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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp

Season 1 Episode 17: Ben Thompson Returns

Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson comes to Wichita to open one. Ben feels a debt of gratitude toward Earp but it causes problems as the rest of the saloon operators have men gunning for Earp.

Season 1 Episodes:

Episode 2 Mr. Earp Meets a Lady

2. Mr. Earp Meets a Lady

Aired: Sep 13, 1955

Earp jails Ben Thompson in the hope that his mentally unstable brother Bill w...

Episode 6 The Man Who Lied

6. The Man Who Lied

Aired: Oct 11, 1955

Bennett hires a gunman to shoot Earp who brags he has faced down Earp before....

Episode 7 The Gambler

7. The Gambler

Aired: Oct 18, 1955

Earp is blamed for the back shooting of the saloon owner Bennett after exposi...

Episode 8 The Killer

8. The Killer

Aired: Oct 25, 1955

After Earp kicks Bennett out of Wichita for a crooked Faro game, Bennett hire...

Episode 9 John Wesley Hardin

9. John Wesley Hardin

Aired: Nov 1, 1955

John Wesley Hardin comes to Wichita to revenge Earp running his friend Clemen...

Episode 10 The Bank Robbers

10. The Bank Robbers

Aired: Nov 8, 1955

Wounded bank robber Clem Parker and his girl Bonnie Dawson want no part of Ta...

Episode 12 The Big Baby Contest

12. The Big Baby Contest

Aired: Nov 22, 1955

Earp is pushed into being chairman of the Wichita baby contest run by the loc...

Episode 15 Rich Man's Son

15. Rich Man's Son

Aired: Dec 13, 1955

The young runaway son of a powerful railroad executive wants to become a gun-...

Episode 16 The Buntline Special

16. The Buntline Special

Aired: Dec 20, 1955

A little man with a brash manner and a large gun visits Wichita hoping to int...

Episode 17 Ben Thompson Returns

17. Ben Thompson Returns

Aired: Dec 27, 1955

Earp has been using sanitary laws to close crooked saloons as Ben Thompson co...

Episode 19 The Assassins

19. The Assassins

Aired: Jan 10, 1956

Earp kicks a crooked gambler out of Wichita so three saloon owners decide the...

Episode 20 A Wise Calf

20. A Wise Calf

Aired: Jan 17, 1956

Bill Slocum is accused by Duke Wilson of rustling. They take him in Wichita w...

Episode 22 The Bribe

22. The Bribe

Aired: Jan 31, 1956

Earp returns to Wichita to find a crooked gambler has been given a saloon lic...

Episode 23 The Frontier Theatre

23. The Frontier Theatre

Aired: Feb 7, 1956

Earp closes a show because the men attending are being ripped off by the girl...

Episode 25 The Englishman

25. The Englishman

Aired: Feb 21, 1956

George Peschauer hates Earp and was kicked out of Ben Thompson's gang for his...

Episode 27 The Necktie Party

27. The Necktie Party

Aired: Mar 6, 1956

Horses are being stolen around Wichita pushing the ranchers to want a necktie...

Episode 28 One of Jesse's Gang

28. One of Jesse's Gang

Aired: Mar 13, 1956

A respected member of the community shoots a thief and is hailed as a hero. H...

Episode 29 The Pinkertons

29. The Pinkertons

Aired: Mar 20, 1956

When a man is murdered in Wichita, Earp wants the Newton gang for it but Alle...

Episode 30 The Suffragette

30. The Suffragette

Aired: Mar 27, 1956

A suffragette invited to Wichita by Murdock's wife to give a speech is interr...

Episode 31 Hunt the Man Down

31. Hunt the Man Down

Aired: Apr 3, 1956

Earp is forced with the help of Mr. Cousin to go into the rough Bushwacker ar...

Episode 33 Bat Masterson Again

33. Bat Masterson Again

Aired: Apr 17, 1956

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

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Seasons: 6

Network: ABC

Production Country: United States

Genres:Western

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