"Laredo" (1965) TV series 1965-1967

User Rating:

8.7/10   

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

16 September 1965 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Western

Plot:

Rustlers, bank robbers, and their own wild schemes: a band of Texas Rangers keeps getting in and out of trouble...

Plot Keywords:

Texas Ranger

Cast

Neville Brand	...	Reese Bennett (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
Peter Brown	...	Chad Cooper / ... (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
William Smith	...	Joe Riley (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
Philip Carey	...	Capt. Ed Parmalee / ... (56 episodes, 1965-1967)
Robert Wolders	...	Erik Hunter (26 episodes, 1966-1967)

Runtime:

60 min (56 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Company:

Universal TV

Trivia:

The pilot aired as an episode of "The Virginian" (1962) and was later released theatrically as _Backtrack (1969)_. Three episodes of "Laredo"'s first season were also edited into a theatrical feature, 1968's "Three Guns for Texas."

Movie Connections:

Edited into Three Guns for Texas (1968)

The Dead End Kids Go West

"Laredo" featured Peter Brown, William Smith, and Neville Brand as a male bonding trio of Texas Rangers portrayed tongue-in-cheek as a combination Dead End Kids go Western and AWOL members from Sergeant Bilko's platoon. As conditions warranted they could also become a trio of Dirty Harrys whom Philip Carey as Captain Parmalee would let loose to track down, catch, and sadistically interrogate the suspects of some crime of the wild west. It really was a fun show which could even be interpreted to be a kind of predecessor to and portrayal of the Texas Rangers Call and McCray of "Lonesome Dove" before they got old.