I loved the Dakotas and especially Jack Elam

Jack Elam made this series worth watching

demolished in May 2003 and replaced by Warner Village

Laramie Street, Warner Brothers Burbank Studios - 4000 Warner Boulevard, Burbank, California, USA

Michael Ansara and John Lupton in Broken Arrow (1956)

Jack Elam, Chad Everett, Michael Greene, and Larry Ward in The Dakotas (1962)

Mercedes McCambridge in The Dakotas (1962)

Jack Elam and Mercedes McCambridge in The Dakotas (1962)

Larry Ward

Jack Elam

Chad Everett

Marshal Ragan and his Deputies maintain the peace in the Badlands of the Dakota Territory.

The Dakotas

As real as western tales get

Jack Elam&apos;s best role ever. Deputy J.D. Smith DID NOT take crap from anyone or any thing. When he sensed things were about to get tough, he shot old women, kids, dogs, cats, horses, tree stumps, preachers, shadows and, now and then, an outlaw. If an outlaw in the Dakota Territory had to make a choice between being captured by hostile Indians or facing J.D. Smith he might flip a coin, if he was really brave. If he was not really brave he&apos;d run towards the hostile Indians. If this series had had Amanda Blake and Glenn Strange it might have run as long as Gunsmoke. Given the propensity of producers of &quot;western&quot; TV shows during this period of having a &quot;good guy&quot; or well meaning but troubled &quot;good guy&quot; in the leading role, (Jim Bowie, Sugerfoot, Johnny Yuma) this western series stood out bold enough to make a pablum fed audience, weaned on formula plots, really uncomfortable. It exhibits a whole new definition of &quot;ahead of it&apos;s time.&quot;

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Jack Elam's best role ever. Deputy J.D. Smith DID NOT take crap from anyone or any thing. When he sensed things were about to get tough, he shot old women, kids, dogs, cats, horses, tree stumps, preachers, shadows and, now and then, an outlaw. If an outlaw in the Dakota Territory had to make a choice between being captured by hostile Indians or facing J.D. Smith he might flip a coin, if he was really brave. If he was not really brave he'd run towards the hostile Indians. If this series had had Amanda Blake and Glenn Strange it might have run as long as Gunsmoke. Given the propensity of producers of "western" TV shows during this period of having a "good guy" or well meaning but troubled "good guy" in the leading role, (Jim Bowie, Sugerfoot, Johnny Yuma) this western series stood out bold enough to make a pablum fed audience, weaned on formula plots, really uncomfortable. It exhibits a whole new definition of "ahead of it's time."

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