The Adventures of Jim Bowie
In the Louisiana Territory around 1830, wealthy planter Jim Bowie encounters many famous people in New Orleans or the backwoods, relying for protection on the knife he supposedly invented after his regular one broke in a fight with a grizzly bear.
- 1956-1958
- 2 seasons
- ABC
- Action & Adventure
In the Louisiana Territory around 1830, wealthy planter Jim Bowie encounters many famous people in New Orleans or the backwoods, relying for protection on the knife he supposedly invented after his regular one broke in a fight with a grizzly bear.
Season 2 Episode Guide
38 Episodes 1957 - 1958
Episode 1
Epitaph for an Indian
Fri, Sep 6, 1957 26 mins
Jim's Indian friend has been killed, and when Jim goes to his home to deliver the news to his father, he finds that his friend's father has also just been shot.
Episode 2
Flowers for McDonough
Fri, Sep 13, 1957 30 mins
A canny Scotsman outfoxes Jim in a real-estate deal.
Episode 3
The Irishman
Fri, Sep 20, 1957 26 mins
Jim purchases the contract of an indentured servant, but when they stop at an inn, the man tricks the innkeeper into believing that he is the master and Jim is the servant.
Episode 4
Counterfeit Dixie
Fri, Sep 27, 1957 26 mins
In order to break up a gang of counterfeiters, Jim asks for help from a former pickpocket and a former horse thief.
Episode 5
Bullet Metal
Fri, Oct 4, 1957 26 mins
Jim is interested in buying a lead mine, but runs into a problem: the owner is a pacifist who won't sell the mine if it will be used to make ammunition.
Episode 6
The Quarantine
Fri, Oct 11, 1957 26 mins
A desperately needed shipment of smallpox vaccine is stolen, and Jim risks his life to get it back.
Episode 7
A Fortune for Madame
Fri, Oct 18, 1957 26 mins
Jim is interested in buying some land, but he discovers that the owners have just been scammed out of it. He sets out to help them get it back.
Episode 8
House Divided
Fri, Oct 25, 1957 26 mins
Jim gets shot, and finds himself recovering from his wound in the mansion of a wealthy family. However, one of the young women who is treating him asks him not to identify the person who shot him. Jim sets out to find out why.
Episode 9
The Whip
Fri, Nov 1, 1957 26 mins
During negotiations to purchase cotton, Bowie discovers that much of the cotton farm's labor is provided by the local prison comandante who keeps order by the crack of his whip and who is providing the labor in exchange for supposed donations to the church. However, his plan to expose the comandante as a thief takes a dangerous turn.
Episode 10
The Pearls of Talimeco
Fri, Nov 8, 1957 26 mins
Bowie and an Indian friend make up a wild story to trick a crooked storekeeper who is cheating Bowie's friend Sam McCullers but their plan backfires. Bowie then enlists Sam's daughter, Rachel, in an attempt to clean up the mess.
Episode 11
Charivari
Fri, Nov 15, 1957 21 mins
Jim's suspicions are aroused when an elderly friend dies suddenly on his wedding night.
Episode 12
Hare and Tortoise
Fri, Nov 22, 1957 30 mins
Jim discovers a scheme to enrich the owners of a piece of land by getting the state to move its capital there.
Episode 13
The Bridegroom
Fri, Nov 29, 1957 30 mins
To try to escape from a pursuing gang of waterfront toughs, Bowie pretends to be a prospective bridegroom for a wealthy French family's daughter.
Episode 14
The Alligator
Fri, Dec 6, 1957 30 mins
Bowie investigates the death of a woman who has been frightened to death by a baby alligator hidden in a doll.
Episode 15
Country Girl
Fri, Dec 13, 1957 30 mins
Bowie and Rachel are asked separately to lend bribe money to brother and sister aristocrats.
Episode 16
Mexican Adventure
Fri, Dec 20, 1957 30 mins
Bowie and Jean Lafitte assist an American diplomat who is being held by Mexican authorities. In turn, the diplomat uses his medical training to help deliver a baby.
Episode 17
Silk Purse
Fri, Dec 27, 1957 26 mins
Bowie unexpectedly wins the services of an unrefined young woman from her father in a poker game. He attempts to teach her what it means to be a lady.
Episode 18
Choctaw Honor
Fri, Jan 3, 1958 26 mins
Bowie helps a Choctaw Indian who has been accused by the Choctaw tribe of the murder and robbery of a tribal member.
Episode 19
The Close Shave
Fri, Jan 10, 1958 30 mins
An anonymous letter writer threatens Bowie's life.
Episode 20
Pirate on Horseback
Fri, Jan 17, 1958 30 mins
In search of a stolen necklace, Bowie infiltrates a criminal brotherhood which is bent on taking over the state.
