# List of The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp episodes

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults, premiering four days before Gunsmoke on September 6, 1955. Two weeks later came the Clint Walker western Cheyenne. The series is loosely based on the life of frontier marshal Wyatt Earp. The half-hour, black-and-white program aired for six seasons (229 episodes) on ABC from 1955 to 1961, with Hugh O'Brian in the title role.

## Series overview

| Season | Episodes | Episodes | Originally released | Originally released | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) |
| Season | Episodes | Episodes | First released | Last released | Rank | Average viewership (in millions) |
| 1 | 33 | 33 | September 6, 1955 (1955-09-06) | April 17, 1956 (1956-04-17) | Not in top 30 | N/A |
| 2 | 39 | 39 | August 18, 1956 (1956-08-18) | June 4, 1957 (1957-06-04) | 18 | 12.0 |
| 3 | 39 | 39 | September 17, 1957 (1957-09-17) | June 10, 1958 (1958-06-10) | 6 | 13.7 |
| 4 | 37 | 37 | September 16, 1958 (1958-09-16) | May 26, 1959 (1959-05-26) | 10 | 12.8 |
| 5 | 41 | 41 | September 1, 1959 (1959-09-01) | June 7, 1960 (1960-06-07) | 20 | 11.4 |
| 6 | 37 | 37 | September 27, 1960 (1960-09-27) | May 25, 1961 (1961-05-25) | Not in top 30 | N/A |

## Episodes
### Season 1 (1955–56)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original release date |
| 1 | 1 | "Wyatt Earp Becomes a Marshal" | Lewis R. Foster | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | September 6, 1955 (1955-09-06) |
| 2 | 2 | "Mr. Earp Meets a Lady" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | September 13, 1955 (1955-09-13) |
| 3 | 3 | "Bill Thompson Gives In" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | September 20, 1955 (1955-09-20) |
| 4 | 4 | "Marshal Earp Meets General Lee" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | September 27, 1955 (1955-09-27) |
| 5 | 5 | "Wyatt Earp Comes to Wichita" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | October 4, 1955 (1955-10-04) |
| 6 | 6 | "The Man Who Lied" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | October 11, 1955 (1955-10-11) |
| 7 | 7 | "The Gambler" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | October 18, 1955 (1955-10-18) |
| 8 | 8 | "The Killer" | Frank McDonald | Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | October 25, 1955 (1955-10-25) |
| 9 | 9 | "John Wesley Hardin" | Frank McDonald | Story by : Frank Gruber Teleplay by : Frederick Hazlitt Brennan | November 1, 1955 (1955-11-01) |
| The outlaw John Wesley Hardin (Phillip Pine) arrives in Wichita to avenge Earp for having run out of a town a friend of Hardin's. Hardin unveils tricks he has learned with his revolvers. Earp is suspicious when Hardin kills a man in the saloon who drew first according to witnesses. Hardin's wife, Jane Hardin (Barbara Bestar), encourages him to head north to Nebraska. ||||||
| 10 | 10 | "The Bank Robbers" | Unknown | Unknown | November 8, 1955 (1955-11-08) |
| 11 | 11 | "King of the Cattle Trails" | Unknown | Unknown | November 15, 1955 (1955-11-15) |
| 12 | 12 | "The Big Baby Contest" | Unknown | Unknown | November 22, 1955 (1955-11-22) |
