Bat Masterson

Name: Bat Masterson
Released: 1958-10-08T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Gene Barry

TV Show · Western · Drama

Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.

1958 · 26m

Starring Gene Barry

EPISODE 1

Double Showdown

Bat responds to cry for help when a friend's small gambling house is threatened by rival casino owned by Big Keel Roberts. Roberts suggest that he and Bat play one hand of poker, with the winner gaining ownership of both casinos.

26m
EPISODE 2

Two Graves For Swan Valley

Tough, hot tempered Sergeant Foley orders Bat Masterson out of Swan Valley. Reason: Bat has become interested in Foley's girl Molly Doyle, a dance-hall beauty. Although his life is threatened, Bat refuses to leave - and clashes with the redoubtable Foley.

26m
EPISODE 3

Dynamite Blows Two Ways

Bat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his cattle to be sold in Cheyenne.

26m
EPISODE 4

Stampede at Tent City

Bat encounters a group of wranglers who are stealing horses. A old flame of Bat's asks him to rescue her current beau, accused of murder and shackled to a tree by a lynch mob led by the slain man's brother who leads the wranglers.

25m
EPISODE 5

The Fighter

Sportsman Bat Masterson admires a ferocious and promising young boxer. When he sees the young man being mishandled by an unscrupulous manager, Bat entices the manager into a poker game and wins the fighters contract.

25m
EPISODE 6

Bear Bait

Bat is hired to guide a hunting party to Canada. The sheriff suspects that the three are wanted for robbery and murder but he needs proof. When Bat discovers the truth, he is roped to a tree as bait for the bears by them.

26m