

Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series which showed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson. The title character was played by Gene Barry and the half-hour black-and-white shows ran on NBC from 1958 to 1961. The series was produced by Ziv Television Productions, the company responsible for such hit series as Sea Hunt and Highway Patrol.
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Bat Masterson (Intro) S1 (1958)
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Double Showdown
08-10-195830mBat responds to cry for help when a friend's small gambling house is threatened by rival casino owned by Big Keel Roberts. Roberts suggest that he and Bat play one hand of poker, w...
- Ep 2
2.Two Graves for Swan Valley
15-10-195830mA vicious night rider reacts with murderous intent when he thinks Bat is flirting with his girl, pretty saloon girl Molly Doyle. Everyone tells Bat to leave town to save his life b...
- Ep 3
3.Dynamite Blows Two Ways
22-10-195830mBat wins a herd of cattle in a card game in Laramie and discovers that in order to convert them into cash, he'll have to fight his way past a rancher determined to only allow his c...
- Ep 4
4.Stampede at Tent City
29-10-195830mBat encounters a group of wranglers who are stealing horses. A old flame of Bat's asks him to rescue her current beau, accused of murder and shackled to a tree by a lynch mob led b...
- Ep 5
5.The Fighter
05-11-195830mBat arrives in Silverton, Colorado and gets involved with a crooked fight promoter. He saves the day for a young bareknuckle fighter.
- Ep 6
6.Bear Bait
12-11-195830mBat is hired to guide a hunting party to Canada. The sheriff suspects that the three are wanted for robbery and murder but he needs proof. When Bat discovers the truth, he is roped...
- Ep 7
7.A Noose Fits Anybody
19-11-195830mWhile on his way to break his brother out of jail for a crime he did not commit, Ben Thompson saves Bat Masterson's life, but is wounded in the process. Bat agrees to undertake the...
- Ep 8
8.Dude's Folly
26-11-195830mWhen a bully threatens two youngsters if they won't sell the hardware store they inherited, Bat helps. He teaches the man how to defend himself with a gun, but the student shoots h...
- Ep 9
9.The Treasure of Worry Hill
03-12-195830mThree cousins inherit pieces of map describing the location of their uncle's buried treasure. Not trusting each other, they hire Bat to guide them to the place where the money has...
- Ep 10
10.Cheyenne Club
17-12-195830mBat is hired by John Conant to discover if his daughter's fiancée cheats at cards. Bat discovers the crooked card sharp is really a powerful cattle baron who plans to kill Bat befo...
- Ep 11
11.Sherman's March Through Dodge City
24-12-195830mPresident Hayes is coming to Dodge City accompanied by General Sherman during an election stop. The Marshal will protect Hayes but he asking Bat to become a deputy to protect Gener...
- Ep 12
12.Trail Pirate
31-12-195830mBat recommends himself to be a wagon guide to cross the desert after a wagon guide is brought in dead with bullets in him. Three wagon trains have been lost that summer to a trail...
- Ep 13
13.Double Trouble in Trinidad
07-01-195930mWhen Bat learns that a man sporting a derby and a cane and claiming to be "Bat Masterson" has set himself up as sheriff of Trinidad, Colorado, he immediately rides there to investi...
- Ep 14
14.Election Day
14-01-195930mWhile leading a trail drive, Bat is confronted at a town by a gang who tries to extort money from him before they allow his cattle to pass. Bat refuses to pay and discovers the gan...
- Ep 15
15.One Bullet from Broken Bow
21-01-195930mPawnee renegade Stone Calf and his braves have taken two white girls captive in a raid. The Army is leaving to back up Custer so Bat is asked to rescue the sisters. He reluctantly...
- Ep 16
16.A Personal Matter
28-01-195930mOutlaw Bailey Harper steals Bat's horse, gun and money. Bailey laughs when Bat tells him he'll get all of his property back. He tells the gambler that no one will help him. Bat's p...
- Ep 17
17.License to Cheat
04-02-195930mBat sees a poker game break up when a player accuses the dealer of cheating. Bat learns that all the games in town are rigged with the Sheriff collecting a payoff so Bat tries to s...
- Ep 18
18.Sharpshooter
11-02-195930mA casino owner hires a marksman with money problems to kill Bat to whom he is deeply in debt. When the man's pregnant wife convinces him to renege on the agreement, the casino owne...
