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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

Awards:

Nominated for Primetime Emmy. more

User Comments:

"He Wore A Cane And Derby Hat, They Called Him Bat, Bat Masterson" more (11 total)


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

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)


Fun Stuff

Trivia:

Bat rode Stardust more

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Mystery Science Theater 3000: Master Ninja II (#4.24)" (1992) more


FAQ

RE:Who sang the song at the end.
BAT MASTERSON Singer Revealed!
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3 out of 3 people found the following comment useful.
"He Wore A Cane And Derby Hat, They Called Him Bat, Bat Masterson", 8 July 2008
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Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

One of the things about this show that lingers in my mind besides the nattily dressed Gene Barry was the fact that this show eschewed any kind of supporting cast. No sidekicks, no permanent love interests, what you got was Gene Barry as Bat Masterson taming the west in his own small way.

The real Bat was quite the dude himself, maybe not as noble a character as Barry played him. That cane was as effective as the Irish Shillelagh and he used it more to disarm opponents than kill them. He wasn't always the gentleman, Masterson did make a living as a scout and a buffalo hunter and I doubt he was so stylish on the trail.

Barry was a literate and bright western hero, he would have to be because the real Bat Masterson eventually made a living as a newspaper reporter for a quaint metropolitan newspaper. If he didn't always battle for truth, justice, and the American way, he always reported it in a dignified manner.

The real Bat Masterson made his living in the last century, died, and is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery in the Bronx. I think he would have liked the way Gene Barry played him.

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