Bat Masterson

Name: Bat Masterson
Genre: Western, Drama
Released: 1958-10-08
Rating: 6.4
Cast: Gene Barry

ENDED3 Seasons108 Episodes★ 6.4

Bat Masterson is a western and drama series on NBC that ran from 1958 to 1961, ending after 3 seasons and 108 episodes.

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NetworkNBC

First AiredOct 8, 1958

Last AiredJun 1, 1961

GenreWestern, Drama

Runtime30 min

LanguageEnglish

CountryUnited States

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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Gene Barry

Bat Masterson

Seasons & Episodes3 seasons · 108 episodes

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E1Debt of Honor

Sep 29, 196030m

Bat grubstakes Cactus Charlie, an elderly prospector searching for a gold strike. Charlie finds gold, all right, the proceeds from a recent robbery and the crooks who buried the loot will stop at nothing to recover their ill-gotten gains.

E2Law of the Land

Oct 6, 196030m

Working again for his friend Hugh Blaine, Bat is hired to investigate the theft of barbed-wire fencing that prevents cattle from climbing onto a railroad's right-of-way. Question is whether Bat wants to tackle the five to one odds.

E3Bat Trap

Oct 13, 196030m

Midas Creek hires Bat to run their annual shooting contest. The council believe that the local bully will generally do anything in his power to win the contest. When the local gunsmith wins, it's the thug's rifle vs. Bat's pistol.

E4The Rage of Princess Anne

Oct 20, 196030m

Bat has an interest in a mine in Colorado and discovers its conditions are unsafe, but the general manager is forcing the miners to work in it anyway. He decides to convince the other owners including its pretty namesake to improve safety.

E5The Hunter

Oct 27, 196030m

An Englishman has a theory that accuracy is more important in a gunfight than speed or size of the ammunition. When he kills a bully with his specially designed rifled pistol, the Englishman decides he's ready to take on his goal - Bat.

E6Murder Can be Dangerous

Nov 3, 196030m

When Bat catches his gambling casino partner embezzling money, he kicks the man out, telling him never return unless he brings $25,000 to buy Bat's interest in the business. The partner plans to get control of Bat's half by killing him.

E7High Card Loses

Nov 10, 196030m

After a bank robbery Bat finds himself broke so he accepts an offer from a friend for a job. When his friend is murdered, Bat agrees to undertake his unfinished business - delivering three mail-order brides to their new husbands.

E8Dakota Showdown

Nov 17, 196030m

Bat rides to the assistance of his friend, a sheriff, but arrives after the Dakota boys gun him down. The president of the town council asks Bat to step into the office, but Bat decides the job should go to another person.

E9Last of the Night Raiders

Nov 24, 196030m

Bat is asked by a woman to help her and her young son escape the deadly Doolin gang who Bat has tangled with before. She wants to return to St. Louis with her son to her parents but her son wants to stay knowing only the gang as family.

E10

E10Last Stop to Austin

Dec 1, 196030m

Bat thinks a young gunfighter might be the son of a man with whom he fought at the Battle of Adobe Wells. He plans to appeal to the governor for a pardon for his crimes because of the unrewarded service of his father.

E11

E11A Time to Die

Dec 15, 196030m

Bat returns to Casper, Wyoming to testify at a murder trial. He learns that all the other witnesses are either dead or are afraid to testify and the father of the man under arrest intends to eliminate the last witness

E12

E12Death by Decree

Dec 22, 196030m

Bat inherits a casino from an old enemy and soon discovers why. Upon arriving in town, he learns that the casino is $3000 behind in its mortgage payments and the previous owner was killed by the town marshal who owns the mortgage.

E13

E13The Lady Plays Her Hand

Dec 29, 196030m

An eastern gambler playing a "system" breaks the bank at Bat's casino, putting the dapper Masterson out of business. Bat wonders if the "system" didn't have more than a little help from his pretty dealer.

E14

E14Tempest at Tioga Pass

Jan 5, 196130m

When a old miner refuses to allow a road to be built through a high mountain pass he owns, the California Governor asks Bat to intervene. Bat finds the holdout to be an old friend Soda Smith and all is not as the Governor thought.

E15

E15The Court Martial of Major Mars

Jan 12, 196130m

The stagecoach in which Bat Masterson, Major Mars and pretty Lottie Tremaine are traveling is waylaid by a vengeful gang led by an Indian whose family was slain when the Major's men wiped out a village. Bat is forced to defend the Major.

E16

E16The Price of Paradise

Jan 19, 196130m

Pat arrives in Paradise, Colorado to collect a gambling debt from a crooked casino owner who doesn't like to pay his debts. He also doesn't like to pay his taxes - until Bat accepts an appointment as the new county tax assessor.

