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The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 1956 - 1957
Episode 1
The Birth of the Blade
Fri, Sep 7, 195626 mins
An encounter with an unfriendly she-bear nearly becomes fatal for Jim Bowie when his rifle misfires. Realizing the need for a simpler and more reliable weapon, he approaches master blacksmith Samuel Black with an idea for a new type of knife.
Episode 2
The Squatter
Fri, Sep 14, 195630 mins
Jim Bowie persuades Regina Bienbeau, an imperious plantation owner, to allow a squatter and his pregnant wife to remain on her land.
Episode 3
An Adventure with Audubon
Fri, Sep 21, 195630 mins
Jim Bowie watches with amusement and then with concern as his friend, John James Audubon, is mistaken for the missing son of Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
Episode 4
Deputy Sheriff
Fri, Sep 28, 195630 mins
Jim volunteers to be a temporary deputy sheriff in order to guard a prisoner. However, he soon begins to suspect that the young man may not in fact be guilty of the crime he's been charged with.
Episode 5
Trapline
Fri, Oct 5, 195630 mins
Jim begins to suspect that a fur company is trying to drive him out and is killing any Cajun trapper who does business with him.
Episode 6
Broomstick Wedding
Fri, Oct 12, 195626 mins
A horse trade leads an angry farmer to mistakenly believe that Jim is the man who "dishonored" his daughter, and has to right his wrong by marrying her--even if it's at the point of a shotgun.
Episode 7
Natchez Trace
Fri, Oct 19, 195626 mins
A group on their way to Natchez ask Jim to protect them against a bandit who preys on travelers headed there.
Episode 8
Jim Bowie Comes Home
Fri, Oct 26, 195630 mins
The Bowie family seeks to keep their hometown respectable, however, the local saloonkeeper has other ideas and hires a professional knife fighter to challenge Jim to a fight.
Episode 9
The Ghost of Jean Battoo
Fri, Nov 2, 195630 mins
Jim runs into a group of farmers who are paying protection money to an old woman who threatens to unleash the ghost of an infamous Louisiana pirate against them if they don't pay.
Episode 10
The Secessionist
Fri, Nov 9, 195626 mins
A friend of Jim's is asked by President Andrew Jackson to dissuade a group of French planters from seceding from the Union.
Episode 11
Land Jumpers
Fri, Nov 16, 195630 mins
Jim Bowie is riding along the Mississippi when he is bushwhacked by Manion and Kneeland...two settlers who accuse him of being a land grabber and throwing them off their land. They tell him Jim's brother Rezin has been shot and killed. Jim returns home and finds his brother is still alive but Bowie and Bowie Land Office is in trouble. A Frenchman with an old land grant from King Louis XVI has overturned all of their deals and taken the property back. On top of all this, counterfeit money is being distributed in the region and Jim begins to wonder about the validity of the grant.
Episode 12
The Select Females
Fri, Nov 23, 195630 mins
JIm Bowie is in a hurry on his way to New Orleans to take a lady to the Opera Ball when he comes upon two women who are having trouble with their pony cart. They are Angelique Moreau and Miss Peabody of Miss Peabody's Select Female Academy. They are searching for a young girl who has run off from the school to elope. Her father is planning on making a handsome contribution to the school so they are desperate to find her before she can carry out her plans of marriage. He tries to get back on the way to N.O. but is drawn back to the ladies when he discovers they have been kidnapped as part of an extortion scheme.
Episode 13
Jim Bowie and His Slave
Fri, Nov 30, 195630 mins
Jim discovers that a former slave he had freed has been captured and enslaved again, and is about to be sold at a slave auction.
Episode 14
Outlaw Kingdom
Fri, Dec 7, 195626 mins
Jim sets out after a gang of river pirates who have stolen his cargo.
Episode 15
The Swordsman
Fri, Dec 14, 195630 mins
Jim travels to New Orleans to purchase an estate, but he gets himself in trouble when he's distracted by a beautiful woman.
Episode 16
The Return of the Alcibiade
Fri, Dec 21, 195630 mins
An expensive gift that Jim bought for his mother for Christmas is stolen, and he sets off after the thief to get it back.
Episode 17
Monsieur Francois
Fri, Dec 28, 195630 mins
Bowie assists a French boy who has traveled from France to reunite with his aunt who is living in New Orleans. Unbeknownst to Bowie, the boy represents a threat to the aunt's fiancé who plans to marry her for her money.
Episode 18
A Horse for Old Hickory
Fri, Jan 4, 195730 mins
Jim goes to an auction to bid on a racehorse he wants to give as a present to President Jackson, but he finds out that he's up against another bidder who wants the horse--none other than Sam Houston.
