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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.

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13th September 1959 - 2nd January 1961
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Darren McGavinDick WesselJack Lambert
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Payment In Full
13th September 1959

Episode 1

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.

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The Barrier
20th September 1959

Episode 2

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.

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About Roger Mowbray
27th September 1959

Episode 3

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.

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Race to Cincinnati
4th October 1959

Episode 4

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.

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The Unwilling
11th October 1959

Episode 5

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.

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The Fight Back
18th October 1959

Episode 6

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.

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Escape to Memphis
25th October 1959

Episode 7

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.

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Witness No Evil
1st November 1959

Episode 8

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.

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A Night At Trapper's Landing
8th November 1959

Episode 9

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.

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The Faithless
22nd November 1959

Episode 10

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.

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The Boy From Pittsburgh
29th November 1959

Episode 11

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.

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Jessie Quinn
6th December 1959

Episode 12

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.

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Strange Request
13th December 1959

Episode 13

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.

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Guns for Empire
20th December 1959

Episode 14

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.

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The Face of Courage
27th December 1959

Episode 15

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.

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Tampico Raid
3rd January 1960

Episode 16

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.

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Landlubbers
10th January 1960

Episode 17

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.

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The Blowup
18th January 1960

Episode 18

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.

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Forbidden Island
24th January 1960

Episode 19

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.

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Salvage Pirates
31st January 1960

Episode 20

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.""

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Path of the Eagle
1st February 1960

Episode 21

A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.

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The Treasure of Hawk Hill
8th February 1960

Episode 22

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.

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Fight At New Canal
22nd February 1960

Episode 23

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.

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The Wichita Arrows
29th February 1960

Episode 24

Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.

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Fort Epitaph
7th March 1960

Episode 25

Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.

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Three Graves
14th March 1960

Episode 26

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.

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Hang the Men High
21st March 1960

Episode 27

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.

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The Night of the Faceless Man
28th March 1960

Episode 28

The Enterprise makes a wood stop at a small river town. But there is no wood for sale to strangers.

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The Long Trail
4th April 1960

Episode 29

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.

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The Quick Noose
11th April 1960

Episode 30

A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.

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The Sellout
18th April 1960

Episode 31

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.

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