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Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal

Western

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Sep 5, 1955

Initially resistant to becoming a lawman, Wyatt Earp has a change of heart after seeing the sheriff of Ellsworth, Kansas murdered by the inebriated brother of town scourge Ben Thompson.

Full Episodes

Season 1, 33 episodes

Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal,

Initially resistant to becoming a lawman, Wyatt Earp has a change of heart after seeing the sheriff of Ellsworth, Kansas murdered by the inebriated brother of town scourge Ben Thompson.

26m Sep 5, 1955

Mr. Earp Meets a Lady,

Earp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his brother Bill will attempt a jailbreak, but the Marshall underestimates the naive Abbie Crandall, who is also determined to help Ben escape.

26m Sep 12, 1955

Bill Thompson Gives In,

Earp's insistence on patiently stalking the Thompson brothers with a pair of Indian scouts doesn't sit well with some Ellsworth citizens who demand immediate capture of the two fugitives.

25m Sep 19, 1955

Marshal Earp Meets General Lee,

A quick-tempered former Confederate officer with a grudge against Wyatt threatens to destroy Ellsworth if Wyatt is not immediately stripped of his badge and run out of town.

26m Sep 26, 1955

Wyatt Earp Comes to Wichita,

Wyatt leaves Ellsworth and becomes the Marshall of Wichita. His first challenge is a group of local vigilantes intent on hanging a man that may have been acting in self-defense.

26m Oct 3, 1955

The Man Who Lied,

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.

26m Oct 10, 1955

Earp is blamed for the back shooting of the saloon owner Bennett after exposing his crooked games.

26m Oct 17, 1955

After Earp kicks Bennett out of Wichita for a crooked Faro game, Bennett hires the killer Mannon Clemens to kill Earp and have his cowboys tree the town.

24m Oct 24, 1955

John Wesley Hardin,

John Wesley Hardin comes to Wichita to seek revenge on Earp for running his friend Clemens out of Wichita.

26m Oct 31, 1955

The Bank Robbers,

Wounded 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 them or not.

26m Nov 7, 1955

King of the Cattle Trails,

Texan 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.

26m Nov 14, 1955

The Big Baby Contest,

Earp is appointed chairman of a baby contest run by the local women. When a poor woman with a baby arrives in town, Earp enters her in the contest but finds a hidden rule may ruin the plans.

25m Nov 21, 1955

Frontier Journalism was Fearless,

Local gamblers feeling pressure from Earp concoct a scheme to force the mayor of Wichita to get rid of Earp.

26m Nov 28, 1955

Trail's End for a Cowboy,

An immature rancher's son forced to sell a herd at a low price tries to make up the difference in a poker game while drunk and loses.

25m Dec 5, 1955

Rich Man's Son,

The 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.

26m Dec 12, 1955

The Buntline Special,

A man with a brash manner and a large gun visits Wichita hoping to interest Marshall Earp in joining a Wild West Show.

25m Dec 19, 1955

Ben Thompson Returns,

Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one.

26m Dec 26, 1955

Marshal Earp Plays Cupid,

Earp takes an interest in Mamie Perkins but there is something amiss in the relationship even though his friends hope they marry.

25m Jan 2, 1956

Earp kicks a crooked gambler out of Wichita so three saloon owners decide to hire two gunmen to assassinate Earp, but he gets wind of the plot.

25m Jan 9, 1956

Bill Slocum is accused by Duke Wilson of rustling. They take him in Wichita with plans to lynch him outside town but Earp stops them.

26m Jan 16, 1956

Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother,

Two Indians who have helped Earp previously, are being held by a renegade selling rifles to the Indians.

26m Jan 23, 1956

Earp returns to Wichita to find a crooked gambler has been given a saloon license by his deputies.

26m Jan 30, 1956

The Frontier Theater,

Earp closes a show because the men attending are being ripped off by the girls in it. But then the owner wants to get even with Earp.

26m Feb 6, 1956

Killing at Cowskin Creek,

Big winners at the Keno House are being killed and robbed on the way back to their camps. Earp is unsure if it is crooked casino owners or someone else doing it.

26m Feb 13, 1956

The Englishman,

George Peschauer 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.

26m Feb 20, 1956

The Desperate Half-Hour,

The Kansas Kid is wanted by the Kingman Sheriff for robbery, murder, and wounding one of his deputies. The Kid returns to his parent's home where Earp arrests him.

26m Feb 27, 1956

The Necktie Party,

Horses are being stolen around Wichita pushing the ranchers to want a necktie party. Their sights are set on a group of gypsies on Gus Cassen's property.

26m Mar 5, 1956

One of Jesse's Gang,

A respected member of the community shoots a thief and is hailed as a hero. However, it is found that he himself is wanted for being in the James gang.

26m Mar 12, 1956

The Pinkertons,

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.

25m Mar 19, 1956

The Suffragette,

A suffragette invited to Wichita to give a speech is interrupted by men supporting Senator Teague who is against women voting.

25m Mar 26, 1956

Hunt the Man Down,

Earp is forced with the help of Mr. Cousin to go into the rough Bushwhacker area to track down a man wanted for murder.

25m Apr 2, 1956

The War of the Colonels,

Two ranchers have started a range war that is spilling into Wichita where innocent people could be killed.

25m Apr 9, 1956

Bat Masterson Again,

Earp learns Masterson has dropped out of school and is a scout for the Army.

26m Apr 16, 1956