The Adventures of Lariat Sam | |
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Genre | Western |
Starring | Dayton Allen |
Country of origin | United States |
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Running time | 5 minutes |
Original release | |
Network | CBS |
The Adventures of Lariat Sam is an American animated television series that ran 59 episodes Saturday mornings on CBS which was a serialized cartoon from Captain Kangaroo in 1962. [1] [2] [3]
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