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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 Worst Episode
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    The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 38 - The Puma
    5.9/10(18 votes)

    S2:E38

    Jess Miller, in Texas to collect some money for his friend Bowie, is mistaken for Bowie by the Mexican army, who try to take him prisoner.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 25 - German George
    6.0/10(18 votes)

    S1:E25

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

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 17 - Silk Purse
    6.2/10(18 votes)

    S2:E17

    When a hillbilly puts up his daughter as a stake in a poker game, Bowie goes along with the idea to teach him a lesson, and then decides to send her to a finishing school to become a lady.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 1 - The Birth of the Blade
    6.4/10(51 votes)

    S1:E1

    How Jim Bowie came to invent his famous Bowie knife

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 24 - Bayou Tontine
    6.4/10(20 votes)

    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.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 7 - A Fortune for Madame
    6.4/10(18 votes)

    S2:E7

    When Bowie finds that he cannot purchase some land because the owners have just been swindled out of it, he decides to help them recover it.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  7. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 30 - Jim Bowie, Apache
    6.4/10(19 votes)

    S2:E30

    Bowie becomes the blood brother of an Apache tribe whom he believes know the location of the lost silver mine he has been searching for, but discovers that his old friend has done the same thing with a tribe of Comanches who also know the secret.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 16 - The Return of the Alcibiade
    6.5/10(25 votes)

    S1:E16

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 37 - Bounty Hunter
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    S1:E37

    When Bowie and his newspaper friend unwittingly help a fugitive from justice, a bounty hunter pursues them all.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 12 - Hare and Tortoise
    6.5/10(18 votes)

    S2:E12

    Bowie uncovers a plot to increase the value of some land upriver by moving the state capital there.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 22 - Home Sweet Home
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    S2:E22

    Bowie learns that foul play may be attempted at a concert arranged by his friend at the newspaper for composer John Howard Payne.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 31 - The Brothers
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E31

    When young Jefferson Davis wants to join Bowie in his search for the lost mine, his older brother objects and challenges Bowie to a duel.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 33 - Bad Medicine
    6.5/10(19 votes)

    S2:E33

    At the President's urgent request, Bowie guides a doctor to a Choctaw village to cure a sick boy, only to discover that the doctor is an inexperienced youth fresh out of medical school.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 36 - The Cave
    6.5/10(17 votes)

    S2:E36

    Bowie tries to find out what happened to his cousin's bride, who disappeared on her wedding day after being seen with a hypnotist.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  15. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 33 - The Lottery
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S1:E33

    Bowie organizes a lottery to help an orphanage, unaware that the men he has hired plan to fix the drawing so that they will collect the winnings.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  16. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 35 - Country Cousin
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S1:E35

    Bowie gets into trouble with his relatives when he cuts his visiting cousin in on a deal that turns out to be a hoax.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  17. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 8 - House Divided
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E8

    Recovering from a gunshot wound in a fancy mansion, Bowie is asked by a young woman not to identify the person who shot him.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 9 - The Whip
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E9

    While on his way to inform the authorities of a plot to misuse the labor of prisoners, Bowie is trapped in a warehouse and attacked by a whip-wielding stranger.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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  19. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 21 - Curfew Cannon
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E21

    When Bowie and his brother learn that the bank they own in New Orleans is being robbed, they try to keep the thieves from getting away by using the city's signaling cannon.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writers:Bertram Millhauser, George F. Slavin

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  20. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 24 - Ursula
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E24

    While negotiating with Mexican government officials to build a cotton mill in Texas, Bowie is attracted to the daughter of one of them.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  21. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 32 - Patron of the Arts
    6.6/10(17 votes)

    S2:E32

    Looking for an investment for his mother, Bowie considers purchasing artwork instead of another plantation.

    Director:George Archainbaud
    Writer:Unknown

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  22. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 23 - Spanish Intrigue
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    S1:E23

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

    Director:Lewis R. Foster
    Writer:Unknown

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  23. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 27 - The Captain's Chimp
    6.7/10(18 votes)

    S1:E27

    Bowie goes after a thief who has trained a chimpanzee to climb up through people's windows.

    Director:Hollingsworth Morse
    Writer:Unknown

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  24. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 1 Episode 34 - The Intruder
    6.7/10(20 votes)

    S1:E34

    Bowie tries to help a young burglar who was caught robbing his friend Francois.

    Director:Christian Nyby
    Writer:Unknown

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  25. The Adventures of Jim Bowie Season 2 Episode 1 - Epitaph for an Indian
    6.7/10(16 votes)

    S2:E1

    When Bowie goes to his dead Indian friend's home town to deliver the news to his father, he finds that the father has just been shot.

    Director:Anton Leader
    Writer:Unknown

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Worst Episodes Summary

"The Puma" is the worst rated episode of "The Adventures of Jim Bowie". It scored 5.9/10 based on 18 votes. Directed by George Archainbaud and written by Unknown, it aired on 5/23/1958. This episode scored 0.1 points lower than the second lowest rated, "German George".