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.
Title | Air Date | Duration | ||
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Season 1 | Episode 1 | The Birth of the Blade | 1956-09-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 2 | The Squatter | 1956-09-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 3 | An Adventure with Audubon | 1956-09-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 4 | Deputy Sheriff | 1956-09-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 5 | Trapline | 1956-10-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 6 | Broomstick Wedding | 1956-10-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 7 | Natchez Trace | 1956-10-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 8 | Jim Bowie Comes Home | 1956-10-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 9 | The Ghost of Jean Battoo | 1956-11-02 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 10 | The Secessionist | 1956-11-09 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 11 | Land Jumpers | 1956-11-16 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 12 | The Select Females | 1956-11-23 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 13 | Bowie and His Slave | 1956-11-30 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 14 | Outlaw Kingdom | 1956-12-07 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 15 | The Swordsman | 1956-12-14 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 16 | The Return of the Alcibiade | 1956-12-21 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 17 | Monsieur Francois | 1956-12-28 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 18 | A Horse for Old Hickory | 1957-01-04 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 19 | The Beggar of New Orleans | 1957-01-11 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 20 | Osceola | 1957-01-18 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 21 | Master of Arms | 1957-01-25 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 22 | Convoy Gold | 1957-02-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 23 | Spanish Intrigue | 1957-02-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 24 | Bayou Tontine | 1957-02-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 25 | German George | 1957-02-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 26 | An Eye for an Eye | 1957-03-01 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 27 | The Captain's Chimp | 1957-03-08 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 28 | Jackson Assassination | 1957-03-15 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 29 | Rezin Bowie, Gambler | 1957-03-22 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 30 | Thieves' Market | 1957-03-29 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 31 | The Pearl and the Crown | 1957-04-05 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 32 | The General's Disgrace | 1957-04-12 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 33 | The Lottery | 1957-04-19 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 34 | The Intruder | 1957-04-26 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 35 | Country Cousin | 1957-05-03 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 36 | The Bound Girl | 1957-05-10 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 37 | Bounty Hunter | 1957-05-17 | 30 min |
Season 1 | Episode 38 | Gone to Texas | 1957-05-24 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 1 | Epitaph for an Indian | 1957-09-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 2 | Flowers for McDonough | 1957-09-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 3 | The Irishman | 1957-09-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 4 | Counterfeit Dixie | 1957-09-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 5 | Bullet Metal | 1957-10-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 6 | Quarantine | 1957-10-11 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 7 | A Fortune for Madame | 1957-10-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 8 | House Divided | 1957-10-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 9 | The Whip | 1957-11-01 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 10 | Pearls of Talimeco | 1957-11-08 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 11 | Charivari | 1957-11-15 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 12 | Hare and Tortoise | 1957-11-22 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 13 | The Bridegroom | 1957-11-29 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 14 | The Alligator | 1957-12-06 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 15 | Country Girl | 1957-12-13 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 16 | Mexican Adventure | 1957-12-20 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 17 | Silk Purse | 1957-12-27 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 18 | Choctaw Honor | 1958-01-03 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 19 | Close Shave | 1958-01-10 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 20 | Pirate on Horseback | 1958-01-17 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 21 | Curfew Cannon | 1958-01-24 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 22 | Home Sweet Home | 1958-01-31 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 23 | Deaf Smith | 1958-02-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 24 | Ursula | 1958-02-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 25 | Apache Silver | 1958-02-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 26 | A Grave for Jim Bowie | 1958-02-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 27 | Up the Creek | 1958-03-07 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 28 | The Lion's Cub | 1958-03-14 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 29 | Horse Thief | 1958-03-21 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 30 | Jim Bowie, Apache | 1958-03-28 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 31 | The Brothers | 1958-04-04 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 32 | Patron of the Arts | 1958-04-11 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 33 | Bad Medicine | 1958-04-18 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 34 | A Night in Tennessee | 1958-04-25 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 35 | Bowie's Baby | 1958-05-02 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 36 | The Cave | 1958-05-09 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 37 | Man of the Streets | 1958-05-16 | 30 min |
Season 2 | Episode 38 | The Puma | 1958-05-23 | 30 min |
Production | Lewis R. Foster | Producer |
Production | Louis F. Edelman | Producer |