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The Best Episodes of Bat Masterson Season 1

Every episode of Bat Masterson Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Bat Masterson Season 1!

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Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 1 - Double Showdown
    8.1/10(104 votes)

    #1 - Double Showdown

    S1:E1

    Bat responds to cry for help when a friend's small gambling house is threatened by rival casino owned by Big Keel Roberts. Roberts suggest that he and Bat play one hand of poker, with the winner gaining ownership of both casinos.

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  2. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 2 - Two Graves for Swan Valley
    8.1/10(101 votes)

    #2 - Two Graves for Swan Valley

    S1:E2

    A vicious night rider reacts with murderous intent when he thinks Bat is flirting with his girl, pretty saloon girl Molly Doyle. Everyone tells Bat to leave town to save his life but Bat not wanting to be told what to do decides to stay.

    Writer:Unknown

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  3. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 3 - Dynamite Blows Two Ways
    7.5/10(75 votes)

    #3 - Dynamite Blows Two Ways

    S1:E3

    Bat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his cattle to be sold in Cheyenne.

    Writer:Unknown

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  4. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 4 - Stampede at Tent City
    7.6/10(97 votes)

    #4 - Stampede at Tent City

    S1:E4

    Bat encounters a group of wranglers who are stealing horses. A old flame of Bat's asks him to rescue her current beau, accused of murder and shackled to a tree by a lynch mob led by the slain man's brother who leads the wranglers.

    Writer:Unknown

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  5. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 5 - The Fighter
    7.2/10(80 votes)

    #5 - The Fighter

    S1:E5

    Bat arrives in Silverton, Colorado and gets involved with a crooked fight promoter. He saves the day for a young bareknuckle fighter.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 6 - Bear Bait
    7.6/10(74 votes)

    #6 - Bear Bait

    S1:E6

    Bat is hired to guide a hunting party to Canada. The sheriff suspects that the three are wanted for robbery and murder but he needs proof. When Bat discovers the truth, he is roped to a tree as bait for the bears by them.

    Writer:Unknown

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  8. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 7 - A Noose Fits Anybody
    7.6/10(67 votes)

    #7 - A Noose Fits Anybody

    S1:E7

    While on his way to break his brother out of jail for a crime he did not commit, Ben Thompson saves Bat Masterson's life, but is wounded in the process. Bat agrees to undertake the hazardous mission of saving Ben's brother from the noose.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 8 - Dude's Folly
    7.7/10(72 votes)

    #8 - Dude's Folly

    S1:E8

    When a bully threatens two youngsters if they won't sell the hardware store they inherited, Bat helps. He teaches the man how to defend himself with a gun, but the student shoots his antagonist in the back and then goes after his teacher.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 9 - The Treasure of Worry Hill
    7.8/10(63 votes)

    #9 - The Treasure of Worry Hill

    S1:E9

    Three cousins inherit pieces of map describing the location of their uncle's buried treasure. Not trusting each other, they hire Bat to guide them to the place where the money has been hidden - a place known as "Worry Hill".

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 10 - Cheyenne Club
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #10 - Cheyenne Club

    S1:E10

    Bat is hired by John Conant to discover if his daughter's fiancée cheats at cards. Bat discovers the crooked card sharp is really a powerful cattle baron who plans to kill Bat before he can tell anyone else.

    Writer:Unknown

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  12. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 11 - Sherman's March Through Dodge City
    7.6/10(57 votes)

    #11 - Sherman's March Through Dodge City

    S1:E11

    President Hayes is coming to Dodge City accompanied by General Sherman during an election stop. The Marshal will protect Hayes but he asking Bat to become a deputy to protect General Sherman in a town full of southern cowboys who hate him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 12 - Trail Pirate
    7.6/10(66 votes)

    #12 - Trail Pirate

    S1:E12

    Bat recommends himself to be a wagon guide to cross the desert after a wagon guide is brought in dead with bullets in him. Three wagon trains have been lost that summer to a trail pirate. The woman leading the next train doesn't trust Bat.

    Writer:Unknown

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  14. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 13 - Double Trouble in Trinidad
    7.9/10(74 votes)

    #13 - Double Trouble in Trinidad

    S1:E13

    When Bat learns that a man sporting a derby and a cane and claiming to be "Bat Masterson" has set himself up as sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, he immediately rides there to investigate to protect his name.