| 13 | 13 | "Frontier Journalism Was Fearless" | Unknown | Unknown | November 29, 1955 (1955-11-29) |
| 14 | 14 | "Trail's End for a Cowboy" | Unknown | Unknown | December 6, 1955 (1955-12-06) |
| 15 | 15 | "Rich Man's Son" | Unknown | Unknown | December 13, 1955 (1955-12-13) |
| 16 | 16 | "The Buntline Special" | Frank McDonald | Dan Ullman | December 20, 1955 (1955-12-20) |
| 17 | 17 | "Ben Thompson Returns" | Unknown | Unknown | December 27, 1955 (1955-12-27) |
| 18 | 18 | "Marshal Earp Plays Cupid" | Unknown | Unknown | January 3, 1956 (1956-01-03) |
| 19 | 19 | "The Assassins" | Frank McDonald | Dan Ullman | January 10, 1956 (1956-01-10) |
| 20 | 20 | "A Wise Calf" | Unknown | Unknown | January 17, 1956 (1956-01-17) |
| 21 | 21 | "Mr. Cousin and Mr. Brother" | Unknown | Unknown | January 24, 1956 (1956-01-24) |
| 22 | 22 | "The Bribe" | Unknown | Unknown | January 31, 1956 (1956-01-31) |
| 23 | 23 | "The Frontier Theatre" | Unknown | Unknown | February 7, 1956 (1956-02-07) |
| 24 | 24 | "Killing at Cowskin Creek" | Unknown | Unknown | February 14, 1956 (1956-02-14) |
| 25 | 25 | "The Englishman" | Unknown | Unknown | February 21, 1956 (1956-02-21) |
| 26 | 26 | "The Desperate Half-Hour" | Unknown | Unknown | February 28, 1956 (1956-02-28) |
| Lonnie McVey (Barry Truex), the young outlaw called the Kansas Kid, returns to his parents' home in Wichita for refuge. Earp learns that the Kid is wanted for robbery, but not murder as claimed by a sheriff (Trevor Bardette). John McVey (George Chandler) is the Kansas Kid's discouraged father. ||||||
| 27 | 27 | "The Necktie Party" | Unknown | Unknown | March 6, 1956 (1956-03-06) |
| 28 | 28 | "One of Jesse's Gang" | Unknown | Unknown | March 13, 1956 (1956-03-13) |
| Ann Drew (Angie Dickinson) slips a gun to her jailed husband, Harry (John Craven), a former associate of the Jesse James gang. Having vowed never to return to prison, Harry is killed while escaping. ||||||
| 29 | 29 | "The Pinkertons" | Unknown | Unknown | March 20, 1956 (1956-03-20) |
| Detective agency head Allan Pinkerton (Douglas Evans) is seeking to recover $40,000 in stolen money, but interferes with Marshal Earp's attempt to catch the entire gang of Crummy Newton (Richard Alexander). ||||||
| 30 | 30 | "The Suffragette" | Unknown | Unknown | March 27, 1956 (1956-03-27) |
| Linda Stirling plays Joan Laramie in this episode, a story about woman's suffrage in the American West. In this 1956 episode, Marshal Earp, who admits his sympathy with the suffragettes, tries to keep the peace between the women and the supporters of a Kansas state senator who leads the opposition. ||||||
| 31 | 31 | "Hunt the Man Down" | Unknown | Unknown | April 3, 1956 (1956-04-03) |
| 32 | 32 | "The War of the Colonels" | Unknown | Unknown | April 10, 1956 (1956-04-10) |
| 33 | 33 | "Bat Masterson Again" | Unknown | Unknown | April 17, 1956 (1956-04-17) |

### Season 2 (1956–57)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 34 | 1 | "Wichita Is Civilized" | August 18, 1956 (1956-08-18) |
| 35 | 2 | "Dodge City Gets a New Marshal" | September 4, 1956 (1956-09-04) |
| 36 | 3 | "Fight or Run" | September 11, 1956 (1956-09-11) |
| 37 | 4 | "The Double Life of Dora Hand" | September 18, 1956 (1956-09-18) |
