TV series

Riverboat

Name: Riverboat
Released: 1959
Cast: Darren McGavin, Dick Wessel, Jack Lambert, William D. Gordon, Michael McGreevey

1959–1961· 2 seasons· 60 min episodesTV-PG★ 6.5Ended

On NBC — From Meladare Company

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Synopsis

Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January 2, 1961. It was produced by Revue Studios.

Themes

ship 19th century

Episodes

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E1 Payment In FullNext upSep 13, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
For a price, simple-minded Hunk Farber is only happy to reveal the whereabouts of his boss, Monte, who accidentally killed a senator's son. The reward in his pocket, Hunk heads for Captain Holden's riverboat. There he is eager to impress a young lady aboard the Enterprise.
Guest stars: Barbara Bel Geddes (Missy), Louis Hayward (Ashley Cowan), Aldo Ray (Hunk Farber), Barry Kelley (Police Inspector), Will Wright (J.C. Sickel)
E2 The BarrierSep 20, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Young Jefferson Carruthers has been assigned to a new post as an Indian agent. He and his wife board the Enterprise to travel to their new home. Also on board is Vance Muldoon, who plans to offer Carruthers money if he will smuggle liquor to the Indians.
Guest stars: William Bendix (Vance Muldoon), John Kerr (Jefferson Carruthers), Elizabeth Montgomery (Abigail Carruthers)
E3 About Roger MowbraySep 27, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Wealthy Roger Mowbray's marriage is threatened when an old sweetheart intimates that Roger married for money. Because he really loves his wife, Roger is doubly upset to discover that his father seems to be involved in the scheme to break up the marriage.
Guest stars: Robert Vaughn (Roger Mowbray), Madlyn Rhue (Cassie Baird), Vera Miles (Jeanette Mowbray), Sandy Kenyon (Jeb Grant), Jon Lormer (Dr. Landers), John Hoyt (Antoine Rigaud), Hank Patterson (Rare)
E4 Race to CincinnatiOct 4, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
John Jenkins has placed a large down payment on land owned by three ruthless farmers. Jenkins is planning to deliver a shipment of peaches, via the Enterprise, to Cincinnati, as a final payment for the land. But the farmers plot to block the boat so the shipment of peaches will be spoiled.
Guest stars: Monica Lewis (M'liss McCabe), Lloyd Corrigan (John Jenkins), Don Haggerty (Dubois), Anne Baxter (Ellie Jenkins)
E5 The UnwillingOct 11, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Riverboat pilot John Murrell plans to hijack a shipment from rival pilot Dan Simpson. Murrell arranges to have Lela Candida take a job on Simpson's boat as a dancing girl, so that she can signal his raiders when to attack.
Guest stars: Debra Paget (Lela Russell), Ian MacDonald (John Murrell), Russell Johnson (Darius), Eddie Albert (Dan Simpson), John Harmon (Oliver)
E6 The Fight BackOct 18, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Ansel Torgin hires the Enterprise for his daughter's wedding. Captain Grey Holden recognizes the bridegroom as a drifter he once threw off his riverboat.
Guest stars: Tom Laughlin (Tom Fowler), George Mitchell (Farmer), Henry Daniell (Graham), Karl Swenson (Ansel Torgin), John Ireland (Chris Slade)
E7 Escape to MemphisOct 25, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Laura Sutton is forced to kill her husband in self defense. Laura's brother-in-law, Jarrett Sutton, witnesses the shooting and tries to blackmail her.
Guest stars: Jeanne Crain (Laura Sutton), Claude Akins (Jarret Sutton)
E8 Witness No EvilNov 1, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Otto Justin, dealer in wild animals, is escorting a shipment of his captured beasts to St. Louis aboard the Enterprise. Widow Abby Saunders and her young son Paddy are both impressed with Justin's manner.
Guest stars: Vincent Price (Otto Justin), Charles Herbert (Paddy Saunders)
E9 A Night At Trapper's LandingNov 8, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
French playboy Andre Devereaux has become an American lieutenant. Assigned to lead some troops into Indian Territory, he finds that the normally peaceful Indians have been provoked to violence.
Guest stars: Raymond Bailey (Gen. Jacoby), Ricardo Montalban (Lt. Devereaux), R.G. Armstrong (Rothgate)
E10 The FaithlessNov 22, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Prisoner Paul Drake is being returned to custody by a prison guard. Because Drake has already tricked him once, the guard shackles his prisoner to a deckhouse on the Enterprise.
Guest stars: Bert Freed (Kester), Bethel Leslie (Cathy Norris), Jeanne Bates (Sara Crane), Richard Carlson (Paul Drake), William Phipps (Abner Crane)
E11 The Boy From PittsburghNov 29, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Tommy Jones, a young stowaway, is discovered aboard the Enterprise. Also on board is a pair of thieves, who plan to blow up the boat to collect insurance on some diamonds they are shipping to St. Louis.
Guest stars: Tom Nolan (Tommy Jones), King Donovan (Paddy Britt), Mona Freeman (Louise Rutherford)
E12 Jessie QuinnDec 6, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Lt. Perry Quinn, an officer in Sam Houston's Texas Army, hires the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of lead down river. Captain Grey Holden is warned that Santa Ana's agents may try to sabotage the shipment.
Guest stars: Mercedes McCambridge (Jessie Quinn), Kevin Hagen (John Hollister), Clu Gulager (Beau Chandler)
E13 Strange RequestDec 13, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Actress Lorna Langton wants to charter the Enterprise and a skeleton crew for a trip to St. Louis. The actress has been told that her young son, kidnapped some years before, is being held in another town.
Guest stars: Lee Van Cleef (Luke Cragg), Rhys Williams (Josiah Cragg), Jan Sterling (Lorna Langton), Lawrence Dobkin (David Fields)
E14 Guns for EmpireDec 20, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
