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The Beachcomber

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The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.

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20th February 1962 - 13th November 1962
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Sebastian CabotCameron MitchellDon Megowan
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The Brooch Still
The Brooch
20th February 1962

Episode 1

Lackland's nearly broke---and facing deportation. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Crippen: Sebastian Cabot. Mika: Rosael Lopez. Ah Ling: Benson Fong. Loeuwan: Wilton Graff. Mrs. Loeuwan: Dolores Donlong. Saluku: Frank Puglia.

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The Shark Affair
27th February 1962

Episode 2

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Pat Hand
6th March 1962

Episode 3

Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.

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The Hijackers
13th March 1962

Episode 4

Trader Peter Noord suspects his son has joined a band of pirates---who are hijacking his ships. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Carl: Wynn Pearce. Malola: Allen Jaffe. Sim: Al Ruscio. Lah-Ring: Arthur Batanides. Chris: Jim Ricketts. Kollea: Santy Josol.

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Forbidden Island
20th March 1962

Episode 5

Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.

The Chase Still
The Chase
27th March 1962

Episode 6

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Captain Huckabee's Beard
3rd April 1962

Episode 7

Customs officers have a suspicion that a new arrival is a wanted thief. Howland: Hugh Sanders. Beth: Lisa Gaye. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.

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The Taming of Andrew
10th April 1962

Episode 8

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Death Do Us Part
17th April 1962

Episode 9

Success has eluded artist Patrick Wrightwood and now his wild fits of temper are threatening his marriage. Peggy: Grace Raynor. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Butcher: Don Haggerty. Captain: Bob Cannon. Policeman: Art Spector.

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The Larcenous Lover
24th April 1962

Episode 10

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Girl in Hiding
1st May 1962

Episode 11

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Honor Bound
8th May 1962

Episode 12

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Tambu
15th May 1962

Episode 13

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The Black Pearl
22nd May 1962

Episode 14

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Charlie Six Kids
29th May 1962

Episode 15

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Empty Village
5th June 1962

Episode 16

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The Floating Fortune
12th June 1962

Episode 17

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Honest Larceny
19th June 1962

Episode 18

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Neilani
26th June 1962

Episode 19

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Mr. Winters
3rd July 1962

Episode 20

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Rongorongo Man
10th July 1962

Episode 21

Hidden treasure is the lure when Maeva Ormsby and Carl Bensinger come to Amura in search of a Rongorongo man. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Maeva: Rhea Vernon. Bensinger: Charles Martin. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Hatura: Francis McDonald. Alfy: Bill Hess.

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The Day of the Whale
17th July 1962

Episode 22

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The Fugitive
24th July 1962

Episode 23

The day after a GI is married to a Polynesian girl, he's found murdered. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tahia: Mary Stevens. Ross: Raymond Guth. Womack: Don O'Kelly. Kahiuti: Allen Jung. Lovaina: Anita Sands. Weldan: Warren Arnett.

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The Mask of Talugi
31st July 1962

Episode 24

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Home to Roost
7th August 1962

Episode 25

Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.

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Devil in Paradise
14th August 1962

Episode 26

Lackland takes a wounded youth to the island surgeon---then discovers the medic lost a hand during the war. Duval: John Vivyan. Martone: Michael Constantine. Taki: Mark Randall. Tara: Jill Chen. Mana: Alice Pruitt.

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The Reward
21st August 1962

Episode 27

Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.

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Tribal Law
28th August 1962

Episode 28

The chief's brother has appendicitis---but it's a taboo to cut a man with a knife. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Wahilla: Gordon Kee. Mahkei: Arthur Batanides. Sartal: Allen Jaffe. Kahlana: Dana Ivey.

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Flight to Freedom
4th September 1962

Episode 29

Lackland tries to help a sailor from behind the Iron Curtain who has jumped ship. Guben: Grant Lockwood. Krasny: Cesar Romero. Ilana: Frances Fong. Slovenz: Larry Chance. Garvey: Terence de Marney. Kollea: Santy Josol.

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Long Live the Sultan
11th September 1962

Episode 30

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The Prodigal Pretender
18th September 1962

Episode 31

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The Spaniard
25th September 1962

Episode 32

Joaquin Perez claims his daughter has been kidnapped and asks Lackland to find her. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Gabrielle: Anita Sands. Riola: Happy Ison. Amkers: Grant Lockwood.

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Man with a Guitar
2nd October 1962

Episode 33

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The Ransom
9th October 1962

Episode 34

Huckabee's boasts of wealth incite a stranger to seek easy money. Varda: Frank Silvera. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tanya: Lisa Gaye. Jagat: Earl Parker. Constable: Joe Budd.

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The Search for Robert Herrick
16th October 1962

Episode 35

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The Two-Sided Triangle
23rd October 1962

Episode 36

Knute Erickson's convinced Maria Mitsui is a fortune hunter and plots to expose her. Erickson: Walter Brooke. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. McBride: Alan Hale.

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A Rooster Named Red
30th October 1962

Episode 37

A man leaves his daughter in the care of Huckabee, who wastes no time in turning the responsibility over to Lackland. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Lily: Marianna Hill. Dinty: Hal Baylor.

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Roll of Thunder
6th November 1962

Episode 38

Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.

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Paradise Lost
13th November 1962

Episode 39

A missionary's daughter falls in love with an amnesic, but her father questions the man's past. Jimmy: Carleton Carpenter. Liane: Anne Helm. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Snow: George Mitchell. Native: Lou English.

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