- A marshal with a reputation, finished with his last job in Abilene, comes to a town needing a new one. His job priorities are to find the killer of who he replaced and to hire a deputy, a hard job to fill.
- The new Laramie marshal arrives as Johnny McKay is installing the headstone for the previous marshal. Dan Troop is from Abilene where he cleaned up the town. His first two tasks are hiring a deputy and finding out who killed the previous marshal. Johnny McKay, who works part time for the previous marshal's wife in her café, applies for the deputy job but Troop believes him to be too green. However, Johnny tells Troop that Flynn Hawks killed Marshal Lemp and that half the town saw it. Troop locks up the younger Lacy Hawks while looking for Flynn putting the town on edge. During a discussion with Mrs. Lemp on why he does such a thankless job he indicates a woman very close to him was killed by a random bullet. The older Hawks brothers Walt and Flynn draw Troop into a shootout of two versus one he can't win. However, McKay comes to Troop's aid and the deputy job is filled.—Anonymous
- Dan Troop (John Russell) arrives in Laramie, WY, to assume the marshal's job after the murder of the previous marshal. He faces off against the Hawks Brothers, one of whom--Flynn Hawks (Jack Elam)--killed his predecessor. Troop wins the gunfight with the help of Johnny McKay (Peter Brown). Troop then makes McKay his deputy.
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What is the broadcast (satellite or terrestrial TV) release date of The Deputy (1958) in Australia?
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