The Adventures of Jim Bowie

Name: The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Released: 1956-09-07T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Scott Forbes, Robert Cornthwaite, Peter Hansen

TV Show · Western · Adventure

Set in the Louisiana Territory around 1830, wealthy planter Jim Bowie encounters many famous people in New Orleans or the backwoods, relying for protection on the knife he supposedly invented after his regular one broke in a fight with a grizzly.

1956 · 21m

Starring Scott Forbes, Robert Cornthwaite, Peter Hansen

EPISODE 1

The Birth of the Blade

After his rifle misfires during a close encounter with a bear, Jim approaches a blacksmith to suggest a different kind of knife.
EPISODE 2

The Squatter

Jim Bowie gives an arrogant Southern belle a lesson in manners and wins her sympathy for an impoverished immigrant family.
EPISODE 3

An Adventure With Audubon

Jim is amused when his friend is mistaken for the missing son of King Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette.
EPISODE 4

Deputy Sheriff

Jim takes a turn as a volunteer deputy to guard a prisoner, but he begins to doubt the prisoner's guilt.
EPISODE 5

Trapline

Jim Bowie smashes a fur monopoly and makes open bidding available for Louisiana trappers.
EPISODE 6

Broomstick Wedding

A case of mistaken identity leads an angry farmer to decide that Jim must marry his daughter in a shotgun wedding.