Bat Masterson/Double Showdown

Double Showdown
Season 1, Episode 1
Airdate	October 8, 1958
Teleplay by	Gene Levitt
Story by	Andy White and Frank Pittman
Directed by	Walter Doniger
Produced by	Frank Pittman and Andy White
— N/A	1x02 → Two Graves for Swan Valley
Bat Masterson — Season One

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Double Showdown is the first episode of the first season of Bat Masterson.

Starring: Gene Barry (Bat Masterson)

with Robert Middleton (Big Keel Roberts)

and Jean Willes (Lucy Slater), Elisha Cook (Pete Sheeley), Adele Mara (Maria), King Donovan (Shorty Keenan), Charles Maxwell (Ed Caulder), K.L. Smith (Chuck), William Vaughan (Nelson), Stephen Wootton (), Richard Warren (), Quentin Sondergaard (), Leon Alton (), Troy Melton (), Harry Raybould (), James Winslow (), Sean Meaney (), Nick Nicoll ()

Uncredited: Bill Baldwin (Narrator)

Plot Overview

Bat Masterson arrives in town for the opening of a gambling parlor that he has started with a friend, but a rival operator is out to drive them out of business. Being a sporting man, Bat challenges his rival to a 'friendly' game of cards to see who will leave and who will stay.

Trivia

The Show

Gene Barry breaks character near the end and tells the audience that what they just saw was not the real-life ending to the episode, and an alternate ending is shown, which reveals that Bat took out Big Keel Roberts and his gang in a shootout.