
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 3
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. Call Me Your Honor
Aired 17 September 1957
2. The Big Bellyache
Aired 24 September 1957
3. Pinkytown
Aired 1 October 1957
4. Shoot to Kill
Aired 8 October 1957
5. Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday
Aired 15 October 1957
6. Warpath
Aired 22 October 1957
7. Hung Jury
Aired 29 October 1957
8. Little Pistol
Aired 5 November 1957
Earp and Doc capture a very young female outlaw called Little Pistol while tracking a band who robbed Doc's saloon. She likes Earp but refuses to talk until Doc uses nitrous oxide to pull her impacted wisdom teeth causing her to open up.
9. The Magic Puddle
Aired 12 November 1957
10. Mr. Buntline's Vacation
Aired 19 November 1957
11. Fortitude
Aired 26 November 1957
12. The Good and Perfect Gift
Aired 3 December 1957
13. Indian Wife
Aired 10 December 1957
14. Woman Trouble
Aired 17 December 1957
15. Shadow of a Man
Aired 24 December 1957
While away for the day helping Sheriff Masterson, Earp appoints Hal Norton as his Chief Deputy. Hal is forced to confront several problems while Earp is gone. He recalls how Earp would act in similar cases in deciding on what to do.
16. Bad Woman
Aired 31 December 1957
17. One-Man Army
Aired 7 January 1958
Texan Drum Denman goes after northerner Earp by backing a free newspaper to print false stories about Earp trying to draw him out of Dodge City. His second story says Earp is having an affair with the minister's teenage daughter.
18. The General's Lady
Aired 14 January 1958
Custer's widow is worried about an upcoming hearing on Major Reno's actions during Custer's last stand. A civilian scout for Reno at the battle is trying to blackmail her. They meet at Dodge City where Earp tries to intercede and help her.
19. The Manly Art
Aired 21 January 1958
A boxing promoter comes to Dodge City challenging men to fight "Champ" Starbuck for money. Local businessman Moresby is willing to pay the promoter $500 if the "Champ" fights Earp and severely injures him while a youngster wants a chance.
20. Sweet Revenge
Aired 28 January 1958
In which Wyatt Earp is beset by two perils, a man and a woman both determined to kill him. Both arrive in Dodge simultaneously. The man, an ex-convict, awaits his opportunity, which arrives when Wyatt, very interested in the girl, takes her picknicking. After Wyatt disposes of the girl and her gun the man attacks him - making Wyatt's innocent picnic one of the most eventful Sunday afternoons any Marshal ever spent.
21. The Imitation Jesse James
Aired 4 February 1958
22. The Kansas Lily
Aired 11 February 1958
23. Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun
Aired 18 February 1958
There have been repeated attacks on the Wells, Fargo coaches running from Hays, Kansas to Dodge City. To Wyatt Earp, an old and trusted former employee, comes the request that he again ride shotgun over the line and thus put renewed confidence in those who shipped money by Wells, Fargo. But the order only served to bring out the guilty verdicts in renewed force, for they were anxious to get Earp, their greatest enemy in the state.
24. Wyatt Fights
Aired 25 February 1958
25. Ballad and Truth
Aired 4 March 1958
26. The Schoolteacher
Aired 11 March 1958
27. When Sherman Marched Through Kansas
Aired 18 March 1958
28. Big Brother Virgil
Aired 25 March 1958
29. It Had to Happen
Aired 1 April 1958
30. County Seat War
Aired 8 April 1958
31. One
Aired 15 April 1958
Wyatt Earp's two Indian friends, Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother, have information about four notorious murderers, The Dry Gulchers, when they intercept the Indians and kill one of them. Earp swears he will run them into the ground and in ""One"" he starts and is successful in part of his quest.
32. The Underdog
Aired 22 April 1958
33. Two
Aired 29 April 1958
Wyatt Earp continues his search for the remaining three men (he has already bagged one) who killed his Indian friend, Mr. Brother. But this time Wyatt and Bat Masterson, in addition to chasing the Dry Gulchers, has to contend with a group of Cheyenne and a young Army lieutenant still damp behind the ears. But Wyatt bags number two of his query. Two down, two to go.
34. Doc Holliday Rewrites History
Aired 6 May 1958
35. Three
Aired 13 May 1958
When the notorious Dry Gulchers killed one of Wyatt Earp's Indian friends, Mr. Brother, they brought upon themselves Earp's relentless pursuit. Now two of the Dry Gulchers have been caught, the chase is well into Texas and Wyatt has enlisted the aid of the Texan Rangers as the third captive is sought.
36. Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson
Aired 20 May 1958
37. Four
Aired 27 May 1958
The last of the notorious Dry Gulchers, sought by Wyatt Earp, because he is one of a group which murdered his Indian friend, Mr. Brother, is hardest of the group to catch. He is protected by a father and daughter in a ranch deep in Texas. And the mixture of man and women against Wyatt proves almost his undoing. The death of Wyatt's Indian friend is avenged.
38. The Frame-Up
Aired 6 June 1958
39. My Husband
Aired 10 June 1958