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The Classic TV Archive - TV Western series
Darren McGavin series:
Crime Photographer (1951-52) -  Mike Hammer (1958-59) -  Riverboat (1959-61)
The Outsider (1968-69)  -  Kolchak: The Night Stalker (1974-75)
"Darren McGavin and Kathie Browne's Authorized Internet Web Page" 
Burt Reynolds series:
Riverboat (1959-61)  -  Hawk (1966)  - Dan August (1970-71)
Riverboat (1959-61)
  Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by:
Rina Fox, Sal Crisanti, James Beer
references:
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Visit:-
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<www.darrenmcgavin.net> S.L. Kotar (Captain) 
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RIVERBOAT
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Meladare Company Production
Revue studios./ MCA tv Exclusive Distributors
for
NBC(Sundays 7:00pm, season 1, 1959-60, episodes 1-20)
NBC(Mondays 7:30pm, season 1, 1959-60, episodes 21-31)
NBC(Mondays 7:30 pm, season 2, 1960-61)
Produced by Jules Bricken
Produced by Richard H. Bartlett / Norman Jolley
Produced by John Larkin
Produced by Gordon Kay
Produced by Boris D. Kaplan

US Western series 1959-61 44 episodes x 60 min  Color/ bw
starring
Darren McGavin as Grey Holden (1959-61)
Burt Reynolds as Ben Frazer (1959-60)
Noah Beery, Jr. as Bill Blake (1960-61)
Jack Lambert as Joshua (1959-61)
William D. Gordon ... Travis (1959-60)
Richard Wessell ... Carney (1959-61)
Mike McGreevey .... Chip(1959-60)
Jack Mitchum .... Pickalong.(1959-60)
Bart Patten .... Terry Blake (1959-60)
John Mitchum .... Pickalong (1959-61)

Premise:
"Darren McGavin stars as Captain Grey Holden, owner of the Mississippi
riverboat "Enterprise", in this weekly hour-long adventure series set in
the 1840s. Burt Reynolds is featured as the pilot of the "Enterprise".

Background:
Before there was the starship Enterprise there was the Riverboat
"Enterprise". Darren McGavin ('Night Stalker') and Burt Reynolds star
as two manly men searching for revenue and adventure onboard a
Riverboat sailing the American Riverways. The series stars didn't
get along at all behind the scenes and Burt Reynolds was replaced by
Noah Berry, Jr. before the show entered it's second season. 

################# Riverboat ##################
############# season 1 1959-60 ###############
##############################################
NBC Sundays 7:00pm
31 episodes
Regular cast first season:
Darren McGavin - Grey Holden
Burt Reynolds - Ben Frazer (through episode 21)
Dick Wessel - Carney
Jack Lambert - Joshua
Mike McGreevey - Chip
John Mitchum - Pickalong
Bart Patton - Terry

1.01 [--] Riverboat: PAYMENT IN FULL
(aka "The Penitent")[SC]
(Pilot show; premiere episode) [UCLA]
Copyright 1959 by Revue Productions, Inc.
13-Sep-59 NBC Sun
Produced by Jules Bricken
Written & Directed by Douglas Heyes [SC] (NOT William Hayes)
Starring:
Darren McGavin (Grey Holden); Burt Reynolds (Ben Frazer)
Guest Gast:
Nancy Gates ................... Sister Angela
Aldo Ray ...................... Hunk Farber
Louis Hayward ................. Ash Cowan
Barbara Bel Geddes ............ Missy
William Bishop ................ Monte
John Larch .................... Touhy
William D. Gordon
Barry Kelley
Charles Gray
Will Wright.
*
Director of Photography: Ray Rennahan
Music/theme: Elmer Bernstein
Art Director: Frank Arrigo
Editorial Supervision: Richard G. Wray, A.C.E.
Film editor: Lee Huntington
Set Director: George Milo
Sound: Frank H. Wilkerson
Music Supervision: Stanley Wilson
Assistant Director: James Hogan
Costume Supervision: Vincent Dee
Makeup: Leo Lotito, Jr.
Hair Stylist: Florence Bush
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 land aboard the Enterprise. [UCLA]

1.02 [--] Riverboat: THE BARRIER
20-Sep-59 NBC Sun
Produced by Jules Bricken
Directed by Richard H. Bartlett
Written by Tom Seller
Director of Photography: Lionel Lindon, A.C.E.
Guest Cast:
Elizabeth Montgomery .......... Abigail Carruthers
John Kerr ..................... Jefferson Carruthers
William Bendix ................ Vance Muldoon
Read Morgan ................... Clint Casey
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.

