The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 1
33 episodesFirst aired 6 September 1955
E1Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
Sept 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.
- E2
Mr. Earp Meets a Lady
Sept 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.
- E3
Bill Thompson Gives In
Sept 1955
- E4
Marshal Earp Meets General Lee
Sept 1955
- E5
Marshal Earp's Romance
Oct 1955
- E6
The Man Who Lied
7.0Oct 1955
- E7
The Gambler
6.0Oct 1955
- E8
The Killer
6.0Oct 1955
- E9
John Wesley Hardin
7.0Nov 1955
- E10
The Bank Robbers
7.0Nov 1955
- E11
King of the Cattle Trails
Nov 1955
- E12
The Big Baby Contest
Nov 1955
- E13
Frontier Journalism Was Fearless
Nov 1955
- E14
Trail's End for a Cowboy
Dec 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.
- E15
Rich Man's Son
Dec 1955
- E16
The Buntline Special
Dec 1955
- E17
Ben Thompson Returns
Dec 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.
- E18
Marshal Earp Plays Cupid
Jan 1956
- E19
The Assassins
Jan 1956
- E20
It's a Wise Calf
Jan 1956
- E21
Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother
Jan 1956
- E22
The Bribe
Jan 1956
- E23
The Frontier Theatre
Feb 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.
- E24
Killing at Cowskin Creek
Feb 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.
- E25
The Englishman
Feb 1956
- E26
The Desperate Half-Hour
Feb 1956
- E27
The Necktie Party
Mar 1956
- E28
One of Jesse's Gang
Mar 1956
- E29
The Pinkertons
Mar 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.
- E30
The Suffragette
Mar 1956
- E31
Hunt the Man Down
Apr 1956
- E32
The War of the Colonels
Apr 1956
- E33
Bat Masterson Again
Apr 1956