Episode 19
The Beggar of New Orleans
Fri, Jan 11, 195730 mins
Jim set out to help a former champion fencer who has fallen on hard times and is reduced to begging in the streets.
Episode 20
Osceola
Fri, Jan 18, 195730 mins
When the army attempts to move the Seminole Indians from their own lands to a tract that is much less desirable, Jim steps in on their behalf.
Episode 21
Master at Arms
Fri, Jan 25, 195730 mins
Bowie buys a lottery ticket from Jean Dubois a former champion swordsman who is trying to raise money for his daughter's dowry. Dubois notices that Bowie is carrying a large sum of money and unsuccessfully tries to take it from him when Bowie leaves the tavern. Bowie, Houston and Lafitte decide to help Dubois, however, Dubois' future in-laws have other plans for his daughter's dowry.
Episode 22
Convoy Gold
Fri, Feb 1, 195730 mins
Jim has to get a gold shipment through safely to New Orleans.
Episode 23
Spanish Intrigue
Fri, Feb 8, 195730 mins
Bowie agrees to sell supplies to Don Carlos Miro. He later discovers that Miro is acting as a purchasing agent for supporters of Simon Bolivar and that opposing supporters of the Spanish king will stop at nothing to block the sale.
Episode 24
Bayou Tontine
Fri, Feb 15, 195730 mins
Jim is asked by famous naturalist James Audubon to protect a young girl who has just inherited a fortune.
Episode 25
German George
Fri, Feb 22, 195730 mins
Jim's friend and partner is cheated out of money by a gambler, who then kills him. Jim sets out after the killer.
Episode 26
An Eye for an Eye
Fri, Mar 1, 195730 mins
In order to head off an Indian uprising, Jim tells a Cherokee princess the tale of John Smith and Pocahontas. Unfortunately his story doesn't have the desired effect, and in fact winds up getting him in even more trouble.
Episode 27
The Captain's Chimp
Fri, Mar 8, 195730 mins
When Captain Paolo is kidnapped from his hotel room, his frightened chimpanzee ends up in Bowie's room. After a mate from the captain's ship, and later Lafitte, try to buy the chimp, Bowie enlists reporter Tebbs and the captain's daughter in a plan to expose the kidnappers.
Episode 28
Jackson's Assassination
Fri, Mar 15, 195726 mins
Jim is tricked into aiding a plot to assassinate President Jackson.
Episode 29
Rezin Bowie, Gambler
Fri, Mar 22, 195730 mins
Jim's brother, unaware that he is being set up, wins big gambling and gets it into his head that he's good enough to go professional.
Episode 30
Thieves' Market
Fri, Mar 29, 195730 mins
Jim takes a young French friend on a tour of New Orleans' infamous "Thieves Market", where they are attacked and robbed--by thieves.
Episode 31
The Pearl and the Crown
Fri, Apr 5, 195730 mins
A newspaper publishes a poem about Jim. Irritated, he confronts the editor. Unfortunately for Jim the editor is soon found murdered, and suspicion falls on him.
Episode 32
The General's Disgrace
Fri, Apr 12, 195730 mins
A rash of holdups leads Jim to suspect that they may be the work of an army general's son who has recently sustained heavy gambling losses.
Episode 33
The Lottery
Fri, Apr 19, 195730 mins
In order to help an orphanage raise money, Jim organized a lottery. What he doesn't know is that the men he hired to run it have schemed to rig the drawing so that they will win.
Episode 34
The Intruder
Fri, Apr 26, 195730 mins
A young man is caught burglarizing the home of Jim's friend Francois. However, instead of turning him over to the authorities, Jim decides to help the youth.
Episode 35
Country Cousin
Fri, May 3, 195730 mins
Jim winds up in trouble with his family when he lets his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a scam.
Episode 36
The Bound Girl
Fri, May 10, 195730 mins
An indentured young servant girl from Ireland has been "purchased" by a nasty widower, and Jim sets out to help her out of that potentially dangerous situation.
Episode 37
The Bounty Hunter
Fri, May 17, 195730 mins
Jim and his newspaper friend unknowingly help a fugitive escape. A bounty hunter, figuring that they're all in on it, goes after them all for the reward--dead or alive.
Episode 38
Gone to Texas
Fri, May 24, 195726 mins
Hoping to buy land in the Mexican state of Texas, Jim Bowie visits Nacogdoches where he's arrested as a spy, flogged, and sentenced to death.