapper crook bent on seizing control of Laramie by buying all the saloons. Lily: Peggie Castle. Troop: John Russell. De Vries: John van Dreelen. McKay: Peter Brown. Ferris: Frank Gerstle. Rogers: Don Beddoe. North: J. Edward McKinley.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Lawman Season 3 Episode 24 - Detweiler's Kid
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    #24 - Detweiler's Kid

    S3:E24

    Elfreida Detweiler has been raised by her father, a hardnosed, hateful, spiteful old German immigrant who resents her because she wasn't a son, and her mother died giving her birth. To try to prove to him that she is as good as a son, she calls out Jim Austin, a young man who has taken a liking to her, but whom her father hates. Johnny tries to stop her, and she challenges him to a gunfight the next day at noon. He can't back down, and he ""can't fight a girl"". In spite of its dark overtones, this show has a definite comic touch to it.

    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Lawman Season 3 Episode 25 - The Inheritance
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    #25 - The Inheritance

    S3:E25

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    Director:Marc Lawrence
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 3 Ratings Summary

"The Town Boys" is the best rated episode of "Lawman" season 3. It scored /10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/18/1960. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Go-Between".