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Season 4 – The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

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In one of television's first adult Westerns, the famous marshal puts his life on the line to maintain order, first in Dodge City, Kan., then in Tombstone, Ariz.
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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 4

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 4

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Episode 1 Aired Sep 16, 1958 The Hole Up Earp goes under cover as an outlaw to nab thief and murderer Blackie Saunders, but Blackie's men prevent the two from meeting, leading Earp to find shelter near their camp. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 23, 1958 The Peacemaker A gang of outlaws takes advantage of Earp's absence by attacking Dodge City in full force and demanding that Mayor Kelley pay them $20,000 and fire Earp; Earp looks for the fastest way back to town while Shotgun Gibbs lends a hand to stop the gang. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 30, 1958 The Bounty Killer Earp takes on the case of a killer committing a series of ambushes near Robbers Roost and teams up with rancher Elzie Rash and a posse to corner the culprit. Details Episode 4 Aired Oct 7, 1958 Caught by a Whisker The Dodge City bank installs a new alarm in response to a rash of robberies; brothers Matt and Clint Dunbar rob the bank in disguise, but when deputies set up checkpoints on the roads, they stash the money and look for another way out of town. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 14, 1958 The Mysterious Cowhand Earp rides to Oklahoma in search of a killer who stabbed his cousin Nate and volunteers to join a group of cattle drivers, one of whom owns a knife similar to the murder weapon. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 21, 1958 The Gatling Gun Earp and Mr. Cousin must talk to the chief of a Nez Perce tribe and negotiate the return of a stolen Gatling gun; the mission hits a snag when a local militia captures the pair, requiring the tribe to rescue them. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 28, 1958 Cattle Thieves Earp struggles to uphold the law while keeping the peace when a strict ban on cattle rustling forces him to arrest rancher Rep Cantwell, triggering a battle between Dodge's most powerful ranchers. Details Episode 8 Aired Nov 4, 1958 Remittance Man A disgraced Englishman living in Henry Dart's establishment instigates a gunfight with a man he claims to owe money to, but Earp intervenes before anyone gets hurt and resolves to get to the root of the problem. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 11, 1958 King of the Frontier When Lazy Q cowboy Miles Breck learns about Ned Buntline's new book naming Earp the "King of the Frontier," he sets up a cowboy contest and bets $10,000 against Earp surviving a shootout. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 18, 1958 Truth About Gunfighting Ranch hand Mitch Hallam becomes Earp's newest deputy, seeking to prove his worth and earn the hand of his boss' daughter; he puts his job and his life on the line when he reveals an underhanded scheme being perpetrated by the other workers. Details Episode 11 Aired Nov 25, 1958 Frontier Woman Earp rides to the scene of a stagecoach robbery and follows tracks to find a woman, the sole survivor of the attack, in shock; Earp must shoot his way out of a cave when the bandits trap him inside with the woman. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 2, 1958 Santa Fe War Earp rides into Santa Fe, N.M., to stop a war between two families vying for control of the land, the Finneys and the Grangers; the local sheriff backs the duplicitous Finneys, who created fake land deeds, but Earp finds the real deeds. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 9, 1958 Plague Carrier When a mysterious man helps Earp with injured stagecoach passengers, Earp takes him to Dodge City, introduces him to Dr. McCarty and talks him into opening a medical practice; a smallpox outbreak leads to a disturbing suspicion about the new doctor. Details Episode 14 Aired Dec 16, 1958 Kill the Editor A newspaper editor facing backlash for baseless accusations toward dance hall owner Sally Bascom kills her and frames Earp for the murder; Earp plays along to lure the editor into a trap while Doc Holliday and Gibbs take matters into their own hands. Details Episode 15 Aired Dec 23, 1958 Little Brother Doc Holliday's friend holds up a stage carrying Earp's younger brother, Morgan, who finds Doc and tells him what happened; suspecting trouble, Doc and Morgan team up to find his friend and rescue him from a gang without notifying Earp. Details Episode 16 Aired Dec 30, 1958 The Reformation of Doc Holliday At the urging of his wife, Kate, Doc Holliday swears off destructive behavior to prolong his health, but a slew of enemies with grudges to settle descend upon Doc while the reformed outlaw dedicates himself to helping a young couple. Details Episode 17 Aired Jan 6, 1959 A Good Man When a preacher comes to Dodge City to condemn gambling as sinful and disrupts activities in Ganly's saloon, he eventually finds himself drawn into a poker game against Ganly. Details Episode 18 Aired Jan 13, 1959 Death for a Stolen Horse Earp and Doc Holliday prevent the men of the Bar-W ranch from lynching suspected horse thief Joe Riva; while Earp investigates