The Adventures of Jim Bowie | Season 1 | Episode 1 | Birth of the Blade | Scott Forbes

An encounter with an unfriendly she-bear nearly becomes fatal for Jim Bowie when his rifle misfires. Realizing the need for a simpler and more reliable weapon, he approaches master blacksmith Samuel Black with an idea for a new type of knife.
Set in the Louisiana Territory around 1830, wealthy planter Jim Bowie encounters many famous people in New Orleans or the backwoods, relying for protection on the knife he supposedly invented after his regular one broke in a fight with a grizzly.
Stars: Scott Forbes, William Schallert, John Laing
Cast
Scott Forbes as Jim Bowie
William Schallert as Justinian Tebbs
John Laing as Narrator
Joyce Vanderveen as Marie de Gravien
Jack Perry as Bartender
Paul Playdon as Francois de Gravien
Peter Hansen as Rezin Bowie
Sol Gorss as 2nd Policeman
Phil Schumacher as Barfly
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