- Ep 19
19.River Boat
18-02-195930mA gang of river pirates take over the paddle-wheeler Dakota Queen and relieve the passengers of jewels and furs and Bat of $10,000. Bat uses a barrel of rare cheeses to trap the ga...
- Ep 20
20.Battle of the Pass
25-02-195930mWhen an old railroad boss refuses to pay Bat the salary owed him, Bat decides to work for his competitor. Both men are racing to build a railroad through a canyon. Although behind,...
- Ep 21
21.Marked Deck
11-03-195930mBat is cheated at cards by a town boss with the cooperation of the local sheriff. When he meets a brother and sister who were cheated in a land swindle, they three plot to get thei...
- Ep 22
22.Incident in Leadville
18-03-195930mBat rides to Leadville, Colorado to confront an editor that wrote an article describing him as one of the West's most ruthless gunfighters. The editor learns of Bat's true nature w...
- Ep 23
23.The Tumbleweed Wagon
25-03-195930mBat agrees to escort a murder suspect to trial, but he escapes with the help of his girl friend. Bat decides to take the woman to Fort Smith to stand trial for jail-breaking with t...
- Ep 24
24.Brunette Bombshell
01-04-195930mBat buys a boxing club in Denver. When he arrives he sees that the police have posted "Property Condemned" signs on his building. He soon discovers that the town councilors have pl...
- Ep 25
25.Deadline
08-04-195930mTwo gunmen steal the horses from the stagecoach in which Bat and Lorna Adams are riding. Bat trades his cane for a horse so Lorna can get to Austin to present evidence that will sa...
- Ep 26
26.Man of Action
22-04-195930mBat follows his favorite tailor to a New Mexico town to order custom made suits. Bat's order is put on hold when the crooked casino owner orders the tailor, a town-leader, kidnappe...
- Ep 27
27.A Matter of Honor
29-04-195930mOn his way to build a gambling casino in a boomtown, Bat is confronted by an inept robber - an Austrian nobleman who has been cheated at a crooked saloonkeeper's roulette table who...
- Ep 28
28.Lottery of Death
13-05-195930mDuring a high stakes poker game Bat agrees to accept one-half of a lottery ticket as payment for a gambling IOU. His trouble starts when his ticket is declared the winner but the o...
- Ep 29
29.The Death of Bat Masterson
20-05-195930mBat returns to the small mining town Bonanza, Colorado to withdraw his earnings from a cattle drive. He discovers he is dead and buried and his "widow" has probated his will and wi...
- Ep 30
30.The Secret Is Death
27-05-195930mBat is undercover to break up a gang of highly respected businessmen in Cheyenne. He has to work himself into their group to be the fall guy. His task becomes dangerous when the on...
- Ep 31
31.Promised Land
10-06-195930mBat is kidnapped and asked to become the bank president in a town consisting entirely of former outlaws, because the former crooks don't trust each other. He is to keep the money s...
- Ep 32
32.The Conspiracy (Part 1)
17-06-195930mBat is asked by a woman to prevent a false story from being printed in a Cheyenne newspaper supposedly written by John Surratt, one of John Wilkes Booth's confederates for the Linc...
- Ep 33
33.The Conspiracy (Part 2)
24-06-195930mBat has discovered that John Watson, a bartender, posed as another man in order to sell a scandal-ridden story to a newspaper. After the discovery, Bat finds Watson dead and realiz...
- Ep 34
34.The Black Pearls
01-07-195930mBat is hired to join a man in jail to gain his confidence and help him escape. The hope is the man will lead Bat to a string of black pearls he stole a train's express box. Bat's j...
- Ep 35
35.The Desert Ship
15-07-195930mTwo Dutch treasure hunters search for a legendary Spanish galleon that sank in the Colorado River. Bat attempts to rescue the unwary pair from a desert sandstorm and two crooks who...
- Ep 36
36.The Romany Knives
22-07-195930mAfter Bat rescues an old gypsy from a brutal rancher, the old man offers him many valuable gifts, including a beautiful girl. When Bat learns she is not a gypsy but found near a wa...
- Ep 37
37.Buffalo Kill
29-07-195930mBat agrees to substitute for a bully as the leader of a party of buffalo hunters into Indian territory, but the man he supplanted stirs up trouble by killing a Sioux Indian brave a...
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