Episode 21
Curfew Cannon
Fri, Jan 24, 1958 30 mins
A rich French family entices the Bowie brothers to be their partners in a new bank.
Episode 22
Home Sweet Home
Fri, Jan 31, 1958 30 mins
Bowie trusts a gambler to sell tickets to a benefit for actor/songwriter John Howard Payne.
Episode 23
Deaf Smith
Fri, Feb 7, 1958 30 mins
Deaf Smith intervenes when Bowie is attacked by bandits.
Episode 24
Ursula
Fri, Feb 14, 1958 30 mins
While in San Antonio on business, Bowie accidentally meets his future wife, Ursula.
Episode 25
Apache Silver
Fri, Feb 21, 1958 30 mins
While in San Antonio, Bowie obtains a map to a lost Spanish silver mine in Apache territory. However, seeking the mine could jeopardize peaceful relations with the local Lipan Apaches who also act as a buffer against the Comanches.
Episode 26
A Grave for Jim Bowie
Fri, Feb 28, 1958 30 mins
John Chapman rescues Bowie following a riverboat explosion. In turn, Bowie saves Chapman from murderers who are looking for a supposed inheritance.
Episode 27
Up the Creek
Fri, Mar 7, 1958 30 mins
A family of backwoods grifters capture Bowie and convince him to pay them a dowry in exchange for not marrying the family's daughter. Bowie and his cousin try to recoup the money but their plan goes awry.
Episode 28
The Lion's Cub
Fri, Mar 14, 1958 30 mins
Bowie thinks he's pulling a joke on an Englishman who makes an offer to buy his "bear repellent", but the joke backfires and he winds up serving as the man's valet, and two men riding with them have other plans---to obtain the man's gold.
Episode 29
Horse Thief
Fri, Mar 21, 1958 30 mins
Bowie purchases a horse from an old friend for Ursula, the daughter of his business partner and future Mrs. Bowie. Unbeknownst to Bowie, his friend has stolen the horse from the wife of the local Lipan Apache chief.
Episode 30
Jim Bowie, Apache
Fri, Mar 28, 1958 26 mins
Bowie joins the Lipan Apache tribe. He helps them in their war with the Comanches who are assisted by Bowie's old horse trading friend, Cephas. The Apaches agree to take a blindfolded Bowie to their lost silver mine but Cephas follows them.
Episode 31
The Brothers
Fri, Apr 4, 1958 30 mins
Bowie returns to Louisiana to organize an expedition to rediscover and develop the Apache silver mine in Texas. He meets a young army lieutenant, Jeff Davis, who is interested in his plan. However, Jeff's older brother Joe has less adventurous plans for his younger brother.
Episode 32
Patron of the Art
Fri, Apr 11, 1958 26 mins
A plantation owner will sell his plantation to Bowie but the price is a rare Venetian painting. The painting's owner is willing to sell but the painting is stolen, held for ransom and, unbeknownst to Bowie, duplicated.
Episode 33
Bad Medicine
Fri, Apr 18, 1958 30 mins
Federal government tells Choctaw tribes to move from Mississippi to Arkansas. One tribe refuses because chief's son is sick. As Bowie guides a doctor to examine the boy, they encounter a young couple who are about to deliver a baby.
Episode 34
A Night in Tennessee
Mon, Apr 28, 1958 30 mins
While visiting Tennessee, local politicians enlist Bowie's help in defeating Davy Crockett for Congress. Bowie agrees to help them but then refuses their smear tactics. When Bowie threatens to expose their scheme, they take him prisoner.
Episode 35
Bowie's Baby
Wed, Apr 2, 1958 30 mins
On the trail, Bowie rescues a sole surviving baby from a burning covered wagon. When the local sheriff refuses to get involved, a tavern owner agrees that she will watch the baby while Bowie tries to find a family willing to adopt.
Episode 36
The Cave
Fri, May 9, 1958 30 mins
Bowie tracks a seemingly delusional young bride who is kidnapped following her wedding. He learns that she may have been hypnotized so he sets a trap for the suspected hypnotist.
Episode 37
Man on the Street
Fri, May 16, 1958 30 mins
A Creole aristocrat, with substantial land holdings in New Orleans, loses heavily at the crap tables. When he refuses to honor his IOU, Bowie offers him a partnership to develop the land in exchange for canceling the debt.
Episode 38
The Puma
Fri, May 23, 1958 30 mins
Reporter Tebbs asks Jess Miller to travel to San Antonio and retrieve $7,000 for Bowie. In route, Miller is mistaken for Bowie, first by bandits whose leader needs his help and then by a corrupt colonel who wants the money and pits the bandit leader against Miller in a fight to the death.
