"Rope of Steel" - Head 'Em Straight

“Rope of Steel”

Season: 1 episode 22

Series Episode: 22

Air Date: February 16, 1960

Laramie TV series starring John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford, Jr. and Robert Fuller

A Revue Studios production

Teaser

Slim is accused of being a thief.

Cast & Crew Lists

Cast

Character	Role	Actor	Actor Age	Status
"Slim" Sherman	Owner - Sherman Ranch & Relay Station	John Smith	28	Credited
"Jonesy"	Sherman foreman	Hoagy Carmichael	70	Credited
Charlie Bowden	Laramie storekeeper	George Mitchell	54	Credited
J. L. Huber, M. D.	Laramie doctor	George Eldredge	61	Credited
Mary Lynn Layton	Dell's wife	Lillian O'Malley	67	Credited
Mace Stringer	Farmer	Harry Townes	45	Credited
Sally	Saloon girl	Mari Blanchard	36	Credited
Tully	Killer	John Cliff	41	Credited
Will	Posse member	Charlie Briggs	27	Credited
	Laramie sheriff	Bartlett Robinson	47	Credited
	Laramie bartender	H. E. West		Credited
Dell Layton	Laramie rancher	Tom Fadden	65	Credited
	Laramie townsman	Frank Mills	69	Uncredited

Crew

Director	Thomas Carr
Teleplay	Rod Peterson
Story	Rod Peterson & Dan Ulman
Producer	John C. Champion
Laramie Theme	Cyril Mockridge
Music Score	Albert Sendrey
Director of Photography	Ray Rennahan, A. S. C.
Associate Producer	Dan Ullman
Art Director	John J. Lloyd
Editorial Dept. Head/Supervisor	Richard G. Wray, A.C.E.
Film Editor	John C. Fuller, A.C.E.
Musical Supervision	Stanley Wilson
Sound	John C. Grubb
Makeup Artist	Jack Barron
Hair Stylist	Florence Bush
Costume & Wardrobe	Vincent Dee
Assistant Director	William Dorfman
Set Decoration	William Tapp
Series Stuntmen (uncredited)	Paul Baxley, Joe Canutt. Bill Catching, Chuck Courtney, John Daheim, Leonard P. Geer, Sol Gorss, Charles Horvath, Robert F. Hoy, Loren Janes, Allen Pinson, Chuck Roberson, Ronnie Rondell Jr., Dean Smith, Tom Steele, Jerry Summers, Jack Williams Note: Robert Fuller often performed his own stunts in the series.

Epilogue – based on the teleplay “Rope of Steel” by Rod Peterson and story by Rod Peterson & Dan Ullman

(WILL, CHARLIE BOWDEN, and the SHERIFF ride into the Sherman ranch yard. SLIM SHERMAN is greasing the buckboard axle. WILL, CHARLIE BOWDEN, and the SHERIFF dismount and come over to the buckboard.)

CHARLIE BOWDEN: Slim, I got somethin’ to say. Seems I had a pretty quick tongue before when I was suspicionin’ ya. But now the words don’t come so easy. I was as wrong as a man could be for thinkin’ that you’d take somethin’ that wasn’t yours, and for shootin’ down that killer, and for fighting with you, and for… You name it ‘n I did it. I’m mighty sorry, Slim.

WILL: Me too.

SLIM SHERMAN: I’m trying to stay mad at the buncha ya. (Tosses down tool) But you’re not makin’ it very easy. Charlie. (SLIM SHERMAN offers his right hand to CHARLIE BOWDEN.)

SHERIFF: Folks in town voted you trustee of the money, Slim. You can handle it any way you want.

(JONESY approaches CHARLIE BOWDEN.)

JONESY: Charlie, you’re not much of a storekeeper.

CHARLIE BOWDEN: How’s that?

JONESY : You let one apple pretty near spoil the whole barrel.

CHARLIE BOWDEN: Yep. I sure did.

SLIM SHERMAN: Talkin’ about apples, how ’bout some cider?

JONESY : Set out. Cups n’ all. I figured you couldn’t stay mad very long.

(JONESY and CHARLIE BOWDEN smile at each other. All walk towards the house.)

Geographic References

Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, United States of America

Laramie, Wyoming Territory, United States of America

San Francisco, California, United States of America

Fare

Apple Cider

Tinned Beans

Bread

Coffee

Sources: Laramie episodes (written, spoken and credits), Internet Movie Database (IMDb), Wikipedia, individual observations, and others as indicated by the links.

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