The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Season 1

38 episodes · Sep 7, 1956

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  • S1E1

    The Birth of the Blade

    Sep 7, 195630m

    How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

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  • S1E2

    The Squatter

    Sep 14, 195630m

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

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  • S1E3

    An Adventure with Audubon

    Sep 21, 195630m

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

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  • S1E4

    Deputy Sheriff

    Sep 28, 195630m

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

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  • S1E5

    Trapline

    Oct 5, 195630m

    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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  • S1E6

    Broomstick Wedding

    Oct 12, 195630m

    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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  • S1E7

    Natchez Trace

    Oct 19, 195630m

    A group of travelers ask Bowie for help against a rumored highwayman on the trail to Natchez.

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  • S1E8

    Jim Bowie Comes Home

    Oct 26, 195630m

    On returning from a trip, Bowie finds that the town near his home has been taken over by a gang of young hoodlums.

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  • S1E9

    The Ghost of Jean Battoo

    Nov 2, 195630m

    Bowie encounters a group of farmers who are being duped into paying protection money to an old woman against the ghost of a famous Louisiana pirate.

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  • S1E10

    The Secessionist

    Nov 9, 195630m

    Bowie finds that a friend of his has been asked by President Andrew Jackson to try to talk a group of French planters out of seceding from the Union.

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  • S1E11

    Land Jumpers

    Nov 16, 195630m

    Just when Jim and his brother try to sell a large tract of land, a Frenchman shows up claiming to have the proper title to the property, which is verified by a local judge.

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  • S1E12

    The Select Females

    Nov 23, 195630m

    Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.

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  • S1E13

    Bowie and His Slave

    Nov 30, 195630m

    Bowie comes to the aid of a former slave who he had freed, but who has been captured and is being sold again at a slave auction.

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  • S1E14

    Outlaw Kingdom

    Dec 7, 195630m

    Bowie goes after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.

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  • S1E15

    The Swordsman

    Dec 14, 195630m

    Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.

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  • S1E16

    The Return of the Alcibiade

    Dec 21, 195630m

    Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.

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  • S1E17

    Monsieur Francois

    Dec 28, 195630m

    Bowie comes to the aid of a French boy and his aunt, newly arrived in New Orleans, who are the victims of confidence tricksters.

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  • S1E18

    A Horse for Old Hickory

    Jan 4, 195730m

    Bidding for a racehorse to present as a gift to President Jackson, Bowie finds that he is up against Sam Houston.

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  • S1E19

    The Beggar of New Orleans

    Jan 11, 195730m

    Bowie tries to help a former champion fencer who has become a street beggar.

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  • S1E20

    Osceola

    Jan 18, 195730m

    Bowie comes to the aid of the native Seminoles, whom the army is trying to move from their traditional home to a tract of less desirable land.

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  • S1E21

    Master of Arms

    Jan 25, 195730m

    An expert French swordsman sells Bowie a lottery ticket, but then after Bowie wins he decides that the winings should belong to him and comes after Bowie.

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  • S1E22

    Convoy Gold

    Feb 1, 195730m

    Bowie tries to get a gold shipment safely through to New Orleans.

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  • S1E23

    Spanish Intrigue

    Feb 8, 195730m

    Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.

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  • S1E24

    Bayou Tontine

    Feb 15, 195730m

    Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.

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  • S1E25

    German George

    Feb 22, 195730m

    Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.

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  • S1E26

    An Eye for an Eye

    Mar 1, 195730m

    Trying to stop an Indian uprising, Bowie only gets into more trouble after telling a native Cherokee princess the story of John Smith and Pocahontas.

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  • S1E27

    The Captain's Chimp

    Mar 8, 195730m

    Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.

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  • S1E28

    Jackson Assassination

    Mar 15, 195730m

    Bowie is duped into helping a group that is plotting the President's assassination.

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  • S1E29

    Rezin Bowie, Gambler

    Mar 22, 195730m

    Unaware that it is a setup, Jim's brother wins big and decides to become a professional gambler.

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  • S1E30

    Thieves' Market

    Mar 29, 195730m

    When Bowie escorts his young French friend to the notorious thieves' marketplace in New Orleans, they are set upon by - thieves.

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  • S1E31

    The Pearl and the Crown

    Apr 5, 195730m

    After a newspaper prints a poem about him, Bowie confronts the editor, who is later found murdered.

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  • The General's Disgrace
    S1E32

    The General's Disgrace

    Apr 12, 195730m

    Bowie suspects a connection between recent holdups and the heavy gambling losses of a general's son.

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  • S1E33

    The Lottery

    Apr 19, 195730m

    Bowie organizes a lottery to help an orphanage, unaware that the men he has hired plan to fix the drawing so that they will collect the winnings.

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  • S1E34

    The Intruder

    Apr 26, 195730m

    Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.

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  • S1E35

    Country Cousin

    May 3, 195730m

    Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.

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  • S1E36

    The Bound Girl

    May 10, 195730m

    Bowie resolves to help an indentured servant girl from Ireland, whose unwilling services have been purchased by a mean widower.

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  • S1E37

    Bounty Hunter

    May 17, 195730m

    When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.

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  • S1E38

    Gone to Texas

    May 24, 195730m

    As if his passport difficulties weren't enough, when Bowie crosses the border into Texas he finds out that someone is trying to kill him.

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