Bat Masterson
Bat Masterson is an American Western television series that portrayed a fictionalized account of the life of real-life marshal/gambler/dandy Bat Masterson . The title character was played by Gene Barry. 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. 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: The Luck of the Draw, also with O'Brian as Earp, as well as Jack Kelly as Bart Maverick and Clint Walker as Cheyenne Bodie.
Genre: Action and Adventure, Western
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Episode 37
Bufallo Kill
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Daredevil Bat Masterson risks his scalp on an expedition to buy buffalo hides in dangerous Indian country. Luke Simes, the man originally assigned to the job, had made some unflattering remarks about Bat's method of dress. As a result, Simes suddenly finds himself "unable to travel."
Episode 36
The Romay Knives
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Never is Bat Masterson's chivalry so sorely tested as when he's offered a number of valuable gifts -- including a beautiful girl. This is in reward for services to an old gypsy whom he rescued from a hot-tempered Dodge City rancher.
Episode 35
The Desert Ship
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Spanish gold and fabulous jewels lure many parties of treasure hunters to destruction in the Colorado Territory. Bat Masterson turns Anders Dorn and niece Elsa from their intended hazardous expedition in search of the legendary Santa Lucia, a fabulous Spanish plate ship rumored lost in the Colorado River.
Episode 34
The Black Pearls
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Priceless black pearls, a masterly train robbery and a murderous cellmate figure in Bat Masterson's adventure resulting from being jailed on suspicion of cheating at cards.
Episode 33
The Conspiracy, Part 2
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
In part II of the Lincoln assassination story, Bat Masterson discovers that an imposter has been committed in order to plant a scandalous story in the newspaper. He reveals bartender John Watson as the scoundrel -- and, almost immediately after, finds Watson dead -- a fact pointing to his own mortal danger.
Episode 32
The Conspiracy, Part 1
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Fifteen years after the fact, Bat Masterson finds himself involved in the Lincoln Assassination conspiracy. The niece of John Surratt, an acquitted suspect, begs Bat to prevent publication of a scurrilous story concerning Surratt's involvement in the tragedy. This is part one of a two part story.
Episode 31
Promised Land
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
In a community of reformed law breakers, Bat Masterson finds himself, reluctantly, their bank president. In his keeping are their savings and townsman's right to continue and enjoy their new way of life.
Episode 30
The Secret is Death
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
A crime wave sweeps Cheyenne, putting a burden on the Territorial Administrator. He turns to the one man he knows can handle his problem -- Bat Masterson.
Episode 29
The Death of Bat Masterson
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
Most-alive-man-on-the-frontier Bat Masterson is pleased to announce that the reports of his death are much exaggerated. When he tries to withdraw on his account in a Bonanza, Colorado bank, he learns that the account was closed and that he, himself, is "deceased."
Episode 28
The Lottery of Death
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Bat Masterson discovers that half of a great deal of money is still a great deal of money. With his usual skill, Bat is winning a poker game in Tucson when one of the players stakes half of a lottery ticket, and Bat wins it. He's surprised to learn it's part of a winning ticket of high value.
Episode 27
A Matter of Honor
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Austrian nobleman, Anton von Landi, short of funds on the American frontier, holds up a gambling casino. Unfortunately for him, at the open end of his shooting iron is the redoubtable Bat Masterson, who's in the process of buying into the establishment. A fast paced adventure results from Landi's unwarranted intrusion.
Episode 26
The Man of Action
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Beau-Brummell-of-the-frontier Bat Masterson calls on his tailor at Junction, Mexico. However, the well-known craftsman -- newly chosen head of a Special Citizens Committee -- is unable to serve Bat because of his political duties. This leads to an unusual adventure for Bat, his most famous customer.
Episode 25
Deadline
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Champion of justice Bat Masterson and lovely Lorna Adams, race against time and the executioner in an unusual adventure triggered by a stagecoach holdup. Bat and his pretty companion are stranded enroute to the State Capitol, where Lorna is hurrying with evidence of the innocence of a man condemned to hang.
Episode 24
The Brunette Bombshell
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Sports fan Bat Masterson fails to see eye to eye with the Denver Fire Department about the fire hazards of the Denver Athletic Club. Bat has just bought the institution, but the Fire Commissioner declares it a fire risk and orders it torn down.
Episode 23
The Tumblewood Wagon
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
When one of Bat Masterson's friends is murdered, Bat is deputized as federal officer to conduct the suspect -- outlaw Luke Steiger -- to Fort Smith for trial. However, Steiger disappears on the night before he and Bat are to leave for their destination.
Episode 22
Incident at Leadville
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Lady newspaper editors are a great and colorful frontier tradition. One of them, Jo Hart, inveighs against Bat Masterson, calling him a ruthless gunman and scoundrel. When Bat calls on the lady to set the record straight, she exercises her "woman's prerogative" of changing her mind.
Episode 21
Marked Deck
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Morganbill's bully-boy, Dan Morgan -- to his great misfortune -- cheats Bat in a poker game. Bat executes a bold plan to retrieve his money: he discovers the names of Morgan's other victims, and sets out to settle scores for them as well as himself.
