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The Adventures of Jim Bowie

1956–19582 Seasons76 Episodes
Western

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 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.

Network / Platform
ABC
First Aired
07/Sep/1956
Language
English
Schedule
Friday · 20:00

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S2 E38The Puma23/May/1958 • 30m
S2 E37Man of the Streets16/May/1958 • 30m
S2 E36The Cave09/May/1958 • 30m
S2 E35Bowie's Baby02/May/1958 • 30m
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Season 20 / 38 watched
S2 E1Epitaph for an Indian06/Sep/1957 • 30m
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S2 E2Flowers for McDonough13/Sep/1957 • 30m
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S2 E3The Irishman20/Sep/1957 • 30m
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S2 E4Counterfeit Dixie27/Sep/1957 • 30m
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S2 E5Bullet Metal04/Oct/1957 • 30m
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S2 E6Quarantine11/Oct/1957 • 30m
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S2 E7A Fortune for Madame18/Oct/1957 • 30m
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S2 E8House Divided25/Oct/1957 • 30m
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S2 E9The Whip01/Nov/1957 • 30m
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S2 E10Pearls of Talimeco08/Nov/1957 • 30m
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S2 E11Charivari15/Nov/1957 • 30m
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S2 E12Hare and Tortoise22/Nov/1957 • 30m
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S2 E13The Bridegroom29/Nov/1957 • 30m
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S2 E14The Alligator06/Dec/1957 • 30m
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S2 E15Country Girl13/Dec/1957 • 30m
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S2 E16Mexican Adventure20/Dec/1957 • 30m
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S2 E17Silk Purse27/Dec/1957 • 30m
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S2 E18Choctaw Honor03/Jan/1958 • 30m
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S2 E19Close Shave10/Jan/1958 • 30m
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S2 E20Pirate on Horseback17/Jan/1958 • 30m
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S2 E21Curfew Cannon24/Jan/1958 • 30m
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S2 E22Home Sweet Home31/Jan/1958 • 30m
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S2 E23Deaf Smith07/Feb/1958 • 30m
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S2 E24Ursula14/Feb/1958 • 30m
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S2 E25Apache Silver21/Feb/1958 • 30m
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S2 E26A Grave for Jim Bowie28/Feb/1958 • 30m
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S2 E27Up the Creek07/Mar/1958 • 30m
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S2 E28The Lion's Cub14/Mar/1958 • 30m
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S2 E29Horse Thief21/Mar/1958 • 30m
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S2 E30Jim Bowie, Apache28/Mar/1958 • 30m
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S2 E31The Brothers04/Apr/1958 • 30m
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S2 E32Patron of the Arts11/Apr/1958 • 30m
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S2 E33Bad Medicine18/Apr/1958 • 30m
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S2 E34A Night in Tennessee25/Apr/1958 • 30m
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S2 E35Bowie's Baby02/May/1958 • 30m
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S2 E36The Cave09/May/1958 • 30m
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S2 E37Man of the Streets16/May/1958 • 30m
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S2 E38The Puma23/May/1958 • 30m
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Season 10 / 38 watched
S1 E1The Birth of the Blade07/Sep/1956 • 30m
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S1 E2The Squatter14/Sep/1956 • 30m
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S1 E3An Adventure with Audubon21/Sep/1956 • 30m
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S1 E4Deputy Sheriff28/Sep/1956 • 30m
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S1 E5Trapline05/Oct/1956 • 30m
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S1 E6Broomstick Wedding12/Oct/1956 • 30m
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S1 E7Natchez Trace19/Oct/1956 • 30m
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S1 E8Jim Bowie Comes Home26/Oct/1956 • 30m
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S1 E9The Ghost of Jean Battoo02/Nov/1956 • 30m
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S1 E10The Secessionist09/Nov/1956 • 30m
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S1 E11Land Jumpers16/Nov/1956 • 30m
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S1 E12The Select Females23/Nov/1956 • 30m
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S1 E13Bowie and His Slave30/Nov/1956 • 30m
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S1 E14Outlaw Kingdom07/Dec/1956 • 30m
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S1 E15The Swordsman14/Dec/1956 • 30m
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S1 E16The Return of the Alcibiade21/Dec/1956 • 30m
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S1 E17Monsieur Francois28/Dec/1956 • 30m
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S1 E18A Horse for Old Hickory04/Jan/1957 • 30m
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S1 E19The Beggar of New Orleans11/Jan/1957 • 30m
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S1 E20Osceola18/Jan/1957 • 30m
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S1 E21Master of Arms25/Jan/1957 • 30m
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S1 E22Convoy Gold01/Feb/1957 • 30m
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S1 E23Spanish Intrigue08/Feb/1957 • 30m
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S1 E24Bayou Tontine15/Feb/1957 • 30m
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S1 E25German George22/Feb/1957 • 30m
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S1 E26An Eye for an Eye01/Mar/1957 • 30m
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S1 E27The Captain's Chimp08/Mar/1957 • 30m
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S1 E28Jackson Assassination15/Mar/1957 • 30m
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S1 E29Rezin Bowie, Gambler22/Mar/1957 • 30m
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S1 E30Thieves' Market29/Mar/1957 • 30m
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S1 E31The Pearl and the Crown05/Apr/1957 • 30m
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S1 E32The General's Disgrace12/Apr/1957 • 30m
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S1 E33The Lottery19/Apr/1957 • 30m
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S1 E34The Intruder26/Apr/1957 • 30m
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S1 E35Country Cousin03/May/1957 • 30m
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S1 E36The Bound Girl10/May/1957 • 30m
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S1 E37Bounty Hunter17/May/1957 • 30m
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S1 E38Gone to Texas24/May/1957 • 30m
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Status
Ended
Country
United States
Runtime
30 min
External
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Full cast and crew
Scott ForbesJim BowieMichael LandonJerome JuventinChuck ConnorsPeggy McCayDonald RandolphJune Carter CashDenver PyleEdwin JeromeMike MazurkiEllen CorbyEdd ByrnesEliLane BradfordS. John LaunerJohn CravenNapoleon WhitingMichael PateEugene JacksonPaul FreesRichard BenedictRobert J. WilkeHelen KleebWhit BissellHarry LauterAbraham SofaerAnton LeaderDirectorChristian NybyDirectorGeorge ArchainbaudDirectorHollingsworth MorseDirectorLewis R. FosterDirector, ProducerLouis F. EdelmanProducerDon ClarkStoryMaurice TombragelTeleplayBertram MillhauserWriterGeorge F. SlavinWriterTom ReedWriterWilliam H. WrightWriter
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