Here's an article from the Radio Times, October, 1959. Article and picture contributed by Christine.
LARAMIE
The new Saturday TV Western
Just outside Laramie, in the wild country of Wyoming, lies the Sherman ranch-a ranch whose principal asset is a ‘swing station’ which the Sherman boys operate for the Great Central Overland Mail. It is here that the stagecoaches on their way to and from Laramie pause just long enough to hitch up a team of fresh horses, and although it may not seem much of a possession, there are many who would like to take over the Shermans’ holding- and who would not be too particular about the way they did it.
This, then, is the background and setting to the new Western series which begins on Saturday, and features the two Sherman boys, Slim, and his fourteen-year-old brother, Andy, together with Jonesy, family cook, handyman and peacemaker. And in the first episode they are joined by a fourth, Jess Harper, a lone cowboy who, despite a certain restlessness, decides to throw in his lot with the Shermans. It is around these four widely different characters that the series is built, and in many of the episodes top ‘guest stars” will be making appearances to add to the already impressive cast list.
Perhaps the best-known name among the resident four is that of Hoagy Carmichael, who plays Jonesy, and brings to the part that dry, laconic wit that had been so much a feature of both his acting and his compositions. Slim Sherman will be played by John Smith, who has already made a name for himself in such films as The High and the Mighty, Friendly Persuasion, and Seven Angry Men, while his brother Andy is played by youngster Robert Crawford, Jr., who won the American TV Emmy Award in February for the best drama performance of the year. The fourth ‘resident’ of the Sherman ranch, Jess, is played by Robert Fuller, a comparative newcomer to the screen, who is likely to become a firm favourite.
In Saturday’s episode look out, too, for the appearance of Dan Duryea in one of his characteristically sinister roles, and Everett Sloane, who has created so many memorable characters on the stage, and in films.
