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Season 1 – The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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Wealthy planter Jim Bowie relies on the knife he invented after breaking his regular one fighting a bear.
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The Adventures of Jim Bowie — Season 1

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Scott Forbes

Jim Bowie

Robert Cornthwaite

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Peter Hansen

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Minerva Urecal

Ma Bowie

Maurice Marsac

Jacques Juventin

Joyce Vanderveen

Angelique Moreau

Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 7, 1956 The Birth of the Blade After his rifle misfires during a close encounter with a bear, Jim approaches a blacksmith to suggest a different kind of knife. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 14, 1956 The Squatter Jim persuades an imperious plantation owner to allow a squatter and his pregnant wife to remain on her land. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 21, 1956 An Adventure With Audubon Jim is amused when his friend is mistaken for the missing son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 28, 1956 Deputy Sheriff Jim takes a turn as a volunteer deputy to guard a prisoner, but he begins to doubt the prisoner's guilt. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 5, 1956 The Trapline Jim believes a fur company may be trying to drive him away by killing any Cajun trapper with whom he does business. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 12, 1956 Broomstick Wedding A case of mistaken identity leads an angry farmer to decide that Jim must marry his daughter in a shotgun wedding. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 19, 1956 Natchez Trace Jim is asked to protect a group of travelers from a bandit preying on people along the road to Natchez. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 26, 1956 Jim Bowie Comes Home Jim's family takes on the local saloonkeeper, who has different visions of the town's future. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 2, 1956 Ghost of Jean Battoo Jim assists farmers who are being forced to pay protection money to an old woman who threatens to unleash the ghost of a Louisiana pirate on them. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 9, 1956 The Secessionist President Jackson asks Jim's friend to prevent a group of planters from seceding from the union. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 16, 1956 The Land Jumpers While traveling along the Mississippi, Jim is bushwhacked by settlers who accuse him of being a land-grabber. Details Episode 12 Aired Nov 23, 1956 The Select Females While traveling to New Orleans, Jim encounters two women from a school, searching for one of their students, who is planning to elope. Details Episode 13 Aired Nov 30, 1956 Bowie and His Slave Jim learns that a slave he had freed has been recaptured and is about to be sold at a slave auction. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 7, 1956 Outlaw Kingdom Jim goes in search of a gang of river pirates who've stolen his cargo. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 14, 1956 The Swordsman Jim is distracted by a beautiful woman while traveling to New Orleans to buy an estate. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 21, 1956 The Return of the Alcibiade Jim sets out to find the thief who stole the Christmas gift he purchased for his mother. Details Episode 17 Aired Dec 28, 1956 Monsieur Francois Bowie aids a French boy and his aunt who are victimized by confidence tricksters. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 4, 1957 A Horse for Old Hickory Jim finds himself bidding against Sam Houston when he tries to buy a racehorse to give to the president. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 11, 1957 The Beggar of New Orleans Jim tries to help a former fencing champion who's down on his luck. Details Episode 20 Aired Jan 18, 1957 Osceola Jim steps in when the army tries to relocate the Seminole Indians from their lands. Details Episode 21 Aired Jan 25, 1957 Master of Arms Bowie's lottery ticket purchase leads the man who sold it to him to try and rob Bowie of the large sum of money he's carrying. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 1, 1957 Convoy Gold Jim must escort a shipment of gold to New Orleans. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 8, 1957 Spanish Intrigue Bowie makes an agreement to sell supplies to Don Carlo Miro, unaware that Miro is acting as an agent for supporters of Simon Bolivar, and that the Spanish king wants to stop the sale. Details Episode 24 Aired Feb 15, 1957 Bayou Tontine Naturalist James Audubon asks Jim to protect a young heiress. Details Episode 25 Aired Feb 22, 1957 German George Jim hunts for the man who swindled and killed his friend. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 1, 1957 An Eye for an Eye Hoping to prevent an Indian uprising, Bowie shares the story of John Smith and Pocahontas with a Cherokee princess. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 8, 1957 The Captain's Chimp The pet chimpanzee of a kidnapped captain ends up in Bowie's hotel room. Details Episode 28 Aired Mar 15, 1957 Jackson's Assassination Jim is unwittingly dragged into a plot to assassinate President Jackson. Details Episode 29 Aired Mar 22, 1957 Rezin Bowie, Gambler Jim's brother makes a big gambling win and believes he is good enough to be professional, unaware he's being set up. Details Episode 30 Aired Mar 29, 1957 Thieves' Market Jim gives a young Frenchman a tour of the infamous New Orleans market, where they are attacked and robbed. Details Episode 31 Aired Apr 5, 1957 The Pearl and the Crown Jim, annoyed by a newspaper editor's poem about him, becomes a prime suspect when the paper's editor is murdered. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 12, 1957 The General's Disgrace Jim is suspicious after a rash of hold-ups and thinks the blame may lie with the son of an army general. Details Episode 33 Aired Apr 19, 1957 The Lottery Jim organizes a lottery to benefit an orphanage, but the men he hired to run it have other plans for the cash. Details Episode 34 Aired Apr 26, 1957 The Intruder Jim decides to help a youngster caught burglarizing Jim's friend's house rather than turn him over to the law. Details Episode 35 Aired May 3, 1957 Country Cousin Jim's family is upset when Jim gets his cousin in on a deal that ends up being a scam. Details Episode 36 Aired May 10, 1957 The Bound Girl Jim tries to help a young Irish girl who's been indentured to a nasty widower. Details Episode 37 Aired May 17, 1957 Bounty Hunter A bounty hunter targets Jim and his friend after the pair inadvertently help a fugitive escape. Details Episode 38 Aired May 24, 1957 Gone to Texas Jim visits the Mexican state of Texas, hoping to buy land, but he's arrested as a spy and sentenced to death. Details
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Season Info

Director
Lewis R. Foster, Hollingsworth Morse, Christian Nyby
Executive Producer
Louis F. Edelman
Screenwriter
Arthur Rowe, Lewis R. Foster, Maurice Tombragel, Tom Reed, John Dunkel, Nat Tanchuck, Margaret Fitts, Lee Berg, Kate Chopin, Robert Warnes Leach, William H. Wright
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-PG
Genre
Western, Adventure
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 7, 1956
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