| 38 | 5 | "Clay Allison" | September 25, 1956 (1956-09-25) |
| 39 | 6 | "Wyatt's Love Affair" | October 2, 1956 (1956-10-02) |
| 40 | 7 | "A Quiet Day in Dodge City" | October 9, 1956 (1956-10-09) |
| 41 | 8 | "The Almost Dead Cowhand" | October 23, 1956 (1956-10-23) |
| 42 | 9 | "The Reformation of Jim Kelley" | October 30, 1956 (1956-10-30) |
| 43 | 10 | "So Long, Dora, So Long" | November 13, 1956 (1956-11-13) |
| 44 | 11 | "Bat Masterson Wins His Star" | November 20, 1956 (1956-11-20) |
| 45 | 12 | "The Lonesomest Man in the World" | November 27, 1956 (1956-11-27) |
| 46 | 13 | "Take Back Your Town" | December 4, 1956 (1956-12-04) |
| 47 | 14 | "Nineteen Notches on His Gun" | December 11, 1956 (1956-12-11) |
| 48 | 15 | "The Hanging Judge" | December 18, 1956 (1956-12-18) |
| 49 | 16 | "Justice" | December 25, 1956 (1956-12-25) |
| 50 | 17 | "Shootin' Woman" | January 1, 1957 (1957-01-01) |
| 51 | 18 | "The Man Who Rode with Custer" | January 8, 1957 (1957-01-08) |
| 52 | 19 | "Wyatt and the Captain" | January 15, 1957 (1957-01-15) |
| 53 | 20 | "Witness for the Defense" | January 22, 1957 (1957-01-22) |
| 54 | 21 | "The Sharpshooter" | January 29, 1957 (1957-01-29) |
| 55 | 22 | "Siege at Little Alamo" | February 5, 1957 (1957-02-05) |
| 56 | 23 | "Vengeance Trail" | February 12, 1957 (1957-02-12) |
| 57 | 24 | "Command Performance" | February 19, 1957 (1957-02-19) |
| 58 | 25 | "They Hired Some Guns" | February 26, 1957 (1957-02-26) |
| 59 | 26 | "Bat Masterson for Sheriff" | March 5, 1957 (1957-03-05) |
| 60 | 27 | "Hang 'Em High" | March 12, 1957 (1957-03-12) |
| In this episode, Earp and Masterson (as the newly elected sheriff of Ford County) tangle with secreted vigilantes called the White Caps after a judge orders the hanging of Dal Royal (Darryl Hickman), who refuses to defend himself in court for fear the gang will murder his girlfriend, the daughter of a prominent rancher. The story line includes a fake hanging and burial to smoke out the gang. ||||
| 61 | 28 | "The Vultures" | March 19, 1957 (1957-03-19) |
| 62 | 29 | "Young Gun" | March 26, 1957 (1957-03-26) |
| 63 | 30 | "The Nice Ones Always Die First" | April 2, 1957 (1957-04-02) |
| 64 | 31 | "Old Jake" | April 9, 1957 (1957-04-09) |
| 65 | 32 | "The Equalizer" | April 16, 1957 (1957-04-16) |
| 66 | 33 | "Wyatt Meets Doc Holliday" | April 23, 1957 (1957-04-23) |
| 67 | 34 | "Beautiful Friendship" | April 30, 1957 (1957-04-30) |
| 68 | 35 | "Dull Knife Strikes for Freedom" | May 7, 1957 (1957-05-07) |
| Actor Ian MacDonald played Dull Knife, a Cheyenne chief, in this episode. In the story line, Dull Knife leads his tribe from its reservation in Oklahoma Territory to their homeland in Montana, to which they claim the U.S. government had promised them. Steve Pendleton appeared as Army Major Benteen. Pendleton also appeared in four additional series episodes as Benteen and in seven others as Thacker. ||||
| 69 | 36 | "The Gold Brick" | May 14, 1957 (1957-05-14) |
| 70 | 37 | "The Wicked Widow" | May 21, 1957 (1957-05-21) |
