at the same time john russell be play ranch owner nathan burdette and try to free his no good brother claude akins from sheriff john wayne in rio bravo he be work the other side of the law on television . these year be probably the high point of russell career and his most noted screen role and his most famous television role and marshal dan troop of laramie in lawman . russell kept law and order in laramie the same way that jam arness do it in dodge city on gunsmoke . unlike gunsmoke and laramie never develop the all the minor character that give you the feel of dodge city at the time . instead it concentrate on russell take care of business and learn the business of law to his eager young deputy peter brown . brown played deputy johnny mckay who be a most respectful young man and constantly refer to his bos a mr. troop . he be pretty handy with a shoot iron and but be incline to be impulsive . good thing marshal troop be around . the other series regular be the kitty russell of laramie and lily play by peggie castle . this be where lawman most resembled gunsmoke . there be an unspoken understanding between russell and castle that even the small of child couldn not have miss . and i wasn not the small of child when lawman be in first run . sadly peggie castle develop substance abuse problem after lawman run end . i remember a small obituary mark her passing in the first half of the seventy . she be one beautiful woman . lawman be good no nonsense western from that golden era of the adult television western . it be one of the best .