The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp: Season 1
Season 2

Air Date

September 6, 1955

Episodes

33 episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Season 1

Episodes

1. Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal

September 6, 1955

Ellsworth, Kansas 1873. Young Wyatt arrives in town fresh from a buffalo hunt looking to clean up and find his friend Sheriff Whitney who has sent for him. Despite it's peaceful appearance, Ellsworth is an ornery little town in need of cleaning up. When his frind is shot, Wyatt feels he must take a stand.

2. Mr. Earp Meets a Lady

September 13, 1955

Earp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his mentally unstable brother Bill will attempt a jailbreak, but the Marshal underestimates the misguided and naive ruthlessness of young Abbie Crandall, who is also determined to help Ben escape.

3. Bill Thompson Gives In

September 20, 1955

4. Marshal Earp Meets General Lee

September 27, 1955

5. Marshal Earp's Romance

October 4, 1955

6. The Man Who Lied

7.0
October 11, 1955

7. The Gambler

6.0
October 18, 1955

8. The Killer

6.0
October 25, 1955

9. John Wesley Hardin

7.0
November 1, 1955

10. The Bank Robbers

7.0
November 8, 1955

11. King of the Cattle Trails

November 15, 1955

12. The Big Baby Contest

November 22, 1955

13. Frontier Journalism Was Fearless

November 29, 1955

14. Trail's End for a Cowboy

December 6, 1955

An immature rancher's son forced to sell a herd at at a low price tries to make up the difference in a poker game while drunk and loses. Earp refuses to help since no law was broken so the son takes matters into his own hands.

15. Rich Man's Son

December 13, 1955

16. The Buntline Special

December 20, 1955

17. Ben Thompson Returns

December 27, 1955

Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one. Ben feels a debt of gratitude toward Earp but it causes problems as the rest of the saloon operators have men gunning for Earp.

18. Marshal Earp Plays Cupid

January 3, 1956

19. The Assassins

January 10, 1956

20. It's a Wise Calf

January 17, 1956

21. Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother

January 24, 1956

22. The Bribe

January 31, 1956

23. The Frontier Theatre

February 7, 1956

Earp closes a show because the men attending are being ripped off by the girls in it. The owner wants to get even with Earp. He decides to attack the stars of a competing play hoping to trap Earp on his own terms but Earp has other plans.

24. Killing at Cowskin Creek

February 14, 1956

Big winners at the Keno House are being killed and robbed on the way back to the their camps. Earp is unsure if it is crooked casino owners or someone else doing it. A volunteer comes forward to solve it but Earp is then faced with a mob.

25. The Englishman

February 21, 1956

26. The Desperate Half-Hour

February 28, 1956

27. The Necktie Party

March 6, 1956

28. One of Jesse's Gang

March 13, 1956

29. The Pinkertons

March 20, 1956

When a man is murdered in Wichita, Earp wants the Newton gang for it but Allen Pinkerton is interfering and more interested in recovering some stolen money. Due to Earp's actions, the Judge at Pinkerton's request takes Earp's badge.

30. The Suffragette

March 27, 1956

31. Hunt the Man Down

April 3, 1956

32. The War of the Colonels

April 10, 1956

33. Bat Masterson Again

April 17, 1956