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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1

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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

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 4 - Deputy Sheriff
    8.1/10(37 votes)

    S1:E4

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writers:Tom Reed, William H. Wright

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  2. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 21 - Master of Arms
    7.7/10(18 votes)

    S1:E21

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 2 - The Squatter
    7.6/10(38 votes)

    S1:E2

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 7 - Natchez Trace
    7.5/10(30 votes)

    S1:E7

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

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 13 - Bowie and His Slave
    7.5/10(24 votes)

    S1:E13

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 19 - The Beggar of New Orleans
    7.5/10(18 votes)

    S1:E19

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 31 - The Pearl and the Crown
    7.5/10(20 votes)

    S1:E31

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

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 5 - Trapline
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    S1:E5

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 8 - Jim Bowie Comes Home
    7.3/10(28 votes)

    S1:E8

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 17 - Monsieur Francois
    7.3/10(25 votes)

    S1:E17

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 26 - An Eye for an Eye
    7.3/10(20 votes)

    S1:E26

    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.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 6 - Broomstick Wedding
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    S1:E6

    A trade of horses leads to an angry father mistaking Bowie for his neighbor, the potential object of a shotgun wedding.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 11 - Land Jumpers
    7.2/10(28 votes)

    S1:E11

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Tom Reed

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  14. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 30 - Thieves' Market
    7.2/10(18 votes)

    S1:E30

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 3 - An Adventure with Audubon
    7.1/10(34 votes)

    S1:E3

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 18 - A Horse for Old Hickory
    7.1/10(17 votes)

    S1:E18

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 20 - Osceola
    7.1/10(22 votes)

    S1:E20

    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.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 22 - Convoy Gold
    7.1/10(18 votes)

    S1:E22

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 32 - The General's Disgrace
    7.1/10(19 votes)

    S1:E32

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  20. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 14 - Outlaw Kingdom
    7.0/10(21 votes)

    S1:E14

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Tom Reed

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  21. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 10 - The Secessionist
    6.9/10(26 votes)

    S1:E10

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 28 - Jackson Assassination
    6.9/10(25 votes)

    S1:E28

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

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 36 - The Bound Girl
    6.9/10(18 votes)

    S1:E36

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

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 38 - Gone to Texas
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    S1:E38

    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.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 9 - The Ghost of Jean Battoo
    6.8/10(28 votes)

    S1:E9

    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.

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 1 Ratings Summary

"Deputy Sheriff" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" season 1. It scored 8.1/10 based on 37 votes. Directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Tom Reed, William H. Wright, it aired on 9/28/1956. This episode is rated 0.4 points higher than the second-best, "Master of Arms".