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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to

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    The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 3 Episode 23 - Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun
    8.7/10(53 votes)

    #1 - Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun

    S3:E23

    There have been repeated attacks on the Wells, Fargo coaches running from Hays, Kansas to Dodge City. To Wyatt Earp, an old and trusted former employee, comes the request that he again ride shotgun over the line and thus put renewed confidence in those who shipped money by Wells, Fargo. But the order only served to bring out the guilty verdicts in renewed force, for they were anxious to get Earp, their greatest enemy in the state.

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  2. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 6 Episode 36 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (4)
    8.7/10(69 votes)

    #2 - Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (4)

    S6:E36

    The long struggle for law and order in Arizona, which exploded in thirty seconds of deadly gunfire at the O.K. Corral, placed Wyatt Earp among the great Marshals of the Western Frontier. But that famous gunfight has been a matter of controversy ever since 1881. Witnesses from the outlaw element contradicted one another on so many vital points that no reputable historian has taken their version seriously. Marshal Wyatt Earp's story of the fight was told under oath and transcribed verbatim. This is Wyatt's testimony of what happened that bloody day in Tombstone . . .

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  3. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 3 Episode 17 - One-Man Army
    8.5/10(48 votes)

    #3 - One-Man Army

    S3:E17

    Texan Drum Denman goes after northerner Earp by backing a free newspaper to print false stories about Earp trying to draw him out of Dodge City. His second story says Earp is having an affair with the minister's teenage daughter.

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  4. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 30 - Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case
    8.4/10(49 votes)

    #4 - Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case

    S4:E30

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  5. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 6 Episode 33 - Requiem for Old Man Clanton (1)
    8.4/10(57 votes)

    #5 - Requiem for Old Man Clanton (1)

    S6:E33

    Marshal Wyatt Earp faced the hatred and gunfire of many men in the towns of Wichita, Dodge City and Tombstone . . . but none hated him more than did the Ten Percent Ring. They could neither buy him nor drive him out of Arizona by force . . .

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  6. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 6 Episode 34 - Wyatt's Brothers Join Up (2)
    8.4/10(51 votes)

    #6 - Wyatt's Brothers Join Up (2)

    S6:E34

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  7. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 33 - Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday
    8.3/10(61 votes)

    #7 - Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday

    S2:E33

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    Director:Frank McDonald
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  8. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 5 Episode 3 - Tombstone!
    8.3/10(56 votes)

    #8 - Tombstone!

    S5:E3

    Wyatt Earp came to Tombstone as a land agent for the Earp Brothers, Inc. - voluntarily unarmed - and unwilling to heed the warnings of Doc Holliday, who maintained that Dodge City and its violence was mild in comparison to the lawless activities of Tombstone. Wyatt's encounters with Tombstone's silver miners and cowboys, and his narrow escapes from Death, bore out Doc's admonitions, and the revelation of Wyatt's true identity - while it temporarily saved him - only made him a better target for dangers to come.

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  9. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 5 Episode 4 - Wyatt's Decision
    8.3/10(52 votes)

    #9 - Wyatt's Decision

    S5:E4

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  10. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 5 Episode 7 - The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs
    8.3/10(49 votes)

    #10 - The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs

    S5:E7

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  11. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 6 Episode 1 - The Truth About Old Man Clanton
    8.3/10(56 votes)

    #11 - The Truth About Old Man Clanton

    S6:E1

    On orders from Territorial Governor Gosper Wyatt Earp heads south to make peace when he learns that Old Man Clanton has sent his men into Mexico to rob the silver trains and steal the cattle of wealthy Mexican rancher Don Sebastian.

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  12. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 1 Episode 9 - John Wesley Hardin
    8.2/10(86 votes)

    #12 - John Wesley Hardin

    S1:E9

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    Director:Frank McDonald
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  13. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 2 - Dodge City Gets a New Marshal
    8.2/10(64 votes)

    #13 - Dodge City Gets a New Marshal

    S2:E2

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    Director:Frank McDonald
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  14. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 27 - Hang 'Em High
    8.2/10(52 votes)

    #14 - Hang 'Em High

    S2:E27

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  15. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 28 - The Vultures
    8.2/10(45 votes)

    #15 - The Vultures

    S2:E28

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  16. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 31 - Old Jake
    8.2/10(50 votes)

    #16 - Old Jake

    S2:E31

    Earp spots old buffalo hunter Jake Caster in a saloon. Jake lives with the his wife's tribe, the Cheyenne. He tells Earp his wife is dead as he eyes some soldiers. When one of the soldiers is killed, trouble erupts and Earp suspects Jake.

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  17. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 2 Episode 39 - The Time for All Good Men
    8.2/10(51 votes)

    #17 - The Time for All Good Men

    S2:E39

    Wyatt Earp's propensity for playing the lone hand gets him trapped by his hated enemies, the Big T outfit, at Adobe Springs. His enemies, who greatly outnumber him, seek to starve him out. But word that Wyatt is in a real jam is spread by a cowhand grateful for past favors, and soon wuch old friends and strange characters - each grateful in his own way - quietly assemble to rescue Wyatt in an all-time famous gun battle with the Big T. These characters include Bat Masterson, Ben Thompson, Doc Holliday, John Wesley Hardin, Mannen Clements and others.

    Director:Frank McDonald
    Writer:Unknown

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  18. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 3 Episode 6 - Warpath
    8.2/10(50 votes)

    #18 - Warpath

    S3:E6

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  19. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 3 Episode 29 - It Had to Happen
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #19 - It Had to Happen

    S3:E29

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  20. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 1 - The Hole Up
    8.2/10(49 votes)

    #20 - The Hole Up

    S4:E1

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  21. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 3 - The Bounty Killer
    8.2/10(44 votes)

    #21 - The Bounty Killer

    S4:E3

    A mysterious killer has ambushed and killed nine people in the Robbers' Roost country of Utah. Wyatt's old Army friend, Colonel Benteen, begs him to take the case so that the cavalry may be saved in the event of an Apache attack. And before Wyatt is through he has to enlist the aid of every notorious outlaw in Robbers' Roost to get the mysterious killer and those behind him.

    Director:Frank McDonald
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  22. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 4 - Caught by a Whisker
    8.2/10(42 votes)

    #22 - Caught by a Whisker

    S4:E4

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  23. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 19 - Last Stand at Smoky Hill
    8.2/10(41 votes)

    #23 - Last Stand at Smoky Hill

    S4:E19

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  24. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 4 Episode 29 - The Judas Goat
    8.2/10(53 votes)

    #24 - The Judas Goat

    S4:E29

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  25. The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Season 6 Episode 12 - Miss Sadie
    8.2/10(48 votes)

    #25 - Miss Sadie

    S6:E12

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Best Episodes Summary

"Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun" is the best rated episode of "The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp". It scored 8.7/10 based on 53 votes. Directed by Unknown and written by Unknown, it aired on 2/18/1958. This episode scored 0.0 points higher than the second highest rated, "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (4)".