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

The Adventures of Jim Bowie

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

Opening 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.

21m
EPISODE 2

The Squatter

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

21m
EPISODE 3

The Adventure with Audubon

Jim 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.

21m
EPISODE 4

Deputy Sheriff

Jim 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.

21m
EPISODE 5

Trapline

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

21m
EPISODE 6

Broomstick Wedding

A colorful old Louisiana custom almost makes Bowie an involuntary bridegroom, when he is mistake for Rafe Bradford, who tried to escape the "broomstick wedding."

21m