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  15. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 14 - Election Day
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #14 - Election Day

    S1:E14

    While leading a trail drive, Bat is confronted at a town by a gang who tries to extort money from him before they allow his cattle to pass. Bat refuses to pay and discovers the gang is backed by the mayor he decides to boot from office.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 15 - One Bullet from Broken Bow
    7.7/10(60 votes)

    #15 - One Bullet from Broken Bow

    S1:E15

    Pawnee renegade Stone Calf and his braves have taken two white girls captive in a raid. The Army is leaving to back up Custer so Bat is asked to rescue the sisters. He reluctantly agrees to do it when his female friends pressures him.

    Writer:Unknown

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  17. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 16 - A Personal Matter
    7.5/10(60 votes)

    #16 - A Personal Matter

    S1:E16

    Outlaw Bailey Harper steals Bat's horse, gun and money. Bailey laughs when Bat tells him he'll get all of his property back. He tells the gambler that no one will help him. Bat's plan is to court Bailey's girl and force Bailey to find him.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 17 - License to Cheat
    7.5/10(66 votes)

    #17 - License to Cheat

    S1:E17

    Bat sees a poker game break up when a player accuses the dealer of cheating. Bat learns that all the games in town are rigged with the Sheriff collecting a payoff so Bat tries to start an honest game but he is jailed and banned from cards.

    Director:Jesse Hibbs
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 18 - Sharpshooter
    8.1/10(63 votes)

    #18 - Sharpshooter

    S1:E18

    A casino owner hires a marksman with money problems to kill Bat to whom he is deeply in debt. When the man's pregnant wife convinces him to renege on the agreement, the casino owner hires two hard cases to force the confrontation.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 19 - River Boat
    7.4/10(63 votes)

    #19 - River Boat

    S1:E19

    A gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the gang's gluttonous leader to recover the items.

    Writer:Unknown

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  21. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 20 - Battle of the Pass
    7.8/10(52 votes)

    #20 - Battle of the Pass

    S1:E20

    When an old railroad boss refuses to pay Bat the salary owed him, Bat decides to work for his competitor. Both men are racing to build a railroad through a canyon. Although behind, Bat has an idea on how to win the race for the canyon.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 21 - Marked Deck
    7.9/10(61 votes)

    #21 - Marked Deck

    S1:E21

    Bat is cheated at cards by a town boss with the cooperation of the local sheriff. When he meets a brother and sister who were cheated in a land swindle, they three plot to get their money back and bring the crook to justice.

    Director:Otto Lang
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 22 - Incident in Leadville
    7.7/10(61 votes)

    #22 - Incident in Leadville

    S1:E22

    Bat rides to Leadville, Colorado to confront an editor that wrote an article describing him as one of the West's most ruthless gunfighters. The editor learns of Bat's true nature when he defends the paper against a crooked civic leader.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 23 - The Tumbleweed Wagon
    7.4/10(61 votes)

    #23 - The Tumbleweed Wagon

    S1:E23

    Bat agrees to escort a murder suspect to trial, but he escapes with the help of his girl friend. Bat decides to take the woman to Fort Smith to stand trial for jail-breaking with the hope that he might capture the suspect along the way.

    Writer:Unknown

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  25. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 24 - Brunette Bombshell
    7.7/10(63 votes)

    #24 - Brunette Bombshell

    S1:E24

    Bat buys a boxing club in Denver. When he arrives he sees that the police have posted "Property Condemned" signs on his building. He soon discovers that the town councilors have plans to raze his gym and erect a casino on the spot.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  26. Bat Masterson Season 1 Episode 25 - Deadline
    8.0/10(52 votes)

    #25 - Deadline

    S1:E25

    Two gunmen steal the horses from the stagecoach in which Bat and Lorna Adams are riding. Bat trades his cane for a horse so Lorna can get to Austin to present evidence that will save a man from the gallows but the thieves have other ideas.

    Director:John Rich
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Double Showdown" is the best rated episode of "Bat Masterson" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 104 votes. Directed by Walter Doniger and written by Gene Levitt, it aired on 10/8/1958. This episode is rated 0.0 points higher than the second-best, "Two Graves for Swan Valley".