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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
1955 · 6 seasons · — · ★ 6.8
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.
Start from S1E1 · Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
Episodes
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1. Wyatt Earp Becomes A Marshal
1955
Ellsworth, Kansas 1873. Young Wyatt arrives in town fresh from a buffalo hunt looking to clean up and find his friend Sheriff Whitney who has sent for him. Despite it's peaceful appearance, Ellsworth is an ornery little town in need of cleaning up. When his frind is shot, Wyatt feels he must take a stand.
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2. Mr. Earp Meets a Lady
1955
Earp 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.
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3. Bill Thompson Gives In
1955
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4. Marshal Earp Meets General Lee
1955
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5. Marshal Earp's Romance
1955
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6. The Man Who Lied
1955 · ★ 7.0
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7. The Gambler
1955 · ★ 6.0
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8. The Killer
1955 · ★ 6.0
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9. John Wesley Hardin
1955 · ★ 7.0
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10. The Bank Robbers
1955 · ★ 7.0
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11. King of the Cattle Trails
1955
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12. The Big Baby Contest
1955
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13. Frontier Journalism Was Fearless
1955
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14. Trail's End for a Cowboy
1955
An 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.
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15. Rich Man's Son
1955
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16. The Buntline Special
1955
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17. Ben Thompson Returns
1955
Earp 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.
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18. Marshal Earp Plays Cupid
1956
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19. The Assassins
1956
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20. It's a Wise Calf
1956
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21. Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother
1956
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22. The Bribe
1956
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23. The Frontier Theatre
1956
Earp 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.
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24. Killing at Cowskin Creek
1956
Big 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.
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25. The Englishman
1956
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26. The Desperate Half-Hour
1956
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27. The Necktie Party
1956
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28. One of Jesse's Gang
1956
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29. The Pinkertons
1956
When a man is murdered in Wichita, Earp wants the Newton gang for it but Allen Pinkerton is interfering and more interested in recovering some stolen money. Due to Earp's actions, the Judge at Pinkerton's request takes Earp's badge.
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30. The Suffragette
1956
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31. Hunt the Man Down
1956
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32. The War of the Colonels
1956
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33. Bat Masterson Again
1956
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Cast
Hugh O'Brian
Wyatt Earp