The Adventures of Jim Bowie
series not in production
Ended
Western
Seasons | 2
Episodes | 76
avg.Runtime | 30 min
First EP | 1956-09-07
Last EP | 1958-05-23
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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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Season List
season 1 || Season 1
Relesed on | 1956-09-07
1
The Birth of the Blade
1956-09-07
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
2
The Squatter
1956-09-14
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
3
An Adventure with Audubon
1956-09-21
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
4
Deputy Sheriff
1956-09-28
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
5
Trapline
1956-10-05
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.
6
Broomstick Wedding
1956-10-12
A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.
7
Natchez Trace
1956-10-19
A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.
8
Jim Bowie Comes Home
1956-10-26
On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.
9
The Ghost of Jean Battoo
1956-11-02
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.
10
The Secessionist
1956-11-09
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.
11
Land Jumpers
1956-11-16
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.
12
The Select Females
1956-11-23
Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.
13
Bowie and His Slave
1956-11-30
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.
14
Outlaw Kingdom
1956-12-07
Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
15
The Swordsman
1956-12-14
Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.
16
The Return of the Alcibiade
1956-12-21
Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.
17
Monsieur Francois
1956-12-28
Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.
18
A Horse for Old Hickory
1957-01-04
Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.
19
The Beggar of New Orleans
1957-01-11
Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.
20
Osceola
1957-01-18
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.
21
Master of Arms
1957-01-25
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.
22
Convoy Gold
1957-02-01
Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.
23
Spanish Intrigue
1957-02-08
Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.
24
Bayou Tontine
1957-02-15
Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.
25
German George
1957-02-22
Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.
26
An Eye for an Eye
1957-03-01
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.
27
The Captain's Chimp
1957-03-08
Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.
28
Jackson Assassination
1957-03-15
Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.
29
Rezin Bowie, Gambler
1957-03-22
Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.
30
Thieves' Market
1957-03-29
When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.
31
The Pearl and the Crown
1957-04-05
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
Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.
33
The Lottery
1957-04-19
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.
34
The Intruder
1957-04-26
Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.
35
Country Cousin
1957-05-03
Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.
36
The Bound Girl
1957-05-10
Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.
37
Bounty Hunter
1957-05-17
When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.
38
Gone to Texas
1957-05-24
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.
CAST
charactor: Jim Bowie
Original: Scott Forbes
Total EP: 76
charactor:
Original: William Schallert
Total EP: 7
charactor: Rezin Bowie
Original: Peter Hansen
Total EP: 6
charactor:
Original: Lorna Thayer
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Kem Dibbs
Total EP: 4
charactor: Ma Bowie
Original: Minerva Urecal
Total EP: 4
charactor:
Original: Ivan Triesault
Total EP: 4
charactor: Armand Duprez
Original: Val Dufour
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Lawrence Dobkin
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Booth Colman
Total EP: 3
charactor:
Original: Sidney Blackmer
Total EP: 3
charactor: Jerome Juventin
Original: Michael Landon
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Chuck Connors
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Peggy McCay
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Donald Randolph
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: June Carter Cash
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Denver Pyle
Total EP: 2
charactor: Manion
Original: Claude Akins
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Lurene Tuttle
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Forrest Lewis
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Louis Mercier
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Roberto Contreras
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Tommy Ivo
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Joel Fluellen
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Kay E. Kuter
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Sean McClory
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Anthony Eustrel
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Addison Richards
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Jack Kruschen
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Ross Elliott
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Gary Gray
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Lyn Osborn
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Charles Meredith
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Charles Stevens
Total EP: 2
charactor: Nashville Inn Keeper
Original: Lomax Study
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Eugenia Paul
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Anthony Caruso
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Lisa Gaye
Total EP: 2
charactor:
Original: Rita Lynn
Total EP: 2
charactor: 1st Policeman
Original: Lyle Latell
Total EP: 2
CREW
George Archainbaud
Director
Directing
Lewis R. Foster
Director
Directing
Anton Leader
Director
Directing
Christian Nyby
Director
Directing
Hollingsworth Morse
Director
Directing
Louis F. Edelman
Producer
Production
Lewis R. Foster
Producer
Production
Tom Reed
Writer
Writing
William H. Wright
Writer
Writing
Don Clark
Story
Writing
Maurice Tombragel
Teleplay
Writing
George F. Slavin
Writer
Writing
Bertram Millhauser
Writer
Writing
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