Bat Masterson (TV series)
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Bat Masterson was a 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 show took a tongue-in-cheek outlook, with Barry's Masterson dressed in expensive Eastern clothing and preferring to use his cane rather than a gun to get himself out of trouble (also the case with the real Masterson), hence the nickname "Bat." Masterson was also portrayed as a ladies' man who traveled the West looking for women and adventure. The black derby, fancy vest, black jacket, and elegant cane were his trademarks (and were widely marketed in miniature to child viewers as tie-in products during the run of the show).
Barry went on to star in Burke's Law, a detective series set in modern-day Los Angeles, as well as The Name of the Game, a series in which he alternated the lead with Tony Franciosa and Robert Stack, and appeared in most of his episodes with newcomer Susan Saint James.
Barry recreated the role of Bat Masterson in an episode of the television series Guns of Paradise (1990), alongside Hugh O'Brian as Wyatt Earp, and again in 1991 in The Gambler Returns: Luck of the Draw, also with O'Brian as Earp, as well as Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick and Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie.
The series consisted of 3 seasons and 107 episodes:
Season 1
Episode 1: Double Showdown (8 October 1958)
Episode 2: Two Graves for Swan Valley (15 October 1958)
Episode 3: Dynamite Blows Two Ways (22 October 1958)
Episode 4: Stampede at Tent City (29 October 1958)
Episode 5: The Fighter (5 November 1958)
Episode 6: Bear Bait (12 November 1958)
Episode 7: A Noose Fits Anybody (19 November 1958)
Episode 8: Dude's Folly (26 November 1958)
Episode 9: The Treasure of Worry Hill (3 December 1958)
Episode 10: Cheyenne Club (17 December 1958)
Episode 11: Trail Pirate (31 December 1958)
Episode 12: Double Trouble in Trinidad (7 January 1959)
Episode 13: Election Day (14 January 1959)
Episode 14: One Bullet from Broken Bow (21 January 1959)
Episode 15: A Personal Matter (28 January 1959)
Episode 16: License to Cheat (4 February 1959)
Episode 17: Sharpshooter (11 February 1959)
Episode 18: River Boat (18 February 1959)
Episode 19: Battle of the Pass (25 February 1959)
Episode 20: Marked Deck (11 March 1959)
Episode 21: Incident in Leadville (18 March 1959)
Episode 22: The Tumbleweed Wagon (25 March 1959)
Episode 23: Brunette Bombshell (1 April 1959)
Episode 24: Deadline (8 April 1959)
Episode 25: A Matter of Honor (22 April 1959)
Episode 26: Man of Action (29 April 1959)
Episode 27: Lottery of Death (13 May 1959)
Episode 28: The Death of Bat Masterson (20 May 1959)
Episode 29: The Secret Is Death (27 May 1959)
Episode 30: Promised Land (10 June 1959)
Episode 31: The Conspiracy: Part 1 (17 June 1959)
Episode 32: The Conspiracy: Part 2 (24 June 1959)
Episode 33: The Black Pearls (1 July 1959)
Episode 34: The Desert Ship (15 July 1959)
Episode 35: The Romany Knives (22 July 1959)
Episode 36: Buffalo Kill (29 July 1959)
Season 2
Episode 1: To the Manner Born (1 October 1959)
Episode 2: Wanted -- Dead (15 October 1959)
Episode 3: No Funeral for Thorn (22 October 1959)
Episode 4: Shakedown at St. Joe (29 October 1959)
Episode 5: Lady Luck (5 November 1959)
Episode 6: Who'll Bury My Violence? (12 November 1959)
Episode 7: Dead Men Don't Pay Debts (19 November 1959)
Episode 8: Death and Taxes (26 November 1959)
Episode 9: Bat Plays a Dead Man's Hand (3 December 1959)
Episode 10: Garrison Finish (10 December 1959)
Episode 11: The Canvas and the Cane (17 December 1959)
Episode 12: The Inner Circle (31 December 1959)
Episode 13: The Pied Piper of Dodge City (7 January 1960)
Episode 14: A Picture of Death (14 January 1960)
Episode 15: Pigeon and Hawk (21 January 1960)
Episode 16: Flume to the Mother Lode (28 January 1960)
Episode 17: Death by the Half Dozen (4 February 1960)
Episode 18: Deadly Diamonds (11 February 1960)
Episode 19: Mr. Fourpaws (18 February 1960)
Episode 20: Six Feet of Gold (25 February 1960)
Episode 21: Cattle and Cane (3 March 1960)
Episode 22: The Disappearance of Bat Masterson (10 March 1960)
Episode 23: The Snare (17 March 1960)
Episode 24: Three Bullets for Bat (24 March 1960)
Episode 25: The Reluctant Witness (31 March 1960)
Episode 26: Come Out Fighting (7 April 1960)
Episode 27: Stage to Nowhere (14 April 1960)
Episode 28: Incident at Fort Bowie (21 April 1960)
Episode 29: Masterson's Arcadia Club (28 April 1960)
Episode 30: Welcome to Paradise (5 May 1960)
Episode 31: A Grave Situation (12 May 1960)
Episode 32: Gold Is Where You Steal It (19 May 1960)
Episode 33: Wanted -- Alive Please (26 May 1960)
Episode 34: The Elusive Baguette (2 June 1960)
Episode 35: The Big Gamble (16 June 1960)
Episode 36: Blood on the Money (23 June 1960)
Episode 37: Barbary Castle (1 July 1960)
Season 3
Episode 1: Debt of Honor (29 September 1960)
Episode 2: Law of the Land (6 October 1960)
Episode 3: Bat Trap (13 October 1960)
Episode 4: The Rage of Princess Ann (20 October 1960)
Episode 5: The Hunter (27 October 1960)
Episode 6: Murder Can Be Dangerous (3 November 1960)
Episode 7: High Card Loses (10 November 1960)
Episode 8: Dakota Showdown (17 November 1960)
Episode 9: The Last of the Night Raiders (24 November 1960)
Episode 10: Last Stop to Austin (1 December 1960)
Episode 11: A Time to Die (15 December 1960)
Episode 12: Death by Decree (22 December 1960)
Episode 13: The Lady Plays Her Hand (19 December 1960)
Episode 14: Tempest at Tioga Pass (5 January 1961)
Episode 15: The Court Martial of Major Mars (19 January 1961)
Episode 16: The Price of Paradise (19 January 1961)
Episode 17: End of the Line (26 January 1961)
Episode 18: The Prescott Campaign (2 February 1961)
Episode 19: Bullwhacker's Bounty (16 February 1961)
Episode 20: A Lesson in Violence (23 February 1961)
Episode 21: Run for Your Money (2 March 1961)
Episode 22: Terror on the Trinity (9 March 1961)
Episode 23: Episode in Eden (16 March 1961)
Episode 24: The Good and the Bad (23 March 1961)
Episode 25: No Amnesty for Death (30 March 1961)
Episode 26: Ledger of Guilt (6 April 1961 )
Episode 27: Meeting at Mimbers (13 April 1961)
Episode 28: Dagger Dance (20 April 1961)
Episode 29: The Fourth Man (27 April 1961)
Episode 30: Dead Man's Claim (4 May 1961)
Episode 31: The Marble Slab (11 May 1961)
Episode 32: Farmer with a Badge (18 May 1961)
Episode 33: The Fatal Garment (25 May 1961)
Episode 34: Jeopardy at Jackson Hole (1 June 1961)