| In this episode, Earp investigates a series of mysterious shootings near the home of Myra Malone (played by Gloria Saunders), a widowed dressmaker. He finds that Myra is harboring Nettie Barnes (Lyn Guild), a wanted member of the Larson gang and former Confederate who dislikes northern law. ||||
| 71 | 38 | "They Think They're Immortal" | May 28, 1957 (1957-05-28) |
| 72 | 39 | "The Time for All Good Men" | June 4, 1957 (1957-06-04) |

### Season 3 (1957–58)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 73 | 1 | "Call Me Your Honor" | September 17, 1957 (1957-09-17) |
| 74 | 2 | "The Big Bellyache" | September 24, 1957 (1957-09-24) |
| 75 | 3 | "Pinkytown" | October 1, 1957 (1957-10-01) |
| 76 | 4 | "Shoot to Kill" | October 8, 1957 (1957-10-08) |
| 77 | 5 | "Wells Fargo vs. Doc Holliday" | October 15, 1957 (1957-10-15) |
| 78 | 6 | "Warpath" | October 22, 1957 (1957-10-22) |
| 79 | 7 | "Hung Jury" | October 29, 1957 (1957-10-29) |
| 80 | 8 | "Little Pistol" | November 5, 1957 (1957-11-05) |
| 81 | 9 | "The Magic Puddle" | November 12, 1957 (1957-11-12) |
| 82 | 10 | "Mr. Buntline's Vacation" | November 19, 1957 (1957-11-19) |
| 83 | 11 | "Fortitude" | November 26, 1957 (1957-11-26) |
| 84 | 12 | "The Good and Perfect Gift" | December 3, 1957 (1957-12-03) |
| 85 | 13 | "Indian Wife" | December 10, 1957 (1957-12-10) |
| 86 | 14 | "Woman Trouble" | December 17, 1957 (1957-12-17) |
| In this episode, Earp encounters a group of outlaws posing as True Light missionaries, who dispatch a young woman named Jennie Brandt (Nancy Hadley) into Dodge City to seek Earp's affection and to learn the details of a pending Wells Fargo gold shipment. Earp, however, has done his homework on the True Light movement and detects that something is amiss. ||||
| 87 | 15 | "Shadow of a Man" | December 24, 1957 (1957-12-24) |
| 88 | 16 | "Bad Woman" | December 31, 1957 (1957-12-31) |
| 89 | 17 | "One-Man Army" | January 7, 1958 (1958-01-07) |
| 90 | 18 | "The General's Lady" | January 14, 1958 (1958-01-14) |
| 91 | 19 | "The Manly Art" | January 21, 1958 (1958-01-21) |
| 92 | 20 | "Sweet Revenge" | January 28, 1958 (1958-01-28) |
| 93 | 21 | "The Imitation Jesse James" | February 4, 1958 (1958-02-04) |
| 94 | 22 | "The Kansas Lily" | February 11, 1958 (1958-02-11) |
| 95 | 23 | "Wyatt Earp Rides Shotgun" | February 18, 1958 (1958-02-18) |
| 96 | 24 | "Wyatt Fights" | February 25, 1958 (1958-02-25) |
| 97 | 25 | "Ballad and Truth" | March 4, 1958 (1958-03-04) |
| 98 | 26 | "The Schoolteacher" | March 11, 1958 (1958-03-11) |
| 99 | 27 | "When Sherman Marched Through Kansas" | March 18, 1958 (1958-03-18) |
| 100 | 28 | "Big Brother Virgil" | March 25, 1958 (1958-03-25) |
| 101 | 29 | "It Had to Happen" | April 1, 1958 (1958-04-01) |
| 102 | 30 | "County Seat War" | April 8, 1958 (1958-04-08) |
| 103 | 31 | "One" | April 15, 1958 (1958-04-15) |
| 104 | 32 | "The Underdog" | April 22, 1958 (1958-04-22) |
| 105 | 33 | "Two" | April 29, 1958 (1958-04-29) |
| 106 | 34 | "Doc Holliday Rewrites History" | May 6, 1958 (1958-05-06) |
| In this episode, Professor Jordan, a traveling photographer and historian (Robert Nichols) arrives in Dodge City to take pictures and write the biographies of interested citizens, who pay in advance the purchase price of the book that he produces. All kinds of troubles result when Doc Holliday (Myron Healey) takes over the writing of the local biographies and according to premature reports, is most unflattering to the townspeople, including Mayor Kelley. ||||
