The Adventures of Jim Bowie
Rating: 5.3 · 1956 · Western · USA · 2 sns
Description
The Adventures of Jim Bowie is an American Western television series that aired on ABC from 1956 to 1958. Its setting was the 1830s-era Louisiana Territory. The series was an adaptation of the book Tempered Blade, by Monte Barrett. The series stars Scott Forbes as the real-life adventurer Jim Bowie. The series initially portrayed Jim Bowie as something of an outdoors-man, riding his horse through the wilderness near his home in Opelousas, where he would stumble across someone needing his assistance. He was aided by the Bowie Knife, his ever-present weapon. He designed it in the first episode, The Birth of the Blade.
Information
- Year
- 1956
- Genre
- Western
- Country
- USA
- Seasons
- 2
- TMDB
- 5.3
- IMDb
- 5.3
Director
Cast
- Scott Forbes — Jim Bowie
- William Schallert
- Peter Hansen — Rezin Bowie
- Lorna Thayer
- Kem Dibbs
- Minerva Urecal — Ma Bowie
- Ivan Triesault
- Val Dufour — Armand Duprez
- Lawrence Dobkin
- Booth Colman
- Sidney Blackmer
- Michael Landon — Jerome Juventin
- Chuck Connors
- Peggy McCay
- Donald Randolph
- June Carter Cash
- Denver Pyle
- Claude Akins — Manion
- Lurene Tuttle
- Forrest Lewis