“The Pass”
“The Pass”
Season: 1 episode 16
Series Episode: 16
Air Date: December 29, 1959
Laramie TV series starring John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford, Jr. and Robert Fuller
A Revue Studio production
Teaser
There’s more exploding than the dynamite when Slim is assigned to block the advance of the Cheyenne and Sioux.
Cast & Crew Lists
Cast
| Character | Role | Actor | Actor Age | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "Slim" Sherman | Owner - Sherman Ranch & Relay Station | John Smith | 28 | Credited |
| Jess Harper | Sherman ranch hand | Robert Fuller | 26 | Credited |
| "Jonesy" | Sherman foreman | Hoagy Carmichael | 70 | Credited |
| Andy Sherman | Owner - Sherman Ranch & Relay Station | Robert Crawford, Jr. | 15 | Credited |
| Hoot | Jess' horse | Hoot | Uncredited | |
| Will Cooper | Trapper | John Pickard | 46 | Credited |
| Coffey | Plains Cavalry sergeant | Walter Sande | 53 | Credited |
| Howard | Plains Cavalry general | Harvey Stephens | 58 | Credited |
| Ives | Plains Cavalry lieutenant | Richard Emory | 40 | Credited |
| Ben Sears | Trapper | Richard Shannon | 39 | Credited |
| Eve | Cheyenne captured white woman | Madlyn Rhue | 24 | Credited |
| Plains Cavalry major | Terry Frost | 53 | Credited | |
| George Armstrong Custer | Plains Cavalry colonel | Uncredited | ||
| Plains Cavalry dispatch rider | Uncredited | |||
| Sleeping Plains Cavalry guard | Uncredited | |||
| Plains Cavalry soldier | Uncredited | |||
| Roger Davis | Plains Cavalry major | Mentioned |
Crew
| Director | Lesley Selander |
| Writer | Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin |
| Producer | John C. Champion |
| Laramie Theme | Cyril Mockridge |
| Music Score | Albert Sendry |
| Director of Photography | Ray Rennahan A. S. C. |
| Associate Producer | Dan Ullman |
| Art Director | George Patrick |
| Editorial Dept. Head/Supervisor | Richard G. Wray, A.C.E. |
| Film Editor | Edward Haire |
| Musical Supervision | Stanley Wilson |
| Sound | John C. Grubb |
| Makeup Artist | Jack Barron |
| Hair Stylist | Florence Bush |
| Costume & Wardrobe | Vincent Dee |
| Series Stuntmen (uncredited) | Paul Baxley, Joe Canutt. Bill Catching, Chuck Courtney, John Daheim, Leonard P. Geer, Sol Gorss, Hemet, 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. |
| Assistant Director | Milton Carter |
| Set Decoration | James M. Walters |
Epilogue – based on “The Pass,” a script by Donn Mullally & Lee Erwin
(SLIM SHERMAN is putting logs on the fire in the fireplace in the Sherman ranch house front room.)
ANDY SHERMAN: You don’t have to talk about it if you don’t wanta Slim.
SLIM SHERMAN: It’s not that, Andy. It’s bein’ home. Takes getting use to.
(JESS HARPER and JONESY are mending tack at the table.)
JESS HARPER: I heard about the girl, Slim. What was she like?
SLIM SHERMAN: I didn’t know her long enough to answer that, Jess. I wish I had.
ANDY SHERMAN: Well what about the rest of the Cheyennes, after you closed the pass?
SLIM SHERMAN: Well Andy, there wasn’t much they could do except turn around and go home. We did the same.
ANDY SHERMAN: (Shakes his head a little bit.)
JESS HARPER: Hey, I just thought about somethin’. We got mustering out pay comin’. It shoulda been mailed to us by now.
JONESY: It was mailed alright ‘n it’s already spent.
SLIM SHERMAN: Wha’da ya’ mean it’s already spent?
JONESY: Since you two weren’t back, Andy and I figure’d we’d go into business for ourselves.
ANDY SHERMAN: That’s right.
SLIM SHERMAN: What kinda business?
JONESY: If you’d a been a little more observant, you’d a noticed two new teams in the corral. Andy and I figure we’ll start a relay station. That is if, ah. you two military men don’t object.
JESS HARPER: Never make a go of it. D’ya think?
SLIM SHERMAN: Not a chance in a million. (SLIM tousles ANDY’s hair and laughs.) Let’s go take a look.
(SLIM SHERMAN, ANDY SHERMAN, and JESS HARPER head for the door.)
Historical References
Geographic Reference
Sedalia, Colorado Territory, United States of America
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