| 107 | 35 | "Three" | May 13, 1958 (1958-05-13) |
| 108 | 36 | "Dig a Grave for Ben Thompson" | May 20, 1958 (1958-05-20) |
| 109 | 37 | "Four" | May 27, 1958 (1958-05-27) |
| 110 | 38 | "The Frame-Up" | June 3, 1958 (1958-06-03) |
| 111 | 39 | "My Husband" | June 10, 1958 (1958-06-10) |

### Season 4 (1958–59)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 112 | 1 | "The Hole Up" | September 16, 1958 (1958-09-16) |
| 113 | 2 | "The Peacemaker" | September 23, 1958 (1958-09-23) |
| 114 | 3 | "The Bounty Killer" | September 30, 1958 (1958-09-30) |
| 115 | 4 | "Caught by a Whisker" | October 7, 1958 (1958-10-07) |
| 116 | 5 | "The Mysterious Cowhand" | October 14, 1958 (1958-10-14) |
| 117 | 6 | "The Gatling Gun" | October 21, 1958 (1958-10-21) |
| In this episode, Earp and his Indian guide, Mr. Cousin (Rico Alaniz), follow orders from General William Tecumseh Sherman to recover a Gatling gun captured by the Nez Perce. Richard Garland plays the part of the compassionate Chief Joseph, who laments the state of war between the Indians and a militia of land grabbers. Marshal Earp uses his conversation with Chief Joseph to decry the treatment of the Indians and to proclaim his Christian belief that all will obtain fair treatment in the hereafter if not in this life. The episode is set in Idaho, far from Dodge City. ||||
| 118 | 7 | "Cattle Thieves" | October 28, 1958 (1958-10-28) |
| 119 | 8 | "Remittance Man" | November 4, 1958 (1958-11-04) |
| 120 | 9 | "King of the Frontier" | November 11, 1958 (1958-11-11) |
| Ned Buntline (Lloyd Corrigan) arrives in Dodge City after writing a book which proclaims Earp "King of the Frontier". Buntline claims that Earp can beat any cowboy in a variety of competitive activities, including shooting. Miles Breck (Grant Withers) of the Lazy Q outfit bets Buntline $10,000 that his men can beat Earp in selected challenges. ||||
| 121 | 10 | "Truth About Gunfighting" | November 18, 1958 (1958-11-18) |
| 122 | 11 | "Frontier Woman" | November 25, 1958 (1958-11-25) |
| 123 | 12 | "Santa Fe War" | December 2, 1958 (1958-12-02) |
| 124 | 13 | "Plague Carrier" | December 9, 1958 (1958-12-09) |
| 125 | 14 | "Kill the Editor" | December 16, 1958 (1958-12-16) |
| 126 | 15 | "Little Brother" | December 23, 1958 (1958-12-23) |
| 127 | 16 | "The Reformation of Doc Holliday" | December 30, 1958 (1958-12-30) |
| 128 | 17 | "A Good Man" | January 6, 1959 (1959-01-06) |
| Denver Pyle appeared as the "Reverend" Oliver Tittle, an unlikely crusader against gambling in this episode. In his crusade against the vice, Tittle come into conflict with saloon owner Ganly, and Earp must intervene to keep the peace between the two antagonists. In the first episode of 1960, Pyle returned to the series to play Dobie Jenner, who appears in Tombstone after a four-year imprisonment to find his former partner in crime, George McKean (Carleton G. Young), married to Phoebe (Rachel Ames), the woman Jenner loves. ||||
| 129 | 18 | "Death for a Stolen Horse" | January 13, 1959 (1959-01-13) |
