The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp — Season 6
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 (37)
1. The Truth About Old Man Clanton
Aired 27 September 1960
On orders from Territorial Governor Gosper Wyatt Earp heads south to make peace when he learns that Old Man Clanton has sent his men into Mexico to rob the silver trains and steal the cattle of wealthy Mexican rancher Don Sebastian.
2. The Doctor
Aired 4 October 1960
During a robbery Doc Goodfellow is shot accidentally by the Hewitt gang. Doc Holliday says a real surgeon is needed to remove the bullet. The closest one is Dr. Mason who is now a prospector. Earp finds Mason is suffering from gold fever.
3. Johnny Behind the Deuce
Aired 11 October 1960
4. Shoot to Kill
Aired 18 October 1960
5. Study of a Crooked Sheriff
Aired 25 October 1960
6. Big Brother
Aired 1 November 1960
Morgan Earp has been helping Wyatt for a month but Morgan's interest in drinking, women and hanging with Doc Holliday bother Wyatt. Wyatt decides Morgan marrying a nice girl like Lucy Tedder would help until he learns more about her.
7. Woman from Tucson
Aired 15 November 1960
8. The Fanatic
Aired 22 November 1960
9. He's My Brother
Aired 29 November 1960
10. The Too Perfect Crime
Aired 6 December 1960
11. Johnny Ringo's Girl
Aired 13 December 1960
12. Miss Sadie
Aired 20 December 1960
13. Winning Streak
Aired 27 December 1960
Morgan Earp has been having a streak of good luck in Tombstone's gambling houses causing him to break with his fiancée Ruthie and have grand ideas. Wyatt wants to get him to quit while he's still ahead and return to his old self.
14. Billy Buckett, Inc.
Aired 3 January 1961
15. Horse Thief
Aired 10 January 1961
16. Terror on the Desert
Aired 24 January 1961
17. Old Slanders Never Die
Aired 31 January 1961
Marshal Wyatt Earp faced the hatred and gunfire of many men in the towns of Wichita, Dodge City and Tombstone . . . but none hated him more than did the Ten Percent Ring. They could neither buy him nor drive him out of Arizona by force . . .
18. Loyalty
Aired 7 February 1961
19. Johnny Behan Falls in Love
Aired 14 February 1961
20. Casey and the Clowns
Aired 21 February 1961
21. Doc Holliday Faces Death
Aired 28 February 1961
22. Apache Gold
Aired 7 March 1961
23. The Good Mule and the Bad Mule
Aired 14 March 1961
24. Clanton and Cupid
Aired 21 March 1961
25. Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path
Aired 28 March 1961
26. The Convict's Revenge
Aired 4 April 1961
A young man just released from prison is determined to go straight. However, his efforts are being sabotaged by his girlfriend's brother, a no-account gambler who has massive gambling debts to a man who wants to collect.
27. Until Proven Guilty
Aired 11 April 1961
Johnny Ringo and Curly Bill Brocius, outraged over crooked Sheriff Behan taxing the money they make on some of their illegal activities, enlist Doc Holliday to frame the Sheriff --- but Earp is suspicious the case seems a little too pat.
28. The Shooting Starts
Aired 18 April 1961
29. Wyatt Earp's Baby
Aired 25 April 1961
On the road to Tucson Earp finds a baby near a family killed by the Apaches. The Sheriff of Pima County refuses to take the baby so Earp is left to find someone to adopt it. He finds an unlikely couple but they are not married.
30. The Law Must Be Fair
Aired 2 May 1961
Tom McLowery's wife doesn't like ranch life so the couple decides to move to Tombstone against the wishes of Frank. Old Man Clanton decides to let them take over the OK Corral causing rancor with Curly Brocius and putting Earp on alert.
31. A Papa for Butch and Ginger
Aired 9 May 1961
Wyatt's deputy, Shotgun Gibbs, runs off a saddle bum who was hassling a pretty young widow who had hired him to help her go to Colorado. Her two kids immediately take a liking to Gibbs while Wyatt and Doc wonder if Gibbs needs a change.
32. Hiding Behind a Star
Aired 23 May 1961
33. Requiem for Old Man Clanton (1)
Aired 30 May 1961
Marshal Wyatt Earp faced the hatred and gunfire of many men in the towns of Wichita, Dodge City and Tombstone . . . but none hated him more than did the Ten Percent Ring. They could neither buy him nor drive him out of Arizona by force . . .
34. Wyatt's Brothers Join Up (2)
Aired 6 June 1961
35. Just Before the Battle (3)
Aired 13 June 1961
The famous gunfight at the O.K. Corral had its inception in the hold-up of a Sandy Bob Line Stage. After the death of Old Man Clanton, Marshal Earp thought he say a chance to split Clanton's outfit by tricking the outlaws into gunning each other down. Wyatt knew that if this failed there would have to be a fight to the finish between the John Law's of Tombstone and the Clanton outlaws.
36. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (4)
Aired 21 June 1961
The long struggle for law and order in Arizona, which exploded in thirty seconds of deadly gunfire at the O.K. Corral, placed Wyatt Earp among the great Marshals of the Western Frontier. But that famous gunfight has been a matter of controversy ever since 1881. Witnesses from the outlaw element contradicted one another on so many vital points that no reputable historian has taken their version seriously. Marshal Wyatt Earp's story of the fight was told under oath and transcribed verbatim. This is Wyatt's testimony of what happened that bloody day in Tombstone . . .
37. The Outlaws Cry Murder (5)
Aired 27 June 1961 • 30 min
The gunfight at the O.K. Corral is over---and Wyatt is charged with murder. Wyatt: Hugh O'Brian. Doc: Douglas Fowley. Clum: Stacy Harris. Judge: James Seay. Morgan: Dirk London. Virgil: John Anderson. Ringo: Norm Alden. Curly: William Phipps.