The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 2
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 (39)
1. Wichita Is Civilized
Aired 18 August 1956
2. Dodge City Gets a New Marshal
Aired 4 September 1956
3. Fight or Run
Aired 11 September 1956
4. The Double Life of Dora Hand
Aired 18 September 1956
The dance hall run by Dora Hand is a constant site of trouble between the buffalo hunters and railroad workers. She is unable to control them drawing Earp and her friend Kelly into while she also is the lead singer in the church choir.
5. Clay Allison
Aired 25 September 1956
6. Wyatt's Love Affair
Aired 2 October 1956
7. A Quiet Day in Dodge City
Aired 9 October 1956
8. The Almost Dead Cowhand
Aired 20 October 1956
9. The Reformation of Jim Kelley
Aired 30 October 1956
10. So Long, Dora, So Long
Aired 13 November 1956
11. Bat Masterson Wins His Star
Aired 20 November 1956
12. The Lonesomest Man in the World
Aired 27 November 1956
13. Take Back Your Town
Aired 4 December 1956
The George Morris gang tries to take over Dodge City while Earp and Sheriff Bassett are gone. They succeed but Bat escapes capture to catch Earp. The two decide to return to Dodge City alone but the odds against them are not promising.
14. Nineteen Notches on His Gun
Aired 11 December 1956
15. The Hanging Judge
Aired 18 December 1956
16. Justice
Aired 25 December 1956
17. Shootin' Woman
Aired 1 January 1957
18. The Man Who Rode With Custer
Aired 8 January 1957
19. Wyatt and the Captain
Aired 15 January 1957
20. Witness for the Defense
Aired 22 January 1957
21. The Sharpshooter
Aired 29 January 1957
22. Siege at Little Alamo
Aired 5 February 1957
Wells Fargo asks Earp to help stop holdups by Curly Bill Brocius' gang at the station called the Little Alamo. Earp has a plan to go there alone as a target but a female passenger on the stage does her best to ruin Earp's plan.
23. Vengeance Trail
Aired 12 February 1957
Earp receives word that Fred Colby has been released from prison. Earp has no knowledge of him so he fills in the blanks with info from Hal, others and old city records. Fred may be out for revenge for the killing of his brother Larry.
24. Command Performance
Aired 19 February 1957
25. They Hired Some Guns
Aired 26 February 1957
26. Bat Masterson for Sheriff
Aired 3 March 1957
Bat is running for sheriff at the urging of Earp but Bat is having trouble controlling his temper as his opponent tries to bait him into fights. Bat's girlfriend and her father, a Senator, push Bat to split with Earp but will Bat listen.
27. Hang 'Em High
Aired 12 March 1957
28. The Vultures
Aired 19 March 1957
29. Young Guns
Aired 26 March 1957
30. The Nice Ones Always Die First
Aired 2 April 1957
31. Old Jake
Aired 9 April 1957
Earp spots old buffalo hunter Jake Caster in a saloon. Jake lives with the his wife's tribe, the Cheyenne. He tells Earp his wife is dead as he eyes some soldiers. When one of the soldiers is killed, trouble erupts and Earp suspects Jake.
32. The Equalizer
Aired 16 April 1957
33. Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday
Aired 23 April 1957
34. Beautiful Friendship
Aired 30 April 1957
The Judge, Bat, and Kelley want Earp to run Doc and Kate Holliday out of Dodge City but Earp doesn't want to as Doc saved his life and has committed no crime. After Doc wounds a man, Earp is forced to act as the two men study each other.
35. Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom
Aired 7 May 1957
36. The Gold Brick
Aired 14 May 1957
37. The Wicked Widow
Aired 21 May 1957
38. They Think They're Immortal
Aired 28 May 1957
Morgan Earp, Wyatt's younger brother arrives in Dodge City wanting to be a deputy marshal with Wyatt. Wyatt believes it is too dangerous but pressure from Doc and Morgan proving his strong ability with guns forces Wyatt to reconsider.
39. The Time for All Good Men
Aired 4 June 1957
Wyatt Earp's propensity for playing the lone hand gets him trapped by his hated enemies, the Big T outfit, at Adobe Springs. His enemies, who greatly outnumber him, seek to starve him out. But word that Wyatt is in a real jam is spread by a cowhand grateful for past favors, and soon wuch old friends and strange characters - each grateful in his own way - quietly assemble to rescue Wyatt in an all-time famous gun battle with the Big T. These characters include Bat Masterson, Ben Thompson, Doc Holliday, John Wesley Hardin, Mannen Clements and others.