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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp•Season 3•Episode 36

Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson

7.4/10 · 57 votesMay 20, 1958

Ranked #34 of 39 in Season 3•−0.4 vs season avg

Ben Thompson sneaks back into Dodge City bringing trouble and two women who were both promised marriage by him. Earp becomes entangled in the problem when he is caught with both women fighting in his hotel room while Doc finds a solution.

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Seasons6

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Season 3 Episodes39

Call Me Your Honor

The Big Bellyache

Pinkytown

Shoot to Kill

Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday

Warpath

Hung Jury

Little Pistol

The Magic Puddle

Mr. Buntline's Vacation

Fortitude

The Good and Perfect Gift

Indian Wife

Woman Trouble

Shadow of a Man

Bad Woman

One-Man Army

The General's Lady

The Manly Art

Sweet Revenge

The Imitation Jesse James

The Kansas Lily

Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun

Wyatt Fights

Ballad and Truth

The Schoolteacher

When Sherman Marched Through Kansas

Big Brother Virgil

It Had to Happen

County Seat War

One

The Underdog

Two

Doc Holliday Rewrites History

Three

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Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson

Four

The Frame-Up

My Husband

Cast1

Hugh O'Brian

Hugh O'Brian

Wyatt Earp

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Episode Summary

"Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson" is episode 36 of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp season 3. It scored 7.4/10 from 57 votes, ranking #34 of 39 episodes this season (season average 7.8). It aired on May 20, 1958.

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