The Best Episodes of Lawman Season 4
Every episode of Lawman Season 4 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Lawman Season 4!
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.
Season 4 Ratings Summary
The best episode of "Lawman" season 4 is "Trapped", rated 8/10 from 47 user votes. It was directed by Richard C. Sarafian and written by N/A. "Trapped" aired on 9/17/1961 and is rated 0.2 point(s) higher than the second highest rated, "The Juror".
8.0/10 47 votes#1 - Trapped
Season 4 Episode 1 - Aired 9/17/1961
Outlaw leader Hale Connors arrives in Laramie to notify Troop that the stage won't be arriving.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 48 votes
#2 - The Juror
Season 4 Episode 2 - Aired 9/24/1961
One member of the Cauley gang is captured and brought to Laramie for trial, because the town where he was caught couldn't find anyone willing to serve on a jury. The other 5 Cauleys have threatened to kill anyone who served. Dan is sure Laramie will rally to the cause, but finds that fear is contagious. Finally, learning that it only takes one juror, under extreme circumstances, to try a case, Dan pulls one name out of the tax register list at random to be that juror. To his shock, it's Lily's name. She accepts, and then he must worry about her safety until the trial.
Director: Marc Lawrence
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 49 votes
#3 - The Four
Season 4 Episode 3 - Aired 10/1/1961
Four men ride into Laramie, all carrying rifles, and station themselves around town. After one of them is shot and killed, the leader tells Dan they are searching for a young, innocent looking young man who was reported to them as being in the area. He was a cold-blooded killer they had been tracking. Dan deputizes the three remaining men since Johnny was out of town, and together they track the boy down.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 48 votes
#4 - The Son
Season 4 Episode 4 - Aired 10/8/1961
Troop's only witness to a brutal murder is a blind youngster---who heard the killer's voice. Cole: Chad Everett. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Herod: James Westerfield. Mengis: Tom Reese. Lily: Peggie Castle.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 51 votes
#5 - Owny O'Reilly, Esq.
Season 4 Episode 5 - Aired 10/15/1961
Millie Cotton, the governor's daughter, has run away from home and landed in Laramie. Desperate for money, she robs Owny in an alley with her hairbrush in his back. Both are scared. Owny later describes the robber as a huge, vicious man. Dan, told to be on the lookout for the governor's daughter, recognizes Millie, who sings for Lily and is told honestly that she has a lovely voice. Owny is struck by her, not knowing that she is his assailant. When he finds out, his hurt feelings take over. Later, an escaped convict, Millie, Owny, his horse, and his dog all combine for a scene of pandemonium before everything is sorted out.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 47 votes
#6 - The Substitute
Season 4 Episode 6 - Aired 10/22/1961
In another rather light-hearted episode, the school teacher leaves to get married in a fit of what is deemed 'spring fever'. A search for a substitute teacher until the new one can arrive turns up a man who is very educated, but is now a drunk. Lily volunteers over Dan's objections - he's worried about what the women in town will do to her. His suspicions are proved right, but Lily once again wins over hearts by her kindness.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: N/A
- 8.3/10 48 votes
#7 - The Stalker
Season 4 Episode 7 - Aired 10/29/1961
No description available
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.6/10 42 votes
#8 - The Catalog Woman
Season 4 Episode 8 - Aired 11/5/1961
When one of Laramie's citizens disappears the day after his wedding to a woman he met through a marriage catalog, Dan does some investigating. Learning that several other men have also disappeared after marrying someone from that agency, he decides to try to flush her out by posing as an eligible bachelor, Arthur Daniels. Lily at first thinks it's funny, but gets serious (and jealous) once Johnny points out that this could be for real - or even fatal.
Director: Leslie H. Martinson
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 49 votes
#9 - The Cold One
Season 4 Episode 9 - Aired 11/12/1961
An escaped convict blazes a trail of vengeance leading to the woman who betrayed him---his wife. Harris: Michael Pate. Barbara: Joyce Meadows. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Rio: Tom Bilson.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 49 votes
#10 - Porphyria's Lover
Season 4 Episode 10 - Aired 11/19/1961
During a terrible, windy storm, Lily is suddenly terrified by the sight of a book of poetry. She explains that the poem, ""Porphyria's Lover"", by Robert Browning reminds her of a man she helped put in prison. Dan tries to convince her that it's only the storm. The next day her bartender is sent by Dan to go help the men work on rebuilding the schoolhouse, with Lily's blessing. Then while she is alone, the escaped prisoner shows up and carries her off, and Dan must piece together clues from the poem to locate her before she is killed by the madman.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 48 votes
#11 - The Appointment
Season 4 Episode 11 - Aired 11/26/1961
Dan's old friend, Major Jason Leeds, has come to Laramie to offer Johnny an appointment to West Point. Johnny has never considered a military career, and wants Dan to tell him to stay. Dan can't and won't make the decision for him. We can tell he really cares about Johnny and doesn't want him to go, but he knows it's a very good opportunity for him and doesn't want to stand in his way. Johnny must make a hard decision, made easier by his saving the major's life.
