The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956-1958)

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NR September 7th, 1956Western2 Seasons, 76 Episodes

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.

StarringScott Forbes

DirectorsLewis R. FosterGeorge ArchainbaudHollingsworth Morse

WritersTom ReedBertram MillhauserGeorge F. Slavin

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