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The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1

September. 07,1956

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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.

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956 / NR

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The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Full Episode Guide

Episode 38 - Gone to Texas

First Aired: May. 24,1957

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.

Episode 37 - Bounty Hunter

First Aired: May. 17,1957

When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.

Episode 36 - The Bound Girl

First Aired: May. 10,1957

Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.

Episode 35 - Country Cousin

First Aired: May. 03,1957

Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.

Episode 34 - The Intruder

First Aired: April. 26,1957

Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.

Episode 33 - The Lottery

First Aired: April. 19,1957

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.

Episode 32 - The General's Disgrace

First Aired: April. 12,1957

Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.

Episode 31 - The Pearl and the Crown

First Aired: April. 05,1957

After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.

Episode 30 - Thieves' Market

First Aired: March. 29,1957

When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.

Episode 29 - Rezin Bowie, Gambler

First Aired: March. 22,1957

Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.

Episode 28 - Jackson Assassination

First Aired: March. 15,1957

Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.

Episode 27 - The Captain's Chimp

First Aired: March. 08,1957

Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.

Episode 26 - An Eye for an Eye

First Aired: March. 01,1957

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.

Episode 25 - German George

First Aired: February. 22,1957

Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.

Episode 24 - Bayou Tontine

First Aired: February. 15,1957

Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.

Episode 23 - Spanish Intrigue

First Aired: February. 08,1957

Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.

Episode 22 - Convoy Gold

First Aired: February. 01,1957

Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.

Episode 21 - Master of Arms

First Aired: January. 25,1957

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.

Episode 20 - Osceola

First Aired: January. 18,1957

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.

Episode 19 - The Beggar of New Orleans

First Aired: January. 11,1957

Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.

Episode 18 - A Horse for Old Hickory

First Aired: January. 04,1957

Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.

Episode 17 - Monsieur Francois

First Aired: December. 28,1956

Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.

Episode 16 - The Return of the Alcibiade

First Aired: December. 21,1956

Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.

Episode 15 - The Swordsman

First Aired: December. 14,1956

Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.

Episode 14 - Outlaw Kingdom

First Aired: December. 07,1956

Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.

Episode 13 - Bowie and His Slave

First Aired: November. 30,1956

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.

Episode 12 - The Select Females

First Aired: November. 23,1956

Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.

Episode 11 - Land Jumpers

First Aired: November. 16,1956

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.