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Riverboat

Riverboat

1959 - 1961

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.""

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.

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.

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.

The Wichita Arrows

29th February 1960
Episode 24
Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.

Fort Epitaph

7th March 1960
Episode 25
Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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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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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Darren McGavin

Captain Grey Holden

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Dick Wessel

Carney Kohler

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Jack Lambert

Joshua Walcek

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William D. Gordon

Joe Travis

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Michael McGreevey

Chip Kessler

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Burt Reynolds

Ben Frazer

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John Mitchum

Pickalong

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Bart Patton

Terry Blake

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Noah Beery Jr.

Bill Blake

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