Episode 20
Battle of the Pass
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Bat commands one of the forces of the railroad war. Mace Pomeroy, frantically attempting to beat General Moran, in laying tracks through a canyon, offers Bat a small fortune to help fight Moran. Bat, however, decides for Moran and ends up in a historic gang fight in the wilds of the canyon country.
Episode 19
River Boat
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Bat Masterson is relieved of $10,000 in a daring riverboat holdup. After the clever band of robbers works its way systematically through the entire passenger list of a Missouri boat, Bat goes into action.
Episode 18
Sharpshooter
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Bat Masterson, frequent target of gunfights, falls into the sights of Harry Varden's trigger man. Varden, biggest Saloon keeper in dodge city, fears that Bat plans to relieve him of some property, and he figures his only recourse is to eliminate Masterson.
Episode 17
License to Cheat
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The Sheriff of Mason City insists that Bat Masterson join the Protective Gamblers Association. This little group seems unsavory to Bat -- he refuses and is thrown behind bars by the sheriff who controls the association.
Episode 16
A Personal Matter
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Outlaw and idle-boaster Bailey Harper says Bat Masterson will never find him. After Harper steals Bat's gun, money, and horse, Bat tests his great skill at trailing fugitives....and at the end of the line, he runs into a sudden, explosive action.
Episode 15
One Bullet From Broken Bow
aired: Fri, Sep 12, 2008
At the request of General Phil Sheridan, heroic Bat Masterson challenges renegade Chief Stone Calf. Purpose of the challenge: rescue the Cafferty sisters from Stone Calf's war party which kidnapped them.
Episode 14
Election Day
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Trail boss Bat Masterson runs afoul of an illegal toll as he leads a drive to the rail head. Between the local politics of Protection, Kansas and the local feed dealer, Bat finds unexpected action.
Episode 13
Double Trouble in Trinidad
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
When 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 to investigate.
Episode 12
Trail Pirate
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Between the scorching desert and ruthless trail pirates, wagon train after wagon train are destroyed. The unique method the pirates use to lure the wagons astray, puts Bat Masterson on the track of a monstrous conspiracy.
Episode 11
Shermans March through Dodge
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Bat Masterson mixes in politics when President Rutherford B. Bayes and General William Tecumseh Sherman, the scourge of Atlanta, come to Dodge city on a campaign tour. Bat goes into action when unrest threatens when there are rumors that ex-confederates threaten violence to Sherman.
Episode 10
Cheyenne Club
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Influential John Conant calls Bat Masterson to Cheyenne. The most adept card player of the frontier, Bat is able to test the rumors that Steve Haley -- Conant's daughter's fiance -- is a poker cheat. Between the tension of gambling and the excitement of romance, Bat finds unusual adventure.
Episode 9
The Treasure of Worry Hill
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Prospector Bat Masterson carries three thirds of a treasure map on an expedition, when he seeks a reputedly fabulous cache. Each part of the map belongs to one of the mutually distrustful heirs.
Episode 8
Dude's Folly
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Joe Quince tries running Jan and Woody out of town. Joe wants the store they inherited from their father, but they won't sell. In the midst of this danger, Bat Masterson agrees to teach Woody how to handle a gun.
Episode 7
A Noose Fits Anybody
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
The smartest deck-hand (card deck, that is) in the west -- Bat Masterson -- is about to be gunned down in a game when trigger-happy Ben Thompson saves his life. Thompson, wounded in the affray, is unable to carry out his intention to help his brother Billy break jail. However, Bat's gratitude comes in good stead for Ben and his brother.
Episode 6
Bear Bait
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Hunting guide Bat Masterson takes on a party bent on hitting a bear. As the expedition moves forward, Bat realizes that three of his champions are fugitives from murder and robbery charges in other states.
Episode 5
The Fighter
aired: Fri, Oct 3, 2008
Sportsman Bat Masterson admires a ferocious and promising young boxer. When he sees the young man being mishandled by an unscrupulous manager, Bat entices the manager into a poker game and wins the fighter's contract.
Episode 4
Stampede at Tent City
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Laura Hopkins calls to Bat Masterson for help. She and others are herding horses and breaking them for the sale to the army. When turmoil leads to gunfire, the inevitable happens: a stampede of wild horses.
Episode 3
Dynamite Blows Two Ways
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Sometime cattleman Bat Masterson wins a herd in a poker game. Ruthless rancher Raoul Cummings, blocks his route to the Cheyenne stockyards. As he prepares to give battle, Bat finds a determined troupe of embattled ranchers backing his play.
Episode 2
Two Graves for Swan Valley
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Tough, hot-tempered Sergeant Foley, orders Bat Masterson out of Swan Valley. Reason: Bat has become interested in his girl Molly Doyle, a dance-hall beauty. Although his life is threatened, Bat refuses to leave -- and clashes with the redoubtable foley.
Episode 1
Double Showdown
aired: Fri, Jul 17, 2009
Gambler and saloon-keeper, Big Keel Roberts, "owns" a lively, lucrative Arizona town. The "fastest-cane-in-the-west," Bat Masterson comes to town on behalf of a friend -- also a saloon keeper -- whom Big Keel is crushing. Things get rougher and rougher between Bat and Big Keel until the latter suggests they solve the problem by a hand of show-down poker. The story -- a matter of historic legend -- has come down to us from the 1870s with two different endings -- and we see them both.
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