| 130 | 19 | "Last Stand at Smoky Hill" | January 20, 1959 (1959-01-20) |
| 131 | 20 | "The Muleskinner" | January 27, 1959 (1959-01-27) |
| 132 | 21 | "Earp Ain't Even Wearing Guns" | February 3, 1959 (1959-02-03) |
| 133 | 22 | "Bat Jumps the Reservation" | February 10, 1959 (1959-02-10) |
| 134 | 23 | "The Truth About Rawhide Geraghty" | February 17, 1959 (1959-02-17) |
| In this episode, Earp agrees to ride shotgun for the retiring 69-year-old stagecoach driver Rawhide Geraghty, played by Eddy Waller, also of Casey Jones, who is making his last run for Wells Fargo from Tucumcari, New Mexico Territory, to Amarillo. The trip is hazardous with bandits and hostile Apache, and Rawhide fears he will not complete the run. ||||
| 135 | 24 | "She Almost Married Wyatt" | February 24, 1959 (1959-02-24) |
| In numerous episodes, Earp is identified as a deacon in his church in Dodge City, including this one, with Ann Daniels as Cathy Prentice. ||||
| 136 | 25 | "Horse Race" | March 3, 1959 (1959-03-03) |
| This episode, with Paul Picerni as Chief Bullhead, espouses the theme that the Indians must accept the white man's system of justice which seeks truth regardless based on the evidence in each case. ||||
| 137 | 26 | "Juveniles – 1878" | March 10, 1959 (1959-03-10) |
| This episode attempts to address the occurrence of juvenile delinquency on the American frontier. Earp discovers that a 17-year-old runaway who arrives in Dodge City with ready cash and wanting to purchase a pistol may be from a well-to-do family; he manages to locate the youth's father, a judge back east. ||||
| 138 | 27 | "One Murder – Fifty Suspects" | March 17, 1959 (1959-03-17) |
| 139 | 28 | "How to Be a Sheriff" | March 24, 1959 (1959-03-24) |
| 140 | 29 | "The Judas Goat" | March 31, 1959 (1959-03-31) |
| 141 | 30 | "Doc Fabrique's Greatest Case" | April 7, 1959 (1959-04-07) |
| 142 | 31 | "The Actress" | April 14, 1959 (1959-04-14) |
| 143 | 32 | "Love and Shotgun Gibbs" | April 21, 1959 (1959-04-21) |
| 144 | 33 | "Dodge Is Civilized" | April 28, 1959 (1959-04-28) |
| 145 | 34 | "Little Gray Home in the West" | May 5, 1959 (1959-05-05) |
| 146 | 35 | "The Cyclone" | May 12, 1959 (1959-05-12) |
| 147 | 36 | "Kelley Was Irish" | May 19, 1959 (1959-05-19) |
| 148 | 37 | "Arizona Comes to Dodge" | May 26, 1959 (1959-05-26) |

### Season 5 (1959–60)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 149 | 1 | "Dodge City: Hail and Farewell" | September 1, 1959 (1959-09-01) |
| 150 | 2 | "The Trail to Tombstone" | September 8, 1959 (1959-09-08) |
| 151 | 3 | "Tombstone" | September 15, 1959 (1959-09-15) |
| 152 | 4 | "Wyatt's Decision" | September 22, 1959 (1959-09-22) |
| 153 | 5 | "Lineup for Battle" | September 29, 1959 (1959-09-29) |
| 154 | 6 | "The Nugget and the Epitaph" | October 6, 1959 (1959-10-06) |
| 155 | 7 | "The Perfidy of Shotgun Gibbs" | October 13, 1959 (1959-10-13) |
| 156 | 8 | "You Can't Fight City Hall" | October 20, 1959 (1959-10-20) |
| 157 | 9 | "Behan Shows His Hand" | October 27, 1959 (1959-10-27) |
| 158 | 10 | "The Ring of Death" | November 3, 1959 (1959-11-03) |
| 159 | 11 | "Wyatt Wins One" | November 10, 1959 (1959-11-10) |