1.03 [--] Riverboat: ABOUT ROGER MOWBRAY
27-Sep-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Directed by: Felix Feist
Teleplay: Hagar Wilde
Story by: Gene Coon
Director of Photography: Lionel Lindon, A.C.E.
Film Editor: Irving Schoenberg
Sound: Earl Grain, Jr.
Guest Cast:
Robert Vaughn ................. Roger Mowbray
Vera Miles .................... Jeanette Mowbray
Cameron Prud'homme ............ Jonathan Reed
Madlyn Rhue ................... Cassie Baird
John Hoyt ..................... Antoine Rigaud
Hank Patterson ................ Rare
Sandy Kenyon .................. Jeb Grant
Jon Lormer .................... Dr. Landers
Synopsis:
Wealthy Roger Mobray'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.

1.04 [--] Riverbvat: RACE TO CINCINNATI
04-Oct-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Directed by: Jules Bricken
Teleplay: William Raynor
Story: Richard N. Morgan
Director of Photography: Ray Rennahan
Assistant Director: Frank Fox
Guest Cast:
Anne Baxter ................ Ellie Jenkins
Monica Lewis ............... M'liss McCabe
Robert Lowery .............. Carstairs
Lloyd Corrigan ............. John Jenkins
Don Haggerty ............... Dubois
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 final payment for
the land. But the farmers plot to block the boat so the shipment
of peaches will be spoiled.

1.05 [--] Riverboat: THE UNWILLING
11-Oct-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Richard H. Bartlett and Norman Jolley
Directed by: Richard H. Bartlett
Written by: Normal Jolley
Director of Photography: John L. Russell
Guest Cast:
Eddie Albert ............... Dan Sampson
Debra Paget ................ Lela Candida
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
Sampson's boat as a dancing girl so that she can signal his raiders
when to attack.

1.06 [--] Riverboat: THE FIGHT BACK
18-Oct-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Directed by: Jules Bricken
Teleplay: Robert E. Thompson and Mel Goldberg; Story: Robert E. Thompson
Director of Photography: Ray Cory
Guest Cast:
John Ireland ............... Chtis Slade
Karl Swenson ............... Ansel Torgin
Joan O'Brien ............... Sonja Torgin
William D. Gordon .......... Travis
Synopsis 1:
Ansel Torgin hires the Enterprise for his daughter's wedding. Captain Grey Holden recognizes the bridegroom
as a drifter he once threw off the riverboat.
Synopsis 2:
Ansel Torgin hires The Enterprise for his daughter's wedding. Holden recognizes Christopher Slade, the groom,
as a drifter he once threw off the riverboat. [JB]
(Synd. Rerun WCCO-4 Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN Sun 8Mar64 12 a.m. CST)

1.07 [--] Riverboat: ESCAPE TO MEMPHIS
25-Oct-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: John Rich
Teleplay: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Story: Richard B. Larkin
Director of Photography: Ray Cory
Guest Cast:
Jeanne Crain ............... Laura Sutton
Claude Akins ............... Jarrett Sutton
Philip Reed ................ Raleigh
Richard Wessel ............. Carnel
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.

1.08 [--] Riverboat: WITNESS NO EVIL
01-Nov-1959 NBC Sun
Guest Cast:
Vincent Price .............. Otto Justin
Barbara Lawrence ........... Abby Saunders
Synopsis:
Otto Justin, dealer in wild animals, is escorting a shipment of
his captured beasts to St. Louis aboard the Enterprise. Widow
Aby Saunders and her young son Paddy are both impressed with
Justin's manner.

