Bat Masterson (1958)

Name: Bat Masterson
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Gene Barry

Western

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.

IMDb rating: 7.3 (1,397 votes)
Episode average: 7.6 ↑ +0.3 vs IMDb
Seasons: 3
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Ratings refreshed Oct 3, 2026 · 3 seasons indexed

Cast

Gene Barry Bat Masterson

Seasons

Season 1 (1958)

7.63 avg 37 episodes 8.1 → 7.0 30 min avg

Bad finale

Season 1 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Double Showdown	8.1	109
2	Two Graves for Swan Valley	8.1	105
3	Dynamite Blows Two Ways	7.5	79
4	Stampede at Tent City	7.5	102
5	The Fighter	7.2	86
6	Bear Bait	7.6	77
7	A Noose Fits Anybody	7.6	72
8	Dude's Folly	7.7	76
9	The Treasure of Worry Hill	7.8	67
10	Cheyenne Club	7.7	67
11	General Sherman's March Through Dodge City	7.6	66
12	Trail Pirate	7.5	71
13	Double Trouble in Trinidad	8.0	77
14	Election Day	7.8	65
15	One Bullet from Broken Bow	7.4	66
16	A Personal Matter	7.4	65
17	License to Cheat	7.6	73
18	Sharpshooter	8.0	66
19	River Boat	7.4	68
20	Battle of the Pass	7.8	56
21	Marked Deck	7.8	64
22	Incident in Leadville	7.7	65
23	The Tumbleweed Wagon	7.3	68
24	Brunette Bombshell	7.6	70
25	Deadline	8.0	59
26	Man of Action	7.6	56
27	A Matter of Honor	7.9	59
28	Lottery of Death	7.9	66
29	The Death of Bat Masterson	7.9	73
30	The Secret Is Death	7.3	62
31	Promised Land	7.2	62
32	The Conspiracy: Part 1	7.5	62
33	The Conspiracy: Part 2	7.7	58
34	The Black Pearls	7.6	57
35	The Desert Ship	7.7	59
36	The Romany Knives	7.3	54
37	Buffalo Kill	7.0	59

Season 2 (1959)

7.48 avg 37 episodes 8.0 → 7.4 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	To the Manner Born	8.0	61
2	Wanted: Dead	7.6	59
3	No Funeral for Thorn	7.9	61
4	Shakedown at St. Joe	7.6	57
5	Lady Luck	7.7	63
6	Who'll Bury My Violence?	7.7	59
7	Dead Men Don't Pay Debts	7.9	63
8	Death and Taxes	7.4	54
9	Bat Plays a Dead Man's Hand	7.5	46
10	Garrison Finish	7.2	54
11	The Canvas and the Cane	7.2	54
12	The Inner Circle	6.7	51
13	The Pied Piper of Dodge City	8.1	61
14	A Picture of Death	7.7	47
15	Pigeon and Hawk	7.4	48
16	Flume to the Mother Lode	7.4	47
17	Death by the Half Dozen	7.1	46
18	Deadly Diamonds	7.5	57
19	Mr. Fourpaws	8.1	53
20	Six Feet of Gold	7.8	61
21	Cattle and Cane	7.5	45
22	The Disappearance of Bat Masterson	7.2	52
23	The Snare	6.7	45
24	Three Bullets for Bat	7.7	53
25	The Reluctant Witness	7.8	60
26	Come Out Fighting	7.0	38
27	Stage to Nowhere	7.9	52
28	Incident at Fort Bowie	7.2	44
29	Masterson's Arcadia Club	7.5	44
30	Welcome to Paradise	7.5	57
31	A Grave Situation	7.8	52
32	Gold Is Where You Steal It	6.6	49
33	Wanted: Alive Please	7.3	48
34	The Elusive Baguette	7.5	53
35	The Big Gamble	7.4	50
36	Blood on the Money	7.3	44
37	Barbary Castle	7.4	48

Season 3 (1960)

7.58 avg 34 episodes 7.0 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes - IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Debt of Honor	7.0	51
2	Law of the Land	6.7	49
3	Bat Trap	7.5	50
4	The Rage of Princess Anne	7.5	52
5	The Hunter	7.4	51
6	Murder Can Be Dangerous	7.7	57
7	High Card Loses	7.3	54
8	Dakota Showdown	7.5	50
9	The Last of the Night Raiders	7.4	42
10	Last Stop to Austin	7.2	44
11	A Time to Die	7.4	45
12	Death by Decree	7.5	47
13	The Lady Plays Her Hand	7.7	45
14	Tempest at Tioga Pass	7.6	48
15	The Court Martial of Major Mars	7.3	45
16	The Price of Paradise	7.5	46
17	End of the Line	7.8	39
18	The Prescott Campaign	7.7	45
19	Bullwhacker's Bounty	6.9	40
20	A Lesson in Violence	7.5	42
21	Run for Your Money	7.5	45
22	Terror on the Trinity	8.1	62
23	Episode in Eden	7.5	44
24	The Good and the Bad	7.7	45
25	No Amnesty for Death	8.0	58
26	Ledger of Guilt	7.8	45
27	Meeting at Mimbers	7.6	43
28	Valley of Death	7.7	45
29	The Fourth Man	7.6	47
30	Dead Man's Claim	8.0	41
31	The Marble Slab	8.0	42
32	Farmer with a Badge	8.2	39
33	The Fatal Garment	7.9	45
34	Jeopardy at Jackson Hole	8.0	47