Synopsis
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.
Episodes
1E1Wyatt Earp Becomes A MarshalEllsworth, 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.2E2Mr. Earp Meets a LadyEarp 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.3E3Bill Thompson Gives In4E4Marshal Earp Meets General Lee5E5Marshal Earp's Romance6E6The Man Who Lied7E7The Gambler8E8The Killer9E9John Wesley Hardin10E10The Bank Robbers11E11King of the Cattle Trails12E12The Big Baby Contest13E13Frontier Journalism Was Fearless14E14Trail's End for a CowboyAn 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.15E15Rich Man's Son16E16The Buntline Special17E17Ben Thompson ReturnsEarp 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.18E18Marshal Earp Plays Cupid19E19The Assassins20E20It's a Wise Calf21E21Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother22E22The Bribe23E23The Frontier TheatreEarp 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.24E24Killing at Cowskin CreekBig 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.25E25The Englishman26E26The Desperate Half-Hour27E27The Necktie Party28E28One of Jesse's Gang29E29The PinkertonsWhen 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.30E30The Suffragette31E31Hunt the Man Down32E32The War of the Colonels33E33Bat Masterson Again
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