1.09 [--] Riverboat: A NIGHT AT TRAPPER'S LANDING
08-Nov-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Director: Felix Feist
Written by: Halsey Melone
Director of Photography: John L. Russell
Guest Cast:
Ricardo Montalban .......... Lt. Andre Baptiste Devereaux
Peter Whitney .............. Noah Woodley
Judson Pratt ............... Sgt. Ned Bolger
*
additional credits: (verified on video - James Beer)
Music/Theme: Elmer Bernstein
Adapted and Arranged by: Leo Shuken & Jack Hayes
Director of Photography: John L.Russell A.S.C
Art Director: Frank Arrigo
Editorial Supervisor: Richard G.Wray A.C.E
Film Editor: Edward Haire
Musical Supervision: Stanley Wilson
Set Decorator: George Milo
Sound: William Lynch
Assistant Director: George Bisk
Costume Supervisor: Vincent Dee
Makeup: Jack Barron
Hair Stylist: Florence Bush
(Syndicated rerun: 14Apr1963 KWTV-9, Oklahoma City, OK Sunday 11:00 p.m) [James Beer]
Synopsis::
French playboy Andre Devereaux has become an American lieutenant.
Assigned to lead some troops into Indian country, he finds that
the normally peaceful Indians have been provoked to violence.

1.10 [--] Riverboat: THE FAITHLESS
22-Nov-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Richard H. Bartlett and Norman Jolley
Director: Richard H. Bartlett
Teleplay: Richard N. Morgan
Story: Richard N. Morgan; Kate and Howard Phillips
Director of Photography: Ray Cory
Guest Cast:
Richard Carlson ............ Paul Drake
Bethel Leslie .............. Cathy
Bert Freed ................. Kester
William Phipps ............. Abner Crane
Jeanne Bates ............... Sara
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 of the Enterprise.

1.11 [--] Riverboat: THE BOY FROM PITTSBURGH
29-Nov-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Frank Arrigo
Teleplay: George Tibbles
Story: John Larkin
Director of Photography: Ray Cory
Assistant Director: Carter deHaven III
Guest Cast:
Tommy Nolan ................ Tommy Jones
Mona Freeman ............... Louise Rutherford
Robert Emhardt ............. Jeb Carter
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 t
collect insurance on some diamonds they are shipping to St. Louis.

1.12 [--] Riverboat: JESSIE QUINN
06-Dec-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Director: Jules Bricken
Written by: Tom Seller
Director of Photography: William A. Sickner
Guest Cast;
Mercedes McCambridge ....... Jessie Quinn
Clu Gulager ................ Beau Chandler
Richard Gardner ............ Perry Quinn
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.

1.13 [--] Riverboat: STRANGE REQUEST
13-Dec-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: Gordon Kay
Directed by: John Rich
Written by: Clair Huffaker
Director of Photography: Ray Cory
Assistant Director: Milton Carter
Guest Cast:
Jan Sterling ............... Lorna Langton
Rhys Williams .............. Josiah Cragg
Lawrence Dobkin ............ David Fields
Peter Lazer ................ Bobby
Richard Wessel ............. Carney
William D. Gordon .......... Travis
Lee Van Cleef .............. Luke Cragg
Glenn Thompson ............. Mark Cragg
Synopsis:
Actress Lorna Langton wants to charter the Enterprise and a skeleton
crew for a trip from St. Louis. The actress has been told that her
young son, kidnapped some years before, is being held in another town.

1.14 [--] Riverboat: GUNS FOR EMPIRE
20-Dec-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by ?
Written by Samuel A. Peeples [SC]
Directed by William Witney [SC]
Guest Cast:
George Macready ............ Anthony Lorrimer
Gena Rowlands .............. Rose Traynor
Dennis Patrick ............. Lancing
Synopsis 1:
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.
Synopsis 2:
Anthony Lorrimer charters the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of "farm
machinery" to his thriving community of Lorrimer City. [TA]
(Local rerun 1Apr61)

1.15 [--] Riverboat: FACE OF COURAGE
27-Dec-1959 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Charles S. Gould
Guest Cast:
Joanna Moore .................. Kitty McGuire
Tom Drake ..................... Homer Arkins
Doug McClure .................. Corporal Jenkins
Tracey Roberts ................ Lola Duhaime
Paul Birch .................... Sergeant Major Carmody
Synopsis:
The Enterprise steams up river with a cargo of arms and recruits for the
Fort Union outpost. At Atkins Landing, Grey Holden is told by Homer
Atkins that the Sioux have been watching the boat and are planning an uprising.

