The Classic TV Archive - US Western series
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955-61) - The Advs. of Jim Bowie (1956-58) - The Californians (1957-59)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (1956-58)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Sal Crisanti, Tom Dischley, Rina Fox, Gary Reid
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (season 1) (ABC) (1956-57)
The Adventures of Jim Bowie (season 2) (ABC) (1957-58)
Jim Bowie Enterprises, Inc. Production
A presentation of A.B.C. Film Syndication, Inc.
for
ABC (Fridays 8:00 pm EST)
Executive Producer by Louis F. Edelman
(CLNA: Rita Edelman, Kate Edelman & Rosemary Edelman)
Produced by William H. Wright
Series based on the novel "The Tempered Blade" by Monte Barrett.
US Western series 1956-58 2 seasons 76 episodes x 30m bw
starring
Scott Forbes
as Jim Bowie
recurring guest cast:
Peter Hansen as Rezin Bowie, Jim's brother (1.8, 1.11, 1.20, 1.29, 2.21)
William Schallert as Justinian Tebbs (eps 1.31, 1.37, 2.19, 2.22)
Minerva Urecal as Maw Bowie (eps 1.8, 1.14, 1.29)
Robert Cornthwaite as John James Audubon (eps 1.3, 1.19, 1.24)
Theme Song Lyrics submitted
by Dan Coli, Richmond, Virginia, USA (danlee01@aol.com)
''JIM BOWIE, JIM BOWIE,
HE WAS A BOLD ADVENTURIN' MAN,
JIM BOWIE, JIM BOWIE,
BATTLED FOR RIGHTS WITH A POWERFUL HAND,
HIS BLADE WAS TEMPERED AND SO WAS HE,
INDESTRUCTABLE STEEL WAS HE,
JIM BOWIE, JIM BOWIE,
HE WAS A FIGHTER, A FEARLESS AND MIGHTY
ADVENTURIN' MAN.''
Music by Ken Darby & The King's Men;
The producer Louis F. Edelman was also responsible for the following television western series:
The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955-61)
The Californians (1957-59)