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The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp is the first Western television series written for adults. It premiered 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.

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Tue, Nov 22, 1955. Earp is pushed into being chairman of the Wichita baby contest run by the local women. When a broke, hungry woman with a baby arrives in Wichita, the doctor and Earp enter her in the contest but find a hidden rule may ruin their plans. 7.4/10 (63)

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.

Tue, Dec 23, 1958. The stage Morgan Earp is riding on is held up. Morgan recognizes one of the bandits Smiley Dunlap as a friend of Doc Holliday. When Morgan arrives in Dodge City, Doc asks Morgan to keep the news from Wyatt as they try to find Smiley.

Tue, Nov 13, 1956. As Jim Kelly and Dora Hand prepare to wed, Jim Rellance from Texas hopes to marry the older Dora. Dora tells him to find a younger girl and Earp tells him to leave Dodge City. However, he returns but not with the impact he hoped for.

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp Top-rated Tue, Jun 20, 1961 S6.E36 Gunfight at the O.K. Corral Earp recalls in court the details of the day when the Clanton gang rides into Tombstone to shoot it out with the Earps and his plans initially to head off a street battle by arresting each one of the gang separately and then the gunfight. 8.5/10 Rate

The Life and Legend of Wyatt Earp -- Average Tomatometer -- Average Audience Score Series Info In one of television's first adult Westerns, the famous marshal puts his life on the line to...