1.16 [--] Riverboat: TAMPICO RAID
03-Jan-1960 NBC Sun
Produced by ?
Written by ?
Directed by ?
Guest Cast:
Patricia Crowley ............ Joan Marchand
Edward Colmans .............. Justin Marchand
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.

1.17 [--] Riverboat: LANDLUBBERS
10-Jan-1960 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Tom Seller
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: James H. Brown
Guest Cast:
Gloria Talbott ............. Nora Lanyard
Richard Devon .............. Barney
Kay E. Kuter ............... Hoskins
Arthur Batanides ........... Shag Ryan
Jerry O'Sullivan ........... Captain Clegg
Frank Warren ............... Brady
Synopsis:
The Enterprise, tied up overnight, is boarded and hijacked 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.

1.18 [--] Riverboat: THE BLOWUP
10-Jan-1960 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Darren McGavin
Written by: Al C. Ward
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: George Bisk
Guest Cast:
Whitney Blake .............. Martha Crane
Dean Harens ................ Simon
Carlos Romero .............. Juan Miguel
James R. Scott ............. Sailors
John Day ................... Sailors
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.

1.19 [--] Riverboat: FORBIDDEN ISLAND
24-Jan-1960 NBC Sun
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Sidney Lanfield
Written by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Nat Holt, Jr.
Guest Cast:
Miguel Landa ............... Raoul Duprez
Patricia Michon ............ Caroline Duprez
Bruce Gordon ............... Garnett
Patrick Westwood ........... Pierre
Synopsis:
While the Enterprise makes a stop for wood, a group of Cajuns
board the vessel and hijack part of the cargo. Two people
are shot during the incident.

1.20 [--] Riverboat: SALVAGE PIRATES
31-Jan-1960 NBC Sun
Produced by ?
Written by ?
Directed by ?
Guest Cast:
Judi Meredith .............. Louise Harrison
Richard Garland ............ Jacques Tremaine
Bern Hoffman ............... Savage
Johnstone White ............ James Kincannon
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.

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Time Slot moved from NBC Sundays 7:00pm to NBC Mondays 7:30 pm
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1.21 [--] Riverboat: PATH OF THE EAGLE
01-Feb-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: Jules Bricken
Directed by: Jules Bricken
Written by: Halsey Melone
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Carter deHaven III
Guest Cast:
Dianne Foster .............. Marian Templeton
Dayton Lummis .............. Gideon Templeton
Myron Healey ............... Steven Barrows
Wilton Graff ............... Henry Schofield
Grant Richards ............. Capt. James O'Bannion
Synopsis:
A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter
adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.

###############################################
Beginning with episode 22, Burt Reynolds was no longer
involved with "Riverboat,"
and his name was removed from the opening credits.
################################################

1.22 [--] Rverboat: THE TREASURE OF HAWK HILL
08-Feb-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Frank Fox
Guest Cast:
Kent Taylor .............. Murrell
Richard Hale ............. Arden Dexter
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.

1.23 [--] Riverboat: FIGHT AT NEW CANAL
22-Feb-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: R.G. Springsteen
Written by: Tom Seller
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Frank Losee
Guest Cast:
Charles Aidman ............ Frank Paxton
Jean Allison .............. Tracy Paxton
John Maxwell .............. Sam Harper
John Archer ............... Dunnigan
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.

1.24 [--] Riverboat: THE WICHITA ARROWS
29-Feb-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Director of Photography: Ray Flin
Assistant Director: William Dorfman
Starring:
Darren McGavin was NOT in this episode
Guest Cast:
Dan Duryea .............. Captain Brad Turner
Betty Lou Keim .......... Holly Andrews
Don Haggerty ............ Albert Scott
*
Slim Pickens ............ Buffalo Hunter
Hank Patterson .......... Charles Mullins
Bud Osborne ............. William Mullins
Arthur Space ............ Doctor
Ethel Shutta ............ Mrs. Harkins
Synopsis:
At a wood stop along the Red River, Brad Turner, temporary Captain of the "Enterprise" discovers the bodies of two men - from whose
backs are protruding arrows of the Wichita tribe. The crew finds no trace of a shipment of furs the "Enterprise" was to have picked up,
and so Turner rides to the Red River settlement to find out about the furs.
*Note: Darren McGavin did not appear in this episode, Dan Duryea took the lead in this episode and the following episode. [RF]