Anthony Lorrimer charters the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of farm machinery to his thriving community of Lorrimer City. Captain Grey Holden is unaware that the cargo is actually arms and ammunition.
Guest stars: Gena Rowlands (Rose Traynor), George Macready (Anthony Lorrimer), Dennis Patrick (Lansing)
E15 The Face of CourageDec 27, 1959 · 60 min
Synopsis
The Enterprise steams upriver with a cargo of arms and recruits for the Fort Union outpost. At Akins Landing, Grey Holden is told by Homer Atkins that the Sioux have been watching the boat and are planning an uprising.
Guest stars: Joanna Moore (Kitty McGuire), Paul Birch (Sergeant Major Carmody), Tom Drake (Homer Atkins), Doug McClure (Corporal Jenkins)
E16 Tampico RaidJan 3, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A group of volunteer teachers who have gone to the island of Diablo Corozan off the coast of Tampico are imprisoned when Spain conquers the island. The corrupt Spanish officials allow Joan Marchland, one of the teachers, to return to the United States to raise a ransom for the rest.
Guest stars: Pat Crowley (Joan Marchand)
E17 LandlubbersJan 10, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The Enterprise, tied up overnight, is boarded and highjacked by a vicious crew, who kill the three men left to guard the boat. Captain Grey Holden and Ben Fraser return to the scene in time to see their craft heading down the river. They set out overland to head her off.
Guest stars: Gloria Talbott (Nora Lanyard), Arthur Batanides (Shag Ryan), Kay E. Kuter (Hoskins)
E18 The BlowupJan 18, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Captain Grey Holden and his crew get into a street brawl over Martha Crane and land in jail. Martha agrees to bail them out on the condition that Grey will transport a supply of gunpowder up river to her father.
Guest stars: Whitney Blake (Martha Crane), Dean Harens (Simon), Carlos Romero (Juan Miguel (uncredited))
E19 Forbidden IslandJan 24, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
While the Enterprise makes a stop for wood, a group of Cajuns board the vessel and hijack a part of the cargo. Two people are shot during the incident.
Guest stars: Bruce Gordon (Garnett), Patrick Westwood (Pierre)
E20 Salvage PiratesJan 31, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Louise Harrison and her boy friend, the only survivors of a boat tragedy, do some quick thinking. Realizing that a fortune in jewels went down with the ship, they appeal to their rescuer, Grey Holden, to help them retrieve Louise's ""dowry.""
Guest stars: Robert J. Wilke (Bolesy), Judi Meredith (Louise Harrison)
E21 Path of the EagleFeb 1, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.
Guest stars: Dianne Foster (Marian Templeton), Myron Healey (Steven Barrows), Dayton Lummis (Gideon Templeton)
E22 The Treasure of Hawk HillFeb 8, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Bank robbers have a falling-out over some hidden loot. One of the men manages to give a map of the hiding place to his son, before he is killed. The boy heads up river on a raft to deliver it to his uncle.
Guest stars: Kent Taylor (Morrell), Virginia Christine (Aunt Samantha Dexter), Stephen Wootton (Sam Dexter)
E23 Fight At New CanalFeb 22, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Grey Holden is chosen to represent riverboat captains in seeking a government-subsidized canal. Preliminary surveys and work must be completed before Congress will approve the project. Opponents of the canal set out to sabotage the project.
Guest stars: Charles Aidman (Frank Paxton), John Archer (Dunnigan)
E24 The Wichita ArrowsFeb 29, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.
Guest stars: Slim Pickens (Trapper (uncredited)), Dan Duryea (Captain Brad Turner), Betty Lou Keim (Holly Andrews), Bud Osborne (Will Mullins (uncredited)), Don Haggerty (Albert Scott), Hank Patterson (Johnny Mullins (uncredited))
E25 Fort EpitaphMar 7, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.
Guest stars: Dan Duryea (Captain Brad Turner)
E26 Three GravesMar 14, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The crew of the Enterprise planned a big night on the town. But when they dock, they find the place completely deserted, except for three new graves.
Guest stars: Robert Bray (Tom Byson), Beverly Garland (Dr. Nora James), Harry Ellerbe (Harrison)
E27 Hang the Men HighMar 21, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A young passenger on the Enterprise has been accused of murder by his dying father. An aroused posse set out to drag him off the Enterprise and serve up their own brand of justice.
Guest stars: Karen Steele (Sue Parker), Stephen McNally (Jeb Randell)
E28 The Night of the Faceless ManMar 28, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The Enterprise makes a wood stop at a small river town. But there is no wood for sale to strangers.
Guest stars: Patricia Medina (Eileen Mason), Hugh Downs (Dan Flynn), Jocelyn Brando (Mrs. Pauley), Douglas Kennedy (McLeish)
E29 The Long TrailApr 4, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
An Army colonel warns the Cherokee to take the long trail to a new settling place. Pillagers burn the Indian village to make sure the Cherokee have no reason to stay.
Guest stars: Abraham Sofaer (Mark Evans), Perry Lopez (James Evans), Harry Lauter (Col. Tryker), Anthony Caruso (Chief White Bull)
E30 The Quick NooseApr 11, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.
Guest stars: William Hudson (Lon Ogden), Willis Bouchey (Judge Wingate), Ed Nelson (Jim Tyler), Nan Leslie (Amy Carson), Irving Bacon (Zack Mannion)
E31 The SelloutApr 18, 1960 · 60 min
Synopsis
The Enterprise is badly in need of repairs and Holden has got to accept Nick Logan's offer. He will repair the boat, if afterward, he and his partner can use it.
Guest stars: Frank Overton (Nick Logan), Bartlett Robinson (George Channing), Barbara Stuart (Nanette Burns)