| 160 | 12 | "The Fugitive" | November 17, 1959 (1959-11-17) |
| 161 | 13 | "The Noble Outlaws" | November 24, 1959 (1959-11-24) |
| James Coburn portrayed Buckskin Frank Leslie in this largely comedy episode. In the story line, Ned Buntline visits Tombstone to meet with the Clantons to gain information for a new book, but Earp asks Leslie to teach Buntline that outlaws are anything but "noble". ||||
| 162 | 14 | "The Paymaster" | December 1, 1959 (1959-12-01) |
| 163 | 15 | "The Clantons' Family Row" | December 8, 1959 (1959-12-08) |
| 164 | 16 | "The Matchmaker" | December 15, 1959 (1959-12-15) |
| 165 | 17 | "Get Shotgun Gibbs" | December 22, 1959 (1959-12-22) |
| 166 | 18 | "Wells Fargo Calling Marshal Earp" | December 29, 1959 (1959-12-29) |
| 167 | 19 | "A Murderer's Return" | January 5, 1960 (1960-01-05) |
| 168 | 20 | "The Big Fight at Total Wreck" | January 12, 1960 (1960-01-12) |
| 169 | 21 | "Frontier Surgeon" | January 19, 1960 (1960-01-19) |
| 170 | 22 | "Let's Hang Curly Bill" | January 26, 1960 (1960-01-26) |
| 171 | 23 | "Silver Dollar" | February 2, 1960 (1960-02-02) |
| In this episode, a young blonde saloon girl called Silver Dollar arrives in Tombstone to work at the Alhambra. While she can charm most men and take their money, Marshal Earp suspects serious questions exist about her past, and sends a wire to find out for sure. Silver Dollar is played by Dusty Anders, whose entire acting career was confined to five network appearances between 1959 and 1960. ||||
| 172 | 24 | "The Case of Senor Huerto" | February 9, 1960 (1960-02-09) |
| 173 | 25 | "The Arizona Lottery" | February 16, 1960 (1960-02-16) |
| 174 | 26 | "Don't Get Tough with a Sailor" | February 23, 1960 (1960-02-23) |
| In this episode, Earp encounters Captain David Rowland (John Litel), a wealthy rancher and United States Navy veteran, who with a group of his former sailors, maintains his own law near the Mexican border, complete with his own jail. When Rowland incarcerates the duplicitous Sheriff Johnny Behan, Earp must intervene despite his admiration for the captain and Mrs. Rowland (Madge Kennedy). ||||
| 175 | 27 | "The Scout" | March 1, 1960 (1960-03-01) |
| 176 | 28 | "The Buntline Special" | March 8, 1960 (1960-03-08) |
| 177 | 29 | "China Mary" | March 15, 1960 (1960-03-15) |
| 178 | 30 | "His Life in His Hands" | March 22, 1960 (1960-03-22) |
| 179 | 31 | "Behan's Double Game" | March 29, 1960 (1960-03-29) |
| 180 | 32 | "The Salvation of Emma Clanton" | April 5, 1960 (1960-04-05) |
| 181 | 33 | "John Clum, Fighting Editor" | April 12, 1960 (1960-04-12) |
| 182 | 34 | "The Judge" | April 19, 1960 (1960-04-19) |
| 183 | 35 | "The Court vs. Doc Holliday" | April 26, 1960 (1960-04-26) |
| 184 | 36 | "Roscoe Turns Detective" | May 3, 1960 (1960-05-03) |
| 185 | 37 | "The Posse" | May 10, 1960 (1960-05-10) |
| 186 | 38 | "The Confidence Man" | May 17, 1960 (1960-05-17) |
| 187 | 39 | "The Toughest Judge in Arizona" | May 24, 1960 (1960-05-24) |
| 188 | 40 | "My Enemy – John Behan" | May 31, 1960 (1960-05-31) |
| 189 | 41 | "Wyatt's Bitterest Enemy" | June 7, 1960 (1960-06-07) |

### Season 6 (1960–61)

| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original release date |
