The Adventures of Jim Bowie

The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956)


  • Genre: Western
  • First Air Date: 1956-09-07
  • Last Air Date: 1958-05-23
  • Total Seasons: 2
  • Total Episodes: 76
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 30 min.
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: ABC
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Summary

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 Seasons

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 1956-09-07
    38 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 1957-09-06
    38 Episodes

    The Adventures of Jim Bowie Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1The Birth of the Blade30 min
    Season 1Episode 2The Squatter30 min
    Season 1Episode 3An Adventure with Audubon30 min
    Season 1Episode 4Deputy Sheriff30 min
    Season 1Episode 5Trapline30 min
    Season 1Episode 6Broomstick Wedding30 min
    Season 1Episode 7Natchez Trace30 min
    Season 1Episode 8Jim Bowie Comes Home30 min
    Season 1Episode 9The Ghost of Jean Battoo30 min
    Season 1Episode 10The Secessionist30 min
    Season 1Episode 11Land Jumpers30 min
    Season 1Episode 12The Select Females30 min
    Season 1Episode 13Bowie and His Slave30 min
    Season 1Episode 14Outlaw Kingdom30 min
    Season 1Episode 15The Swordsman30 min
    Season 1Episode 16The Return of the Alcibiade30 min
    Season 1Episode 17Monsieur Francois30 min
    Season 1Episode 18A Horse for Old Hickory30 min
    Season 1Episode 19The Beggar of New Orleans30 min
    Season 1Episode 20Osceola30 min
    Season 1Episode 21Master of Arms30 min
    Season 1Episode 22Convoy Gold30 min
    Season 1Episode 23Spanish Intrigue30 min
    Season 1Episode 24Bayou Tontine30 min
    Season 1Episode 25German George30 min
    Season 1Episode 26An Eye for an Eye30 min
    Season 1Episode 27The Captain's Chimp30 min
    Season 1Episode 28Jackson Assassination30 min
    Season 1Episode 29Rezin Bowie, Gambler30 min
    Season 1Episode 30Thieves' Market30 min
    Season 1Episode 31The Pearl and the Crown30 min
    Season 1Episode 32The General's Disgrace30 min
    Season 1Episode 33The Lottery30 min
    Season 1Episode 34The Intruder30 min
    Season 1Episode 35Country Cousin30 min
    Season 1Episode 36The Bound Girl30 min
    Season 1Episode 37Bounty Hunter30 min
    Season 1Episode 38Gone to Texas30 min
    Season 2Episode 1Epitaph for an Indian30 min
    Season 2Episode 2Flowers for McDonough30 min
    Season 2Episode 3The Irishman30 min
    Season 2Episode 4Counterfeit Dixie30 min
    Season 2Episode 5Bullet Metal30 min
    Season 2Episode 6Quarantine30 min
    Season 2Episode 7A Fortune for Madame30 min
    Season 2Episode 8House Divided30 min
    Season 2Episode 9The Whip30 min
    Season 2Episode 10Pearls of Talimeco30 min
    Season 2Episode 11Charivari30 min
    Season 2Episode 12Hare and Tortoise30 min
    Season 2Episode 13The Bridegroom30 min
    Season 2Episode 14The Alligator30 min
    Season 2Episode 15Country Girl30 min
    Season 2Episode 16Mexican Adventure30 min
    Season 2Episode 17Silk Purse30 min
    Season 2Episode 18Choctaw Honor30 min
    Season 2Episode 19Close Shave30 min
    Season 2Episode 20Pirate on Horseback30 min
    Season 2Episode 21Curfew Cannon30 min
    Season 2Episode 22Home Sweet Home30 min
    Season 2Episode 23Deaf Smith30 min
    Season 2Episode 24Ursula30 min
    Season 2Episode 25Apache Silver30 min
    Season 2Episode 26A Grave for Jim Bowie30 min
    Season 2Episode 27Up the Creek30 min
    Season 2Episode 28The Lion's Cub30 min
    Season 2Episode 29Horse Thief30 min
    Season 2Episode 30Jim Bowie, Apache30 min
    Season 2Episode 31The Brothers30 min
    Season 2Episode 32Patron of the Arts30 min
    Season 2Episode 33Bad Medicine30 min
    Season 2Episode 34A Night in Tennessee30 min
    Season 2Episode 35Bowie's Baby30 min
    Season 2Episode 36The Cave30 min
    Season 2Episode 37Man of the Streets30 min
    Season 2Episode 38The Puma30 min
    • Scott Forbes

      as Jim Bowie
    Production Lewis R. Foster Producer
    Production Louis F. Edelman Producer

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