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The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1

Every episode of The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1!

The Best Episodes of The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1

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...

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  1. Background image for The Birth of the Blade
    6.4/10(46 votes)

    #1 - The Birth of the Blade

    S1:E1

    How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

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    Writer:Unknown
  2. Background image for The Squatter
    7.4/10(32 votes)

    #2 - The Squatter

    S1:E2

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  3. Background image for An Adventure with Audubon
    7.1/10(28 votes)

    #3 - An Adventure with Audubon

    S1:E3

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  4. Background image for Deputy Sheriff
    7.7/10(29 votes)

    #4 - Deputy Sheriff

    S1:E4

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

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  5. Background image for Trapline
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #5 - Trapline

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  6. Background image for Broomstick Wedding
    6.9/10(24 votes)

    #6 - Broomstick Wedding

    S1:E6

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

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    Writer:Unknown
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  8. Background image for Natchez Trace
    7.4/10(23 votes)

    #7 - Natchez Trace

    S1:E7

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

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    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown
  9. Background image for Jim Bowie Comes Home
    7.0/10(22 votes)

    #8 - Jim Bowie Comes Home

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  10. Background image for The Ghost of Jean Battoo
    6.3/10(20 votes)

    #9 - The Ghost of Jean Battoo

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  11. Background image for The Secessionist
    6.8/10(18 votes)

    #10 - The Secessionist

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  12. Background image for Land Jumpers
    6.9/10(22 votes)

    #11 - Land Jumpers

    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.

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    Writer:Tom Reed
  13. Background image for The Select Females
    6.7/10(23 votes)

    #12 - The Select Females

    S1:E12

    Bowie encounters the headmistress of a school for young ladies, and she tells him that one of her students has been kidnapped.

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    Writer:Unknown
  14. Background image for Bowie and His Slave
    7.2/10(19 votes)

    #13 - Bowie and His Slave

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  15. Background image for Outlaw Kingdom
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    #14 - Outlaw Kingdom

    S1:E14

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

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    Writer:Tom Reed
  16. Background image for The Swordsman
    6.7/10(19 votes)

    #15 - The Swordsman

    S1:E15

    Bowie runs into trouble when an attractive woman in New Orleans, where he has gone to purchase an estate, turns his head.

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    Writer:Unknown
  17. Background image for The Return of the Alcibiade
    6.6/10(18 votes)

    #16 - The Return of the Alcibiade

    S1:E16

    Bowie goes after the thief who stole an expensive Christmas gift he bought for his mother.

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    Writer:Unknown
  18. Background image for Monsieur Francois
    6.9/10(19 votes)

    #17 - Monsieur Francois

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  19. Background image for A Horse for Old Hickory
    6.6/10(13 votes)

    #18 - A Horse for Old Hickory

    S1:E18

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  20. Background image for The Beggar of New Orleans
    7.1/10(14 votes)

    #19 - The Beggar of New Orleans

    S1:E19

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  21. Background image for Osceola
    6.4/10(17 votes)

    #20 - Osceola

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  22. Background image for Master of Arms
    7.3/10(14 votes)

    #21 - Master of Arms

    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.

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    Writer:Unknown
  23. Background image for Convoy Gold
    6.6/10(14 votes)

    #22 - Convoy Gold

    S1:E22

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

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    Writer:Unknown
  24. Background image for Spanish Intrigue
    6.1/10(14 votes)

    #23 - Spanish Intrigue

    S1:E23

    Bowie meets Simon Bolivar, who wants to liberate all of Latin American from the yoke of Spanish rule.

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    Writer:Unknown
  25. Background image for Bayou Tontine
    6.1/10(16 votes)

    #24 - Bayou Tontine

    S1:E24

    Naturalist Audubon returns to ask Bowie for help in protecting a young girl whose life is in danger after she inherits a fortune.

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    Writer:Unknown
  26. Background image for German George
    5.7/10(14 votes)

    #25 - German George

    S1:E25

    Bowie goes after the gambler who cheated and then killed Bowie's friend and partner.

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    Writer:Unknown

Season 1 Ratings Summary

"The Birth of the Blade" is the best rated episode of "The Adventures of Jim Bowie" season 1. It scored 6.4/10 based on 46 votes. Directed by Lewis R. Foster and written by Unknown, it aired on 9/7/1956. This episode is rated 1.0 points higher than the second-best, "The Squatter".