1.25 [--] Riverboat: FORT EPITAPH
07-Mar-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: Richard H. Bartlett
Directed by: John Brahm
Written by: Richard N. Morgan
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Chuck Colean
Starring:
Darren McGavin was NOT in this episode
Guest Cast:
Dan Duryea ............... Captain Brad Turner
Joan Camden .............. Barbara Daniels
Brad Weston .............. Lt. Tom Henshaw
Charles Cooper ........... Major Daniels
Mark Allen ............... Sergeant Matthews
Stuart Randall ........... Chief Running Bear
Ronnie Rondell, Jr. ...... Kicking Bear
Synopsis:
After an Indian siege, Fort Wilson’s commander expects more trouble. Captain Turner and his men are pressed into service. [JB]

1.26 [--] Riverboat: THREE GRAVES
14-Mar-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Al C. Ward
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Ben Bishop
Guest Cast:
Beverly Garland ........... Nora James
Robert Bray ............... Tom Byson
John McKee ................ Stoneman
Harry Ellerbe ............. Harrison
Will White ................ Man
Synopsis:
The crew has planned a big night on the town. But when they dock,
they find the place completely deserted except for three new graves.

1.27 [--] Riverboat: HANG THE MEN HIGH
21-Mar-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Jerry Adelman
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Edward K. Dodds
Guest Cast:
Stephen McNally ........... Jeb Randell
Karen Steele .............. Sue Parker
Walter Sande .............. Tom Feller
Dallas Mitchell ........... Jerry Madden
Ray Hamilton .............. Brad Phelan
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.

1.28 [--] Riverboat: THE NIGHT OF THE FACELESS MEN
28-Mar-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: William Witney
Written by: Bob and Wanda Duncan
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Wallace Worsley
Guest Cast:
Hugh Downs ................. Dan Flynn
Patricia Medina ............ Eileen Mason
Jocelyn Brando ............. Mrs. Pauley
Charles Gray ............... Joe Oliver
Douglas Kennedy ............ McLeigh
Synopsis:
The Enterprise makes a wood stop at a small river town. But there
is no wood to sale to strangers.

1.29 [--] Riverboat: THE LONG TRAIL
04-Apr-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Oscar Sual
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: George Bisk
Guest Cast:
Perry Lopez ................ James Evans
Abraham Sofaer ............. Mark Evans
Anthony Caruso ............. Chief White Bull
Harry Lauter ............... Colonel Tryker
Synopsis:
An Army colonel wants the Cherokee to take the long trail to a new
settling place. Pillagers burn the Indian village to make sure the
Cherokees have no reason to stay.

1.30 [--] Riverboat: THE QUICK NOOSE
11-Apr-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: John Larkin
Directed by: Hollingsworth Morse
Written by: Tom Seller
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Carter deHaven III
Guest Cast:
Nan Leslie ................ Amy Carson
Ed Nelson ................. Jim Tyler
Jack Mather ............... Sheriff
Synopsis:
A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his
brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.

1.31 [--] Riverboat: THE SELLOUT
18-Apr-1960 NBC Mon
Produced by: Richard H. Bartlett
Directed by: Richard H. Bartlett
Teleplay: Ann Wesley
Story: R. Hamer Norris
Director of Photography: Buddy Harris
Assistant Director: Milton Carter
Guest Cast:
Frank Overton ............ Nick Logan
Barbara Stuart ........... Nanette
Bartlett Robinson ........ George Channing
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.

################# Riverboat ##################
############# season 2 1960-61 ###############
##############################################
NBC Mondays 7:30 pm
13 episodes
        Regular cast second season:
Darren McGavin - Grey Holden
Noah Berry, Jr. - Bill Blake
   
2.01 [32] Riverboat: END OF A DREAM
19-Sep-1960 NBC Mon  (Network Rerun 19-Dec-1960)
Guest Cast:
Cliff Robertson ............... Martinus Van Der Brig
Susan Cummings ................ Tekia Kronen
Robert J. Wilke ............... Red Dog Hanlon
June Vincent .................. Countess de Madrigal
Ben Wright .................... Mr. Shaftoe
Synopsis:
Fast talking Martinus Van der Brig persuades Holden and Bill Blake, the riverboat's new pilot,
to transport a group of pioneers to some new territory, recently purchased from Mr. Van der Brig.

