The Adventures of Jim Bowie
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.
- Created By
- First Aired on
Sep 07, 1956
- Popularity: 67.504
- 4 votes
- Networks
- (US)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
2 seaons till May 23, 1958
Last episode: The Puma
Seasons & episodes
Total 2 seasons, 76 episodes
Season 1
Aired
Episode 1The Birth of the Blade30 min
How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife
Episode 2The Squatter30 min
Bowie tries to talk a neighbor out of throwing a couple of penniless German squatters off her land.
Episode 3An Adventure with Audubon30 min
Bowie assists legendary painter/naturalist John James Audubon avoid French forces that are hunting for him.
Episode 4Deputy Sheriff30 min
Volunteering as a temporary deputy to guard a prisoner, Bowie comes to believe that the young man may be innocent.
Episode 5Trapline30 min
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.
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