Director: Richard Benedict
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 46 votes
#12 - The Lords of Darkness
Season 4 Episode 12 - Aired 12/3/1961
Troop finds himself without allies in the town of Darkness. His mission: arrest the town boss's sons for murder. Troop: John Russell. Robert: Jim De Closs. William: Corey Allen. Lord: Arch Johnson. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Caroline: Elen Willard.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 44 votes
#13 - Tarot
Season 4 Episode 13 - Aired 12/10/1961
An amateur fortuneteller tries to conceal his own future from the lawmen: he's planning a robbery. Wyatt: Robert McQueeney. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Luther: William Zuckert. Jess: K.L. Smith. Jake: Dan Sheridan.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 47 votes
#14 - The Prodigal Mother
Season 4 Episode 14 - Aired 12/17/1961
Dave and Ella McCallan seek Troop's help when the mother of their foster child returns---after nine years---to take custody of her son. Tad: Billy Booth. Margaret: Catherine Mc Leod. Troop: John Russell. Ella: Mina Brown. Dave: King Calder. McKay: Peter Brown.
Director: Robert B. Sinclair
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 44 votes
#15 - By the Book
Season 4 Episode 15 - Aired 12/24/1961
Troop (John Russell) faces the loss of his badge when a Government inspector objects to his "flexible" method of law enforcement. Luster: Lyle Talbot. McKay: Peter Brown. Teakwood: Sheldon Allman. Ernie: Walter Burke. Lily: Peggie Castle.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
- 8.1/10 48 votes
#16 - The Trojan Horse
Season 4 Episode 16 - Aired 12/31/1961
Armed with a wagonload of nitroglycerin, a Scottish engineer demands the bank's money. Clooney: Kenneth Tobey. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Falk: Charles Briggs.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 8.5/10 49 votes
#17 - The Locket
Season 4 Episode 17 - Aired 1/7/1962
When a friend of Lily's comes in on the stagecoach - unconscious and the only one aboard - a worried Lily nurses her, while her husband waits for her to regain consciousness so he can talk to her. Lily is suspicious of him, and finds the secret to his identity is hidden in her friend's locket.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 48 votes
#18 - Friend of the Family
Season 4 Episode 18 - Aired 1/14/1962
McKay is stunned to learn that the bank robber he arrested was his father's best friend. Henny: Frank Ferguson. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Troop: John Russell. Slauson: Vinton Hayworth. Lowell: Don O'Kelly. Selma: Gertrude Flynn.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 7.8/10 47 votes
#19 - The Vintage
Season 4 Episode 19 - Aired 1/21/1962
Mr. Lazarino is an Italian immigrant who has a wagon full of transported grapevines to plant in his new home, hoping to become a wine maker. After two men destroy most of them in a brawl in the street, his son, Tonio, opens fire and is killed by one of the men. The older man is devastated by the destruction that has occurred, and one of the two men feels strong pangs of conscience.
Director: Richard C. Sarafian
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 54 votes
#20 - The Tarnished Badge
Season 4 Episode 20 - Aired 1/28/1962
Lon Chaney is cast as an ex-lawman who returns to Laramie---wearing a stolen badge---to rob the stage. Troop: John Russell. McKay: Peter Brown. Lily: Peggie Castle. Slick: Jack Searl. Jake: Marshall Reed.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 49 votes
#21 - No Contest
Season 4 Episode 21 - Aired 2/4/1962
McKay's Boston cousin (Richard Rogers) finds the West wilder than he expected. He's mistaken for an outlaw, seduced by a pretty flirt and clobbered by a jealous cowboy. McKay: Peter Brown. Troop: John Russell. Lily: Peggie Castle. Elly: Dawn Wells.
Director: Irving J. Moore
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 48 votes
#22 - Change of Venue
Season 4 Episode 22 - Aired 2/11/1962
Troop (John Russell) tries to keep an accused murderer from the lynch mob trying to hang him---and the gang members bent on freeing him. Shaw: Philip Carey. McKay: Peter Brown. Madelyn: Jan Shepard. Lily: Peggie Castle. Tennant: Roy Barcroft. Clay: Jack C. Williams.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 7.9/10 48 votes
#23 - The Hold-Out
Season 4 Episode 23 - Aired 2/18/1962
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.0/10 49 votes
#24 - The Barber
Season 4 Episode 24 - Aired 2/25/1962
An outlaw gang engineers a bold plot to rob the Laramie bank. McKay: Peter Brown. Troop: John Russell. O'Toole: Pitt Herbert. Jake: Dan Sheridan. Lily: Peggie Castle. Slauson: Vinton Hayworth.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
- 8.2/10 56 votes
#25 - The Long Gun
Season 4 Episode 25 - Aired 3/4/1962
No description available
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A