The Adventures of Jim Bowie(1956)

Name: The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Genre: Western
Released: 1956-09-07
Rating: 5.3
Cast: Scott Forbes

★ 5.3(6)30m76 episodesEnded

Western

The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.

First aired:: 1956-09-07
Country:: US
Network:: ABC

Episodes

Season 1(38)Season 2(38)

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1. The Birth of the Blade
1956-09-07 · 30m
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
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2. The Squatter
1956-09-14 · 30m
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
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3. An Adventure with Audubon
1956-09-21 · 30m
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
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4. Deputy Sheriff
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1956-09-28 · 30m
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
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5. Trapline
1956-10-05 · 30m
A fur company is apparently trying to keep the Cajun fur trappers in line by killing anyone who trades with an independent dealer - like Jim Bowie.
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6. Broomstick Wedding
1956-10-12 · 30m
A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
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7. Natchez Trace
1956-10-19 · 30m
A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
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8. Jim Bowie Comes Home
1956-10-26 · 30m
On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.
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9. The Ghost of Jean Battoo
1956-11-02 · 30m
Bowie encounters a group of farmers who are being duped into paying protection money to an old woman against the ghost of a famous Louisiana pirate.
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10. The Secessionist
1956-11-09 · 30m
Bowie finds that a friend of his has been asked by President Andrew Jackson to try to talk a group of French planters out of seceding from the Union.
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11. Land Jumpers
1956-11-16 · 30m
Just when Jim and his brother try to sell a large tract of land, a Frenchman shows up claiming to have the proper title to the property, which is verified by a local judge.
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12. The Select Females
1956-11-23 · 30m
Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.
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13. Bowie and His Slave
1956-11-30 · 30m
Bowie comes to the aid of a former slave who he had freed, but who has been captured and is being sold again at a slave auction.
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14. Outlaw Kingdom
1956-12-07 · 30m
Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
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15. The Swordsman
1956-12-14 · 30m
Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.
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16. The Return of the Alcibiade
1956-12-21 · 30m
Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
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17. Monsieur Francois
1956-12-28 · 30m
Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.
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18. A Horse for Old Hickory
1957-01-04 · 30m
Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.
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19. The Beggar of New Orleans
1957-01-11 · 30m
Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
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20. Osceola
1957-01-18 · 30m
Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract of less desirable land.
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21. Master of Arms
1957-01-25 · 30m
An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should belong to him and comes after Bowie.
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22. Convoy Gold
1957-02-01 · 30m
Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
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23. Spanish Intrigue
1957-02-08 · 30m
Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
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24. Bayou Tontine
1957-02-15 · 30m
Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.
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25. German George
1957-02-22 · 30m
Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
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26. An Eye for an Eye
1957-03-01 · 30m
Trying to stop an Indian uprising, Bowie only gets into more trouble after telling a native Cherokee princess the story of John Smith and Pocahontas.
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27. The Captain's Chimp
1957-03-08 · 30m
Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
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28. Jackson Assassination
1957-03-15 · 30m
Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
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29. Rezin Bowie, Gambler
1957-03-22 · 30m
Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
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30. Thieves' Market
1957-03-29 · 30m
When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.
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31. The Pearl and the Crown
1957-04-05 · 30m
After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.
32. The General's Disgrace
1957-04-12 · 30m
Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
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33. The Lottery
1957-04-19 · 30m
Bowie organizes a lottery to help an orphanage, unaware that the men he has hired plan to fix the drawing so that they will collect the winnings.
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34. The Intruder
1957-04-26 · 30m
Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
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35. Country Cousin
1957-05-03 · 30m
Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.
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36. The Bound Girl
1957-05-10 · 30m
Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.
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37. Bounty Hunter
1957-05-17 · 30m
When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
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38. Gone to Texas
1957-05-24 · 30m
As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is trying to kill him.