the true culprit, Doc plans a scheme with Joe's daughter to take the blame off him. Details Episode 19 Aired Jan 20, 1959 Last Stand at Smoky Hill Rumors of large buffalo herds prompt Bat and a number of hunters to ride out in search of pelts; Earp learns about a roaming tribe of Apache hunters and heads out to warn Bat, but hostilities quickly break out between the groups. Details Episode 20 Aired Jan 27, 1959 The Muleskinner An old friend of Earp's arrives, finds one of his employees stealing from his saddle and punishes the man harshly until Earp intervenes; Earp tries to show his friend the right way to serve justice, but more transgressions provoke the man's anger. Details Episode 21 Aired Feb 3, 1959 Earp Ain't Wearin' Guns When a Texas gang with a distaste for Northerners causes a ruckus in Dodge City, the leader's daughter convinces Earp to hang up his guns and let his fists do the negotiating. Details Episode 22 Aired Feb 10, 1959 Bat Jumps the Reservation Bat falls for a woman not knowing her involvement in a mob headed for Wyoming; Earp chases after him, following the trail of stolen cattle and dead lawmen the mob leaves in its wake. Details Episode 23 Aired Feb 17, 1959 The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty Upon learning that a reputed stagecoach driver feels nervous about his final route before retirement, Earp offers to accompany him and sets up protective measures along the route to keep them out of danger. Details Episode 24 Aired Feb 24, 1959 She Almost Married Wyatt Earp attempts to free an adopted woman from an abusive family but meets resistance at every turn; with Dodge City officials refusing to help, Earp must resort to finding a cowhand to wed her -- or marry the woman himself. Details Episode 25 Aired Mar 3, 1959 Horse Race A Cheyenne chief named Bullhead races a pony against Milt Canyon and wins, but in a negotiation following the race, Canyon forces Bullhead into a deadly confrontation, and Earp must bring the chief to trial for murder while holding off a lynch mob. Details Episode 26 Aired Mar 10, 1959 Juveniles - 1878 A troublesome young man arrives in Dodge City with a gun in his holster and deadly ideas in his head, so Earp investigates his identity to track down his parents. Details Episode 27 Aired Mar 17, 1959 One Murder - Fifty Suspects Earp and Shotgun Gibbs investigate the poisoning of a reviled loan shark and find many citizens with a motive to want the man dead, including a bank clerk with a large gambling debt. Details Episode 28 Aired Mar 24, 1959 How to Be a Sheriff Del Mathey, the new, naive sheriff of Ford County, confronts his misconceptions about the position when his attempt to evict squatters from a property results in a hail of bullets. Details Episode 29 Aired Mar 31, 1959 The Judas Goat Deputy U.S. Marshal Hank Drew presents a plan to catch Rocky Griswold and his gang stealing a gold shipment; Rocky's friend Joan Deming sticks up for the unemployed cowhands, believing that Hank wants to entrap them and win their bounties. Details Episode 30 Aired Apr 7, 1959 Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case When gang members feed Shotgun Gibbs' mule, Roscoe, a deadly amount of alcohol, Earp sends for Doc Fabrique to treat the animal while he pushes ahead and tracks down the group responsible, but Shotgun's fury imperils the situation. Details Episode 31 Aired Apr 14, 1959 The Actress The arrival of actress Cora Campbell in Dodge City sparks a rivalry between silversmith Tom Tanner and gunslinger Clay Bronson, but when Tom blames Clay for beating him up in an alley, Earp suspects a different attacker. Details Episode 32 Aired Apr 21, 1959 Love and Shotgun Gibbs Shotgun Gibbs, smitten with hat merchant Phronsie LaTour, agrees to protect her from a suspicious man; Earp tries to foil a gang's plot to rob the railroad by intercepting the gang leader's informant, said to be a pretty blonde. Details Episode 33 Aired Apr 28, 1959 The Cyclone A boy warns Earp of a cyclone headed for Dodge City and the town prepares to take shelter, but Earp must catch the boy's dog before disaster strikes. Details Episode 34 Aired May 5, 1959 Dodge Is Civilized Bat returns to Dodge City to buy the Lone Star Saloon but faces reprisal from rival saloon owner Mike de Graff, who wants to see the Lone Star torn down; fed up with Dodge's shady businesses, Mayor Kelley decides to drive out the saloons entirely. Details Episode 35 Aired May 12, 1959 Little Gray Home in the West Earp decides to settle down on a ranch won by Doc Holliday in a poker game, but upon arriving at the property, the two find a widow terrorized by a gang of neighboring ranchers who murdered her husband and stole her cattle. Details Episode 36 Aired May 19, 1959 Kelley Was Irish Mayor Kelley fires Earp for allowing Doc Holliday to go free after killing a man in self-defense, then appoints a new marshal who reveals his crooked nature by seeking protection fees from local saloons and killing one owner for not complying. Details Episode 37 Aired May 26, 1959 Arizona Comes to Dodge Earp's brothers, Virgil and Morgan, return to Dodge City to invite Earp to go with them to Tombstone, Ariz.; when the Clanton gang shakes up a hotel and pressures a rancher to settle a debt, things escalate into a brawl. Details

Season Info

Director
Frank McDonald
Screenwriter
Frederick Hazlitt Brennan, John Dunkel
Network
ABC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 16, 1958
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