2.02 [33] Riverboat: THAT TAYLOR AFFAIR (copyright title)
26-Sep-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Arlene Dahl ................... Lucy Belle
Robert Ellenstein ............. Sheriff Stone
Stanley Adams ................. Captain Morgan
Paul Fix ...................... Zachary Taylor
Gil Rankin .................... Pierce
Milton Frome .................. Governor DeWitt
Synopsis:
Milton Frome, Holden and Blake have an idea for making the Enterprise famous by
 shanghaiing President Zachary Taylor.  They get some help from a girl named Lucy Belle.

2.03 [34] Riverboat: THE TWO FACES OF GREY HOLDEN
(aka "The Evangeline Story") [SC]
03-Oct-1960 NBC Mon (Network Rerun 09-Jan-1961)
Directed by Richard Bartlett[SC]
Written by Kathleen Hite [SC]
Guest Cast:
Suzanne Pleshette ............ Marie Tourette
Thomas Gomez ................. Mr. Tourette
Celia Lovsky ................. Grandma Joe
Lillian Buyeft ............... Mrs. Tourette
Nino Minardo ................. Sebastian
Herb Ellis ................... Papitc
Lomax Study .................. Father Paul
Synopsis:
To Captain Holden, his romance with Marie Tourette was just a pleasant interlude, until he discovers she is passing
him off as her fiancé. While her family is in on the deception, they expect Grey to follow through and marry her..   

2.04 [35] Riverboat: RIVER CHAMPION
10-Oct-1960 NBC Mon (Network Rerun 16-Jan-1961)
Guest Cast:
Dennis O'Keefe ............... Dan Muldoon
George Kennedy ............... Gunner Slagle
Slim Pickens ................. Porter Slagle
Norma Crane .................. Saran Prentice
Ralph Reed ................... Bates
Jack Hogan ................... Fletcher
Synopsis:
Gentleman Dan Muldoon is backing Dublin Boy against Gunner Stagle for the bare-knuckle championship of the river.  Before the fight, Dublin Boy
proves to have a glass jaw, when flattened by Grey, thus forcing the captain to take his place in the ring.  Grey triumphs and becomes "river champion."

2.05 [36] Riverboat: NO BRIDGE ON THE RIVER
24-Oct-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Sandy Kenyon ................ Abraham Lincoln
Hayden Rorke ................ Ferdinand Maret
Pat Michon .................. Marie Maret
Denver Pyle ................. Jim Bledsoe
Bartlett Robinson ........... Grimes
Tyler McVey ................. Judge
Synopsis:
There was no bridge on the river to Captain Holden's knowledge, but someone
has constructed a railroad trestle over the water.  When the Enterprise runs
into its pilings, Holden sues for damages, finding himself in court against
a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln.

2.06 [37] Riverboat: TRUNK FULL OF DREAMS
31-Oct-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Raymond Massey .............. Sir Oliver Garrett
Bethel Leslie ............... Juliet
Willard Waterman ............ de Lesseps
Hugh Sanders ................ Beauregard
Mary Tyler Moore ............ Lily Belle
Jody Fair ................... Birdie Belle
Synopsis:
Sir Oliver Garnett and Juliet, his young companion, are shipwrecked actors. 
Captain Holden fishes them out of the river and books them as entertainers
aboard the Enterprise.

2.07 [38] Riverboat: THE WATER OF GORGEOUS SPRINGS
07-Nov-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Buddy Ebsen ................ Niles Cox
Sherry Jackson ............. Inez Cox
Barry Atwater .............. Gould Jennings
Jocelyn Brando ............. Charity Jennings
Gregory Walcott ............ Salem Cox
Dody Heath ................. Lovie Jennings
Synopsis:
The feuding families of Jennings and Cox are going to a fair, and Holden
unwittingly books both families on the Enterprise.  Now he has to act as
peacemaker or have the riverboat wrecked by gunfire.

