The Adventures of Jim Bowie

5.3(6)|1956-09-07|2 seasons, 76 episodes

Western

Overview

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.

Episodes

Season 1(38)Season 2(38)

S1E1 · 1956-09-07 · 30m

The Birth of the Blade

How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

S1E2 · 1956-09-14 · 30m

The Squatter

Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.

S1E3 · 1956-09-21 · 30m

An Adventure with Audubon

Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.

S1E4 · 1956-09-28 · 30m

Deputy Sheriff

8.0

Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.

S1E5 · 1956-10-05 · 30m

Trapline

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.

S1E6 · 1956-10-12 · 30m

Broomstick Wedding

A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.

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Scott Forbes

Jim Bowie