Hollywood Magic & Laramie’s Western History

Laramie is rich in Western History; Native Americans, Fur Trappers, Fort Sanders, the Union Pacific Railroad and famous outlaws made up just a part of our western heritage. Hollywood built on Laramie’s western heritage to base its movies and TV shows. Over 14 movies and TV shows used Laramie’s as a backdrop to promote the Wild West and to promote the American folklore of the Western. The 1950s and 1960s were the heyday for Westerns, from shows like “Lawman” (1958-62) starring John Russell, “Laramie” (1959-63) starring John Smith and Robert Fuller, films like “The Man From Laramie” (1955) starring James Stewart, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid” (1969) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford to more modern western shows like “Hell on Wheels” (2016) that starred Anson Mount. There was a lot of “B” movies to use Laramie as well, there was a western on every major network and popular western books would have a movie and a TV show, it was a grand time in Hollywood for the Westerns and Laramie sure had their share!

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• Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

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  Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Western 1969, starring Paul Newman, Robert Redford, and Katharine Ross with Strother Martin, Jeff Corey and Henry Jones. Written by William Goldman. Produced John Foreman.

• Hell on Wheels (2011-2016) Season 5 in Laramie, Wyoming

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  AMC production. Starring: Starring: Anson Mount, Colm Meaney, Common, and Dominique McElligott. Aired on AMC. Now available on Netflix. Created and Produced by Joe and Tony Gayton, and developed by Endemol USA

• Jack Slade (1953)

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  Allied Artist Picture, Western 1953. Starring: Mark Stevens, Dorthey Malone, Barton MacLane and John Litel. Written by Warren Douglas. Directed by Harold Schuster, and Produced by John Burrows.

• Laramie (1955)

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  A Columbia Picture film. Directed by Ray Nazarro. Written by Barry Shipman. Starring: Charles Starret, Smiley Burnette, Fred Sears, Tommy Ivo and Elton Brit.

• Laramie Mountains (1952)

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  Columbia Picture Western 1955. Starring: Charles Starrett, Smiley Burnette with Fred Sears, Tommy Ivo and Elton Britt. Written by Barry Shipman. Directed by Ray Nazarro. Produced by Colbert Clark.

• Laramie TV show (1959-63)

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  A Revue Studios production. Starring: Starred John Smith as Slim Sherman; Robert Fuller as Jess Harper; Hoagy Carmichael as Jonesy; and Robert L. Crawford, Jr. as Andy Sherman and Actress Spring Byington. Aired on NBC.

• Lawman TV show (1958-62)

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  A Warner Bros. production. Starring: Starred: John Russel as Marshall of Laramie Dan Troop, Peter Brown as Deputy Marshal of Laramie Johnny McKay. Aired on ABC.

• My Friend Flicka (1956-1958)

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  AMC production. Starring: Johnny Washbrook as Ken McLaughlin, Gene Evans, Rob McLaughlin, Anita Louise and Frank Ferguson. Aired on CBS then later on the Disney Channel. Flicka is based on a novel by Mary O'Hara.

• Rails into Laramie (1954)

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  American Western film 1954. Directed by Jesse Hibbs. Written by D.D. Beauchamp and Joseph Hoffman. Starring: John Payne, Mari Blanchard, Dan Duryea, Joyce Mackenzie, Barton MacLane and Ralph Dumke.

• The Laramie Kid (1935)

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  A Bernard B. Ray film 1935. Directed by Harry S. Webb. Starring: Tom Tyler, Alberta Vaugnn, Al Ferguson, Murdock Maquarrie, George Chesebro, Snub Polland and Steve Clark.

• The Man from Laramie (1955)

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  American Western Film 1955. Directed by Anthony Mann. Written by Thomas T. Flynn. Starring: James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Donald Crisp and Cathy O’Donnell.

• The Virginian (1962-1971)

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  NBC production. Starring: James Drury, Doug McClure and Lee J. Cobb. Based on The Virginian: Horseman of the Plains, a 1902 western novel by Owen Wister. Medicine Bow Wyoming is 5 miles from the Albany County Border.

• West of Laramie (1949)

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  Universal International, Western 1949. Starring Tex Williams, Patrica Hall, Patricia Alphin, Duece Spriggens and Smokey Rodgers. Written by Bennett Cohn. Produced and Directed by Will Cowman

• Tom Horn (1958-62)

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  Directed by William Wiard. Produced by: Fred Weintraub Steve McQueen (exec. producer) Written by: Thomas McGuane, Bud Shrake, Tom Horn (autobiography. Starring: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans and Richard Farnsworth.