2.08 [39] Riverboat: DEVIL IN SKIRTS [UCLA]
21-Nov-1960 NBC Mon
Meladare production
Produced by Boris D. Kaplan
director, David Lowell Rich
writers, Irwin and Gwen Gielgud (Bagni?), Bob and Wanda Duncan.
director of photography Buddy Harris
film editor, Howard Epstein;
music, Gerald Fried.
Starring:
Darren McGavin (Grey Holden); Noah Beery, Jr. (Bill Blake);
Guest Cast:
Gloria Talbott ............ Lucinda
Frank Silvera ............. C01onel Ashley
Brad Weston ............... Tony
Arthur Batanides .......... Matt Jennings
Synopsis 1:
If Grey will lure a belle named Lucinda away from Colonel Ashley's son Tony,the colonel will provide
a profitable cotton cargo for the Enterprise. Unfortunately, Lucinda overhears the proposition.
Synopsis 2:
"If Grey will lure a belle named Lucinda away from Colonel Ashley's son Tony, the colonel will provide a very
profitable cotton cargo for the Enterprise. Unfortunately, Lucinda overhears the proposition" [UCLA]
Contents:
Commercials: Pepto Bismol -- Super Anahist -- Polident -- Nytol -- 1961 Studebaker Lark -- Polaroid Camera, with Eddie Albert. [UCLA]

2.09 [40] Riverboat: THE QUOTA
28-Nov-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Gene Evans ............... Sergeant Dan Phillips
James Griffith ........... Corporal Sam Giler
Ron Hagerthy ............. Phelan
Tom Gilleran ............. Joe Rogers
Stuart Randall ........... Gen. Winfield Scott
Synopsis:
Army Sgt. Dan Phillips is trying to recruit new members for his platoon. 
Using a convincing argument - a hit on the head - he has filled all but
two spots in his quota.  And he has eyes on Phelan, one of Grey's crewmen,
for one of those spots.

2.10 [41] Riverboat: CHICOTA LANDING
05-Dec-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Joe De Santis ............ Juan Cortilla
Connie Hines ............. Lucy Bridges
John Harmon .............. Sheriff Matson
Synopsis:
The Enterprise arrives at Chicota Landing with a cargo of gunpowder for the
Army.  Before they can unload it, the boat is taken over by a gang of Mexican
bandits bed by Juan Cortilla.

2.11 [42] Riverboat: DUEL ON THE RIVER
12-Dec-1960 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Fay Spain ................ Laurie Rawfins
Claude Akins ............. Beaudry Rawlins
Robert Emhardt ........... Brian Cloud
Edgar Buchanan ........... Wingate
Synopsis:
Brian Cloud monopolizes all the cotton crop in the area, and Laurie
Rawlings, the wife of a cotton planter, doesn't like being under Cloud's thumb.

[--] 19-Dec-1960 NBC Mon - Rerun of #2.1 "End of a Dream" (first aired 19-Sep-1960)

2.12 [43] Riverboat: ZIGZAG
26-Dec-1960 NBC Mon

Riverboat - Zigzag 1/8 (1960)
Guest Cast;
Charles Bronson .......... Crowley
Stella Stevens ........... Sugie Walters
William Fawcett .......... Pinty Walters
Don O'Kelly .............. Clyde
John Milford ............. Egan
Ray Teal ................. Sheriff Clay
Tom Fadden ............... Lear
Phil Tully ............... Bartender
Synopsis:
In town to have an aching tooth removed, Carney stops at the saloon for
a bolstering drink.  This makes him late for the dentist, so Blake
undertakes to separate Carney from his tooth.

2.13 [44] Riverboat: LISTEN TO THE NIGHTINGALE (final episode)
02-Jan-1961 NBC Mon
Guest Cast:
Jack Albertson ........... Samson J. Binton
Jeanne Bal ............... Julie Lang
DeForest Kelley .......... Alex Jeffords
Claire Carleton .......... Billie
Hal Needham
Paul Stader
John Warburton
Synopsis:
Norwegian songbird Julie Lang wants to take her troupe to New Orleans for an
engagement, but she has no money.  Grey finally agrees to take the troupe aboard
the Enterprise, for an IOU against their New Orleans receipts.  Along the way, a
future crewman of another famous ship called Enterprise, steals her jewelry.

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Network Reruns
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[--] 09-Jan-1961 NBC Mon - Rerun of  #2.03 "The Two Faces of Grey Holden" (first aired 03-Oct-1960)
[--] 16-Jan-1961 NBC Mon - Rerun of #2.04 "River Champion (first aired 10-Oct-1960)

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