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- S1 E1 - The Birth of the BladeSeptember 7, 195622minOpening episode of the series, introduces Jim Bowie - and how he encountered a bear while armed only with a rifle, which misfires and had to flee for his life, which inspired the first Bowie knife to be made, according to Jim's own specification.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E2 - The SquatterSeptember 14, 195622minJim Bowie gives an arrogant Southern belle a lesson in manners and wins her sympathy for an impoverished immigrant family.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E3 - The Adventure with AudubonSeptember 21, 195622minJim Bowie intervenes when the French elements attempt to identify naturalist John James Audubon as their missing Dauphin, but he prefers American citizenship. Audubon was world-famous as a painter of birds.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E4 - Deputy SheriffSeptember 28, 195622minJim Bowie accepts a temporary appointment as a deputy to protect a prisoner from mob violence, who, being son of a French society at odds with Americans is falsely accused of a crime committed by his father.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E5 - TraplineOctober 5, 195622minJim Bowie smashes a fur monopoly and makes open bidding available for Louisiana trappers.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E6 - Broomstick WeddingOctober 12, 195622minA colorful old Louisiana custom almost makes Bowie an involuntary bridegroom, when he is mistake for Rafe Bradford, who tried to escape the "broomstick wedding."This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E7 - Natchez TraceOctober 19, 195622minThe Hawk, a highwayman whose boldness and cruelty strike terror into the hearts of all who hear his name, sets out to rob Jim Bowie and his friends.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E8 - Jim Bowie Comes HomeOctober 26, 195622minJim Bowie returns to Opelousas from a business trip to find the Louisiana town taken over by a gang of tough guys who plan to drive his family out next.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E9 - The Ghost of Jean BattooNovember 2, 195622minBowie breaks up a plot by Louisiana racketeers to extort money from superstitious Cajun farmers.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E10 - The SecessionistNovember 9, 195622minCommissioned by President Andrew Jackson to aid an Army Major sent to foil a plot to withdraw Louisiana from the Union, Jim Bowie is forced to impersonate the Major when assassins cut hi down.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E11 - Land JumpersNovember 16, 195622minDuprez, the owner of a land grant that gives him prior title to a large tract that Jim Bowie and his brother, Rezin, have recently sold is forcibly evicting the buyers, alleging they were defrauded. Judge Koford assures Jim the Duprez grant is legal. Bowie discovers Duprez' fraud, forgery and finally gets into a knife fight.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E12 - The Select FemalesNovember 23, 195622minJim Bowie comes to the aid of some young ladies of a finishing school and their teacher when he finds himself involved in an elopement, which turns into an abduction. Even Bowie himself is held prisoner temporarily.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E13 - Jim Bowie and His SlaveNovember 30, 195622minJim discovers that a former slave he had freed has been captured and enslaved again, and is about to be sold at a slave auction.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E14 - Outlaw KingdomDecember 7, 195622minJim Bowie loses a fortune in trade goods to river pirates and almost loses his life in recovering them.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E15 - The SwordsmanDecember 14, 195622minJim Bowie has a fling in New Orleans's high society, climaxing in a duel with a count over a glamorous aristocrat whom Bowie fancies he's in love with.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E16 - The Return of the AlcibiadeDecember 21, 195622minJim Bowie takes a detour on a trip home from Christmas when a thief steals the gift he was taking to his mother. In his chase to recover it, he lands on a plantation where he is mistaken for the long lost son of the family. While in the masquerade he eventually recovers his property as a result of his kindness to the aged head of the household.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E17 - Monsieur FrancoisDecember 28, 195622minJim Bowie teaches a 10-year-old French Marquis a lesson in Americanism.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E18 - A Horse for Old HickoryJanuary 4, 195722minJim Bowie, the frontiersman, Sam Houston, later to be the first governor of Texas, and Jean LaFitte, the pirate, are clashing characters, all in competition in bidding for a racing mare for President Andrew Jackson, known in history as "Old Hickory."This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E19 - The Beggar of New OrleansJanuary 11, 195722minWhen an alms-seeker, who has brought good luck to Jim Bowie, is brutally attached for no apparent reason, Bowie finds him a haven with the 10-year-old Marquis and his aunt, and then Bowie sets out to unravel the beggar's mysterious past, which leads him through the dangers which climax a big fight in a tapestry warehouse.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E20 - OsceolaJanuary 18, 195722minJim Bowie, American frontiersman, and Osceola, Seminole renegade chief, match knife against lance, with complications for Bowie in trying to get Osceola to compromise with the United States over the Seminole's problems of remaining in their ancestral region east of the Mississippi.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E21 - Master at ArmsJanuary 25, 195722minBowie buys a lottery ticket from Jean Dubois a former champion swordsman who is trying to raise money for his daughter's dowry. Dubois notices that Bowie is carrying a large sum of money and unsuccessfully tries to take it from him when Bowie leaves the tavern. Bowie, Houston and Lafitte decide to help Dubois, however, Dubois' future in-laws have other plans for his daughter's dowry.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E22 - Convoy GoldFebruary 1, 195722minWith the cooperation of the United States Army, Bowie sets out to carry half a million dollars in gold from Baton Rouge to New Orleans. Before he reaches his destination he runs into trouble with a horse-thief, pickpocket, and a whole gang of robbers, which he deals with successfully.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E23 - Spanish IntrigueFebruary 8, 195722minJim Bowie earns monetary profit and helps Simon Bolivar liberate Latin America from Spain.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E24 - Bayou TontiteFebruary 15, 195722minJim Bowie learns the evil effects of a "tontite" under which a large fund goes to the last surviving child of a group who provide the capital.This video is currently unavailable
- S1 E25 - German GeorgeFebruary 22, 195722minJim Bowie breaks up a crooked casino in New Orleans when his partner gambles away mutual funds. Before Jim recovers, the money, the trial leans from New Orleans into the backcountry of Louisiana.This video is currently unavailable
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- Directors
- Lewis R. FosterGeorge Archainbaud
- Producers
- William H. Wright
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- FilmRise
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