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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

Name: The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp
Genre: Western
Rating: 7.6
Cast: Hugh O'Brian

Western

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is a television western series loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour black-and-white program aired for 229 episodes on ABC from 1955 to 1961 and featured Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

IMDb rating: 7.6 (1,269 votes)
Seasons: 6
Streaming (US): Amazon Prime Video · fuboTV · Peacock · Philo · The Roku Channel · Pluto TV · Plex · Xumo Play · Tubi TV · Plex Channel · Fawesome
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Hugh O'Brian Wyatt Earp

Seasons

Season 1 (1955)

7.84 avg 33 episodes 7.5 → 8.1 30 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal	7.5	165
2	Mr. Earp Meets a Lady	7.5	127
3	Bill Thompson Gives In	8.0	103
4	Marshal Earp Meets General Lee	7.5	96
5	Wyatt Earp Comes to Wichita	7.9	99
6	The Man Who Lied	8.2	88
7	The Gambler	7.8	90
8	The Killer	8.0	83
9	John Wesley Hardin	8.2	89
10	The Bank Robbers	8.0	80
11	King of the Cattle Trails	7.9	74
12	The Big Baby Contest	7.7	82
13	Frontier Journalism was Fearless	7.8	73
14	Trail's End for a Cowboy	7.7	73
15	Rich Man's Son	7.9	75
16	The Buntline Special	8.0	79
17	Ben Thompson Returns	7.8	66
18	Marshal Earp Plays Cupid	7.6	68
19	The Assassins	8.2	79
20	A Wise Calf	8.0	63
21	Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother	7.6	68
22	The Bribe	8.0	68
23	The Frontier Theatre	7.7	71
24	Killing at Cowskin Creek	7.7	64
25	The Englishman	7.9	66
26	The Desperate Half-Hour	7.9	66
27	The Necktie Party	7.8	64
28	One of Jesse's Gang	7.7	69
29	The Pinkertons	7.7	69
30	The Suffragette	7.3	64
31	Hunt the Man Down	8.1	64
32	The War of the Colonels	8.0	59
33	Bat Masterson Again	8.1	74

Season 2 (1956)

7.97 avg 39 episodes 7.6 → 8.3 30 min avg

Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Wichita Is Civilized	7.6	61
2	Dodge City Gets a New Marshal	8.2	68
3	Fight or Run	8.0	67
4	The Double Life of Dora Hand	7.9	61
5	Clay Allison	8.1	63
6	Wyatt's Love Affair	7.8	64
7	A Quiet Day in Dodge City	7.7	60
8	The Almost Dead Cowhand	7.8	53
9	The Reformation of Jim Kelley	7.6	56
10	So Long, Dora, So Long	8.1	69
11	Bat Masterson Wins His Star	7.6	58
12	The Lonesomest Man in the World	8.0	60
13	Take Back Your Town	8.1	57
14	Nineteen Notches on His Gun	8.1	52
15	The Hanging Judge	8.1	60
16	Justice	8.0	56
17	Shootin' Woman	7.8	53
18	The Man Who Rode with Custer	8.1	48
19	Wyatt and the Captain	8.2	52
20	Witness for the Defense	7.9	51
21	The Sharpshooter	8.2	49
22	Siege at Little Alamo	7.7	47
23	Vengeance Trail	8.2	50
24	Command Performance	7.7	55
25	They Hired Some Guns	7.7	53
26	Bat Masterson for Sheriff	7.8	54
27	Hang 'Em High	8.2	54
28	The Vultures	8.2	49
29	Young Gun	8.1	54
30	The Nice Ones Always Die First	8.2	58
31	Old Jake	8.2	53
32	The Equalizer	8.0	54
33	Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday	8.4	64
34	Beautiful Friendship	8.0	54
35	Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom	7.9	50
36	The Gold Brick	8.0	50
37	The Wicked Widow	7.4	49
38	They Think They're Immortal	7.9	50
39	The Time for All Good Men	8.3	53

Season 3 (1957)

7.82 avg 39 episodes 7.5 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 3 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Call Me Your Honor	7.5	56
2	The Big Bellyache	7.8	56
3	Pinkytown	7.6	56
4	Shoot to Kill	7.8	59
5	Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday	8.0	57
6	Warpath	8.2	53
7	Hung Jury	7.9	54
8	Little Pistol	7.9	61
9	The Magic Puddle	7.3	46
10	Mr. Buntline's Vacation	8.1	56
11	Fortitude	8.2	52
12	The Good and Perfect Gift	7.9	51
13	Indian Wife	7.8	54
14	Woman Trouble	7.8	48
15	Shadow of a Man	8.0	52
16	Bad Woman	7.8	54
17	One-Man Army	8.5	52
18	The General's Lady	7.5	54
19	The Manly Art	8.0	54
20	Sweet Revenge	7.2	46
21	The Imitation Jesse James	8.1	49
22	The Kansas Lily	7.8	53
23	Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun	8.7	54
24	Wyatt Fights	8.0	50
25	Ballad and Truth	6.9	49
26	The Schoolteacher	7.7	54
27	When Sherman Marched Through Kansas	7.2	49
28	Big Brother Virgil	7.5	52
29	It Had to Happen	8.2	52
30	County Seat War	7.8	47
31	One	8.0	54
32	The Underdog	7.5	55
33	Two	8.1	47
34	Doc Holliday Rewrites History	7.4	50
35	Three	8.1	46
36	Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson	7.5	55
37	Four	7.9	46
38	The Frame-Up	7.9	46
39	My Husband	8.0	44

