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 relies on the knife he invented after breaking his regular one fighting a bear.

1956 · 21m

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 persuades an imperious plantation owner to allow a squatter and his pregnant wife to remain on her land.
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

The Trapline

Jim believes a fur company may be trying to drive him away by killing any Cajun trapper with whom he does business.
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.