E17

E17End of the Line

Jan 26, 196130m

Bat's lucrative contract to build a railroad in Colorado is in jeopardy. His crew is menaced by natural disasters and then wagon loads of equipment are lost. Just when things it seems things can't get worse, Bat is arrested for murder.

E18

E18The Prescott Campaign

Feb 2, 196130m

Bat's old friend from Dodge City, Marshal Ben Holt, asks him to help fight a scheme plotted by the power-grabbing land baron General Silas Guild. When he arrives, Bat isn't sure that the Marshal is on the side of law and order.

E19

E19Bullwhacker's Bounty

Feb 16, 196130m

Bat's plan to journey to Cheyenne for a big poker game are disrupted when the cavalry escort for a vital load of gunpowder is wiped out and the only men available to drive the wagons to the supply starved Fort Stewart appear unreliable.

E20

E20A Lesson in Violence

Feb 23, 196130m

In response to an urgent telegram offering a large salary, Bat rides to a remote Texas ranch where he is to drive a herd of 2000 cattle to Abilene. As he arrives he finds that the Grant family believes he's a hired killer and pays for it.

E21

E21Run for Your Money

Mar 2, 196130m

Saloonkeeper Crimp Ward challenges a local bank to back up it's gold certificates.

E22

E22Terror on the Trinity

Mar 9, 196130m

Bat wins a mining claim in a lottery, but a huge bearded man attacks Bat when he tries to find it. He throws Bat into the Trinity River and Bat floats downriver finding his companion Bob Bradbury dead on the other side of the river.

E23

E23Episode in Eden

Mar 16, 196130m

When gunslingers employed by Sam Shanks terrorize the small New Mexico town of Eden, Bat is drafted to serve as a special prosecutor when one of Shank's men is to be tried for murder and the expected result is a not guilty verdict.

E24

E24The Good and the Bad

Mar 23, 196130m

A gang of outlaws tries to take a Medal of Honor from a woman whose husband gave his life for it. Bat offers a $100 in exchange for the medal, but the gunman escapes with Bat's money, cane and the medal of honor with Bat in hot pursuit.

E25

E25No Amnesty for Death

Mar 30, 196130m

Bat's riding rescues three men from the gallows - he bears an amnesty for all combatants in the Lincoln County War. The three gunmen soon return to their criminal ways and Bat must help the local marshal hunt down the recently freed men.

E26

E26Ledger of Guilt

Apr 6, 196130m

Bat rescues a woman from three men trying to grab her and her carpet bag. The woman tells Bat she and her father were the prisoners of a gang of outlaws who rode with Jesse James and she has the evidence to prove it.

E27

E27Meeting at Mimbres

Apr 13, 196130m

Several Indian tribes claim that white men are kidnapping their women and children to be sold for slaves or held for ransom. In order to prevent an all-out war with the local tribes, the U.S. Army sends Bat Masterson to investigate.

E28

E28Dagger Dance

Apr 20, 196130m

A wounded and fainting Bat delivers a message to a Major at Fort Logan ordering the Colonel to skip a meeting with the Indians. However, the Major believing the Colonel is impeding his political career doesn't deliver the message.

E29

E29The Fourth Man

Apr 27, 196130m

Bat rides into town to meet a young friend. He arrives too late - the young man was killed when he accused three wealthy ranchers of cheating at cards and the sheriff refuses to arrest the men responsible for the murder.

E30

E30Dead Man's Claim

May 4, 196130m

When a new silver strike is made in Monument City, Nevada, Bat returns to the former ghost town to check on his four year old claim and finds two claim jumpers are prepared to shoot first and ask questions later.

E31

E31The Marble Slab

May 11, 196130m

Pinkerton hires Bat to get evidence against a gang that is terrorizing a town. Bat goes undercover as a marble salesman to convince the leader that so prominent a citizen should have a statue in his honor erected in the town square.

E32

E32Farmer with a Badge

May 18, 196130m

Bat is ambushed in the desert by two men, his horse and water stolen. Left to die he is rescued by a farmer who is now the town marshal. Bat is determined to help the young lawman gain confidence in his ability to keep the peace.

E33

E33The Fatal Garment

May 25, 196130m

Bat is hired to serve as a bodyguard at Wyatt Earp's El Paso casino, but the two of them can't prevent a robbery which costs Wyatt Earp $13,000 as he won't bank his money. The robbers use a costly shirt as a gift to distract Bat.

E34

E34Jeopardy at Jackson Hole

Jun 1, 196130m

Bat is called upon by the daughter of an old friend to investigate his murder in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The family runs a freight and stage line there but the drivers are being killed for some reason and the line is nearly bankrupt.

About Bat Masterson

Bat Masterson is a western, drama series on NBC. The show first aired on Oct 8, 1958 and currently has 3 seasons and 108 episodes. Bat Masterson has ended. It has a rating of 6.4/10 based on 16 votes. The cast includes Gene Barry.