Season 4 (1958)

7.83 avg 37 episodes 8.2 → 8.0 30 min avg

Season 4 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Hole Up	8.2	53
2	The Peacemaker	8.2	57
3	The Bounty Killer	8.2	48
4	Caught by a Whisker	8.3	46
5	The Mysterious Cowhand	7.8	47
6	The Gatling Gun	8.0	48
7	Cattle Thieves	7.8	49
8	Remittance Man	7.8	47
9	King of the Frontier	7.9	50
10	Truth About Gunfighting	7.8	48
11	Frontier Woman	7.7	47
12	Santa Fe War	7.8	46
13	Plague Carrier	7.6	49
14	Kill the Editor	7.9	53
15	Little Brother	7.8	44
16	The Reformation of Doc Holliday	7.8	48
17	A Good Man	8.1	54
18	Death for a Stolen Horse	8.0	48
19	Last Stand at Smoky Hill	8.2	44
20	The Muleskinner	7.9	47
21	Earp Ain't Even Wearing Guns	7.8	47
22	Bat Jumps the Reservation	7.1	49
23	The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty	7.5	46
24	She Almost Married Wyatt	7.4	49
25	Horse Race	7.6	45
26	Juveniles - 1878	6.7	45
27	One Murder - Fifty Suspects	7.7	50
28	How to Be a Sheriff	7.4	40
29	The Judas Goat	8.2	54
30	Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case	8.3	52
31	The Actress	8.1	47
32	Love and Shotgun Gibbs	8.0	42
33	Dodge Is Civilized	7.5	47
34	Little Gray Home in the West	8.0	51
35	The Cyclone	7.9	47
36	Kelley Was Irish	7.7	43
37	Arizona Comes to Dodge	8.0	48

Season 5 (1959)

7.81 avg 41 episodes 7.2 → 8.1 30 min avg

Season 5 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Dodge City: Hail and Farewell	7.2	55
2	The Trail to Tombstone	8.1	50
3	Tombstone	8.3	60
4	Wyatt's Decision	8.3	55
5	Lineup for Battle	8.2	51
6	The Nugget and the Epitaph	8.1	51
7	The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs	8.2	52
8	You Can't Fight City Hall	8.0	48
9	Behan Shows His Hand	8.1	47
10	The Ring of Death	8.1	55
11	Wyatt Wins One	8.1	47
12	The Fugitive	7.7	53
13	The Noble Outlaws	7.9	51
14	The Paymaster	7.9	52
15	The Clantons' Family Row	7.8	47
16	The Matchmaker	7.6	43
17	Get Shotgun Gibbs	7.9	51
18	Wells Fargo Calling Marshal Earp	7.8	47
19	A Murderer's Return	8.0	47
20	The Big Fight at Total Wreck	7.3	48
21	Frontier Surgeon	8.0	49
22	Let's Hang Curly Bill	8.1	50
23	Silver Dollar	7.3	49
24	The Case of Senor Huerto	7.3	52
25	The Arizona Lottery	7.4	53
26	Don't Get Tough with a Sailor	7.4	49
27	The Scout	7.3	43
28	The Buntline Special	7.8	50
29	China Mary	7.8	57
30	His Life in His Hands	7.8	46
31	Behan's Double Game	7.5	46
32	The Salvation of Emma Clanton	7.7	49
33	John Clum, Fighting Editor	7.7	46
34	The Judge	7.4	48
35	The Court vs. Doc Holliday	7.9	45
36	Roscoe Turns Detective	8.0	45
37	The Posse	7.8	44
38	The Confidence Man	7.7	47
39	The Toughest Judge in Arizona	7.6	43
40	My Enemy - John Behan	8.0	45
41	Wyatt's Bitterest Enemy	8.1	43

Season 6 (1960)

7.95 avg 37 episodes 8.3 → 8.2 30 min avg

Season 6 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	The Truth About Old Man Clanton	8.3	60
2	The Doctor	7.8	52
3	Johnny Behind the Deuce	8.0	54
4	Shoot to Kill	7.8	55
5	Study of a Crooked Sheriff	7.9	51
6	Big Brother	7.9	53
7	Woman of Tucson	7.7	49
8	The Fanatic	7.7	51
9	He's My Brother	7.4	52
10	The Too Perfect Crime	7.8	51
11	Johnny Ringo's Girl	7.8	50
12	Miss Sadie	8.2	52
13	Winning Streak	7.7	47
14	Billy Buckett, Incorporated	7.5	52
15	Horse Thief	7.5	49
16	Terror in the Desert	8.0	49
17	Old Slanders	8.0	45
18	Loyalty	8.1	52
19	Johnny Behan Falls in Love	7.9	49
20	Casey and the Clowns	8.1	57
21	Doc Holliday Faces Death	8.0	55
22	Apache Gold	7.7	48
23	The Good Mule and the Bad Mule	7.9	50
24	Clanton and Cupid	7.9	48
25	Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path	7.7	52
26	The Convict's Revenge	7.9	50
27	Until Proven Guilty	8.1	51
28	The Shooting Starts	8.0	52
29	Wyatt Earp's Baby	7.9	60
30	The Law Must Be Fair	7.9	48
31	A Papa for Butch and Ginger	8.2	58
32	Hiding Behind a Star	8.2	51
33	Requiem for Old Man Clanton	8.3	59
34	Wyatt's Brothers Join Up	8.4	52
35	Just Before the Battle	8.1	52
36	Gunfight at the O.K. Corral	8.7	70
37	The Outlaws Cry Murder	8.2	66

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp (1955)

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