The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp ( 1955 TV Series) - IMDb
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- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.4 (133)TV EpisodeDirectorLewis R. FosterStarsHugh O'BrianMason Alan DinehartRichard TravisInitially resistant to becoming a lawman, Wyatt Earp has a change of heart after seeing the sheriff of Ellsworth, Kansas murdered in cold blood by the inebriated brother of town scourge Ben Thompson.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.6 (101)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianMason Alan DinehartRichard TravisEarp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his mentally unstable brother Bill will attempt a jailbreak, but the Marshal underestimates the misguided and naive ruthlessness of young Abbie Crandall, who is also determined to help Ben escape.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.8 (79)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianMason Alan DinehartRichard TravisWyatt Earp's insistence on patiently stalking the Thompson brothers with a pair of Indian scouts (rather than a posse) doesn't set well with some influential Ellsworth citizens who demand immediate pursuit and capture of the two fugitives.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.3 (74)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianDon HaggertyMason Alan DinehartA quick-tempered former Confederate officer with a grudge against Wyatt Earp threatens to assemble a mob and destroy Ellsworth if Wyatt is not immediately stripped of his badge and run out of town.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.8 (78)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianDon HaggertyHouse Peters Jr.Wyatt leaves Ellsworth and becomes the Marshall of Wichita. His first challenge is a group of local vigilantes so intent on hanging a local Faro dealer that they are concealing evidence that he was acting in self-defense.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG8.1 (70)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianRick VallinHouse Peters Jr.Bennett hires a gunman to shoot Earp who brags he has faced down Earp before. However, Earp doesn't know him so he suspects there is more to the gunman's story. After trying to determine who the gunman is, Earp decides he must face him.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianJ.P. O'DonnellWilliam BryantEarp is blamed for the back shooting of the saloon owner Bennett after exposing his crooked games. Earp is the only person to use copper jacketed bullets in Wichita which is what was dug out of the wounded Bennett's back.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianLane BradfordHouse Peters Jr.After Earp kicks Bennett out of Wichita for a crooked Faro game, Bennett hires the killer Manon Clemens to kill Earp and have his cowboys tree the town. Earp uses trickery to defeat Clemens who kills Bennett for deceiving him.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG8.1 (69)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianPhillip PineBarbara BestarJohn Wesley Hardin comes to Wichita to revenge Earp running his friend Clemens out of Wichita. Hardin has told his wife he is happy to leave and continue to Nebraska but he has several gun tricks one of which he plans to use on Earp.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.9 (61)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianDamian O'FlynnRobert LoweryWounded bank robber Clem Parker and his girl Bonnie Dawson want no part of Tarp Anders' brash gang of thieves, but Wyatt isn't sure whether to believe Bonnie's story that the Anders gang plans to rob the Union Bank without Parker.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.7 (59)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianRoy RobertsLynne RobertsTexan A.H. 'Shanghai' Pierce tries to use his money and influence to make Wichita an open town again by hiring a well known actress to get to Earp. Next, after a card game he tries offering Earp a partnership in the saloon he bought.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (68)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianJill RichardsMike ConnorsEarp is pushed into being chairman of the Wichita baby contest run by the local women. When a broke, hungry woman with a baby arrives in Wichita, the doctor and Earp enter her in the contest but find a hidden rule may ruin their plans.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.7 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianCarol StoneFay RoopeLocal gamblers feeling pressure from Marshall Earp concoct a scheme to force the mayor of Wichita, Kansas to get rid of Marshal Earp. A fearless journalist backs Wyatt despite pressure from gambling interests.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (58)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianTommy CookMorris AnkrumAn 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.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.6 (60)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianLee EricksonDon HaggertyThe young runaway son of a powerful railroad executive wants to become a gun-toting cowhand, but Wyatt manages to teach him some far more important lessons about honor and self-reliance.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.9 (64)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianLloyd CorriganDouglas FowleyA little man with a brash manner and a large gun visits Wichita hoping to interest Marshall Earp in joining a Wild West Show. He provides Earp with a new gun that becomes a Wyatt Earp trademark - his Buntline Special.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianDenver PyleDon HaggertyEarp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one. Ben feels a debt of gratitude toward Earp but it causes problems as the rest of the saloon operators have men gunning for Earp.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.3 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianJan ShepardGordon JonesEarp takes an interest in Mamie Perkins but there is something amiss in the relationship even though his friends hope they marry. Earp learns she loves another man who needs Earp's protection from Fog MacMurray's gang of cattle rustlers.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.9 (63)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianLewis MartinLarry J. BlakeEarp kicks a crooked gambler out of Wichita so three saloon owners decide they are tired of the pressure. They decide to hire two gunmen to assassinate Earp but he gets wind of the plot. Earp brings in some special outside help to stop it.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianWilliam HenryTom BrownBill Slocum is accused by Duke Wilson of rustling. They take him in Wichita with plans to lynch him outside town but Earp stops them. Slocum is put on trial while Earp does some investigation which produces a major surprise for the jury.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (54)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianRico AlanizRodd RedwingTwo Indians who have helped Earp previously, are being held by a renegade selling rifles to the Indians. They are in the Oklahoma Territory so the Army has asked Earp to go in as a US Marshal to rescue them. He does but as a doctor.
- DirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianCollette LyonsDamian O'FlynnEarp returns to Wichita to find a crooked gambler has been given a saloon license by his deputies. Murdock wants the license revoked as Earp's desk is found to contain a $300 bribe framing Earp who has to give up his Marshal badge.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (56)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianMark DanaAngela GreeneEarp 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.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.5 (52)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianFrank GerstleDon HaggertyBig 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.
- 1955–196130mTV-PG7.7 (53)TV EpisodeDirectorFrank McDonaldStarsHugh O'BrianMichael EmmetJulie Van ZandtGeorge Peschauer hates Earp and was kicked out of Ben Thompson's gang for his ruthlessness. He is trying to sell an Englishman a ranch loaded with rustled cattle but a nosy female hotel owner is trying to protect the likable Englishman.