The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 1
About this season
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 (33)
1. Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
Aired 6 September 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
Aired 13 September 1955
3. Bill Thompson Gives In
Aired 20 September 1955
4. Marshal Earp Meets General Lee
Aired 27 September 1955
5. Marshal Earp's Romance
Aired 4 October 1955
6. The Man Who Lied
7.0Aired 11 October 1955
7. The Gambler
6.0Aired 18 October 1955
8. The Killer
6.0Aired 25 October 1955
9. John Wesley Hardin
7.0Aired 1 November 1955
10. The Bank Robbers
7.0Aired 8 November 1955
11. King of the Cattle Trails
Aired 15 November 1955
12. The Big Baby Contest
Aired 22 November 1955
13. Frontier Journalism Was Fearless
Aired 29 November 1955
14. Trail's End for a Cowboy
Aired 6 December 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
Aired 13 December 1955
16. The Buntline Special
Aired 20 December 1955
17. Ben Thompson Returns
Aired 27 December 1955
18. Marshal Earp Plays Cupid
Aired 3 January 1956
19. The Assassins
Aired 10 January 1956
20. It's a Wise Calf
Aired 17 January 1956
21. Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother
Aired 24 January 1956
22. The Bribe
Aired 31 January 1956
23. The Frontier Theatre
Aired 7 February 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
Aired 14 February 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
Aired 21 February 1956
26. The Desperate Half-Hour
Aired 28 February 1956
27. The Necktie Party
Aired 6 March 1956
28. One of Jesse's Gang
Aired 13 March 1956
29. The Pinkertons
Aired 20 March 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
Aired 27 March 1956
31. Hunt the Man Down
Aired 3 April 1956
32. The War of the Colonels
Aired 10 April 1956
33. Bat Masterson Again
Aired 17 April 1956