| 190 | 1 | "The Truth About Old Man Clanton" | September 27, 1960 (1960-09-27) |
| 191 | 2 | "The Doctor" | October 4, 1960 (1960-10-04) |
| 192 | 3 | "Johnny Behind the Deuce" | October 11, 1960 (1960-10-11) |
| 193 | 4 | "Shoot to Kill" | October 18, 1960 (1960-10-18) |
| 194 | 5 | "Study of a Crooked Sheriff" | October 25, 1960 (1960-10-25) |
| 195 | 6 | "Big Brother" | November 1, 1960 (1960-11-01) |
| 196 | 7 | "Woman of Tucson" | November 15, 1960 (1960-11-15) |
| 197 | 8 | "The Fanatic" | November 22, 1960 (1960-11-22) |
| 198 | 9 | "He's My Brother" | November 29, 1960 (1960-11-29) |
| 199 | 10 | "The Too Perfect Crime" | December 6, 1960 (1960-12-06) |
| 200 | 11 | "Johnny Ringo's Girl" | December 13, 1960 (1960-12-13) |
| 201 | 12 | "Miss Sadie" | December 20, 1960 (1960-12-20) |
| 202 | 13 | "Winning Streak" | December 27, 1960 (1960-12-27) |
| 203 | 14 | "Billy Buckett, Incorporated" | January 3, 1961 (1961-01-03) |
| 204 | 15 | "Horse Thief" | January 10, 1961 (1961-01-10) |
| 205 | 16 | "Terror in the Desert" | January 24, 1961 (1961-01-24) |
| 206 | 17 | "Old Slanders" | January 31, 1961 (1961-01-31) |
| 207 | 18 | "Loyalty" | February 7, 1961 (1961-02-07) |
| 208 | 19 | "Johnny Behan Falls in Love" | February 14, 1961 (1961-02-14) |
| 209 | 20 | "Casey and the Clowns" | February 21, 1961 (1961-02-21) |
| In this episode, Earp devises a unique plan to locate $50,000 stolen from the Bank of Tombstone by the Harlequins gang, whose members wear clown masks and outfits to disguise their identity. Earp convinces the president of the Arizona Bank to transfer emergency funds to the Bank of Tombstone to prevent a bank run, as customers demand their cash. Earp goes undercover and dons a clown outfit to infiltrate the gang to find where the money has been stashed. L. Q. Jones makes his only appearance on the series in the role of Tex, the leader of the Harlequins. Willard Sage portrays Bill Casey, one of the gang members, who is captured and awaits release by the gang. ||||
| 210 | 21 | "Doc Holliday Faces Death" | February 28, 1961 (1961-02-28) |
| 211 | 22 | "Apache Gold" | March 7, 1961 (1961-03-07) |
| 212 | 23 | "The Good Mule and the Bad Mule" | March 14, 1961 (1961-03-14) |
| 213 | 24 | "Clanton and Cupid" | March 21, 1961 (1961-03-21) |
| 214 | 25 | "Wyatt Takes the Primrose Path" | March 28, 1961 (1961-03-28) |
| 215 | 26 | "The Convict's Revenge" | April 4, 1961 (1961-04-04) |
| 216 | 27 | "Until Proven Guilty" | April 11, 1961 (1961-04-11) |
| 217 | 28 | "The Shooting Starts" | April 18, 1961 (1961-04-18) |
| 218 | 29 | "Wyatt Earp's Baby" | April 25, 1961 (1961-04-25) |
| 219 | 30 | "The Law Must Be Fair" | May 2, 1961 (1961-05-02) |
| 220 | 31 | "A Papa for Butch and Ginger" | May 9, 1961 (1961-05-09) |
| 221 | 32 | "Hiding Behind a Star" | May 23, 1961 (1961-05-23) |
| 222 | 33 | "Requiem for Old Man Clanton" | May 30, 1961 (1961-05-30) |
| 223 | 34 | "Wyatt's Brothers Join Up" | June 6, 1961 (1961-06-06) |
| 224 | 35 | "Just Before the Battle" | June 13, 1961 (1961-06-13) |
| 225 | 36 | "Gunfight at the O.K. Corral" | June 20, 1961 (1961-06-20) |
| 226 | 37 | "The Outlaws Cry Murder" | June 27, 1961 (1961-06-27) |