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"Bat Masterson" (1958): Season 2: Episode 37 -- An old sea captain has dismantled his clan's Scottish castle and is rebuilding it in San Francisco. The company stockholder's serve him with a restraining order, claiming he's wasting the business' assets constructing such an extravagant building.
"Bat Masterson" (1958): Season 2: Episode 36 -- Before Bat's partner in a casino venture is dies, he asks Masterson to deliver his share of the money to his brother on the Mexican border. Bat learns that the man is rumored to lead a gang of rustlers.
"Bat Masterson" (1958): Season 2: Episode 35 -- When a man Bat has staked to search for the Lost Dutchman's Mine disappears without a trace, the former lawman buys a map of the territory from a too agreeable bartender and sets off in pursuit.
"Bat Masterson" (1958): Season 2: Episode 34 -- Bat is hired as the bodyguard of a beautiful woman who insists on wearing a fabulously expensive diamond.
"Bat Masterson" (1958): Season 2: Episode 33 -- Bat is asked to find how stolen Mexican cattle, many of them diseased, are entering Texas and mingling with local animals. With the help of the local sheriff he prints a wanted poster which he hopes serve as his introduction to the local rustlers.
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Seasons:
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Genre:
Western more
Plot:
Dressed-up dandy (derby and cane), gambler and lawman roams the West charming women and defending the unjustly accused... more
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Awards:
Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more
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Cast

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Gene Barry ... William Barclay 'Bat' Masterson (108 episodes, 1958-1961)
Bill Baldwin ... Narrator (102 episodes, 1958-1961)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
30 min (108 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Black and White
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA more
Company:
ZIV Television Programs more

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Trivia:
Two episodes from season one have fallen into the public domain. They are: "Bat Masterson: Stampede at Tent City (#1.4)" (1958) and "Bat Masterson: The Fighter (#1.5)" (1958). more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja II (#4.24)" (1992) more

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Different but with some historical accuracy, 13 March 2005
Author: skoyles from Calgary AB Canada

I remember this series fondly but even as a kid wondered why Gene Barry did not sport the moustache that Masterson wore almost all of his adult life and did (if I remember correctly) as portrayed in at least one episode of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp. As an adult I have read almost everything written about Masterson, seen as many motion pictures as possible, and find the gambler, sportsman, writer and sometime lawman fascinating. Masterson did carry a walking stick, wore a bowler in at least one famous photograph, was a townsman and loyal friend, was involved in boxing and by all accounts was a cheerful and well-liked man - a lot like Gene Barry. Was this TV series always historically accurate? Not in the slightest! But it did capture something of the real man, a certain insouciance and worldliness lacking in the run-of-the-mill TV cowboy or lawman. 'Tis rather too bad that they never had an episode set later when Masterson was an apparently happily married man and sports writer for a New York newspaper. And yes, I frequently carry a walking stick today and fondly recall "Back when the West was very young/There lived a man named Masterson/ He wore a cane and derby hat/ They called him Bat, Bat Masterson...."

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