Riverboat
TV ShowEnded

Riverboat

6.2 / 10
1959
2 seasons
44 episodes
Western

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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  • Ep 1

    1.Payment In Full

    13-09-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 2

    2.The Barrier

    20-09-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 3

    3.About Roger Mowbray

    27-09-195960m

    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 th...

  • Ep 4

    4.Race to Cincinnati

    04-10-195960m

    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...

  • The Unwilling

    5.The Unwilling

    11-10-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 6

    6.The Fight Back

    18-10-195960m

    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.

  • Ep 7

    7.Escape to Memphis

    25-10-195960m

    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.

  • Ep 8

    8.Witness No Evil

    01-11-195960m

    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 impress...

  • Ep 9

    9.A Night At Trapper's Landing

    08-11-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 10

    10.The Faithless

    22-11-195960m

    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.

  • Ep 11

    11.The Boy From Pittsburgh

    29-11-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 12

    12.Jessie Quinn

    06-12-195960m

    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 t...

  • Ep 13

    13.Strange Request

    13-12-195960m

    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 bei...

  • Ep 14

    14.Guns for Empire

    20-12-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 15

    15.The Face of Courage

    27-12-195960m

    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...

  • Ep 16

    16.Tampico Raid

    03-01-196060m

    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 al...

  • Ep 17

    17.Landlubbers

    10-01-196060m

    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 sce...

  • Ep 18

    18.The Blowup

    18-01-196060m

    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 gu...

  • Ep 19

    19.Forbidden Island

    24-01-196060m

    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.

  • Ep 20

    20.Salvage Pirates

    31-01-196060m

    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 r...

  • Ep 21

    21.Path of the Eagle

    01-02-196060m

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

  • Ep 22

    22.The Treasure of Hawk Hill

    08-02-196060m

    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...

  • Ep 23

    23.Fight At New Canal

    22-02-196060m

    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 proj...

  • Ep 24

    24.The Wichita Arrows

    29-02-196060m

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

  • Ep 25

    25.Fort Epitaph

    07-03-196060m

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

  • Ep 26

    26.Three Graves

    14-03-196060m

    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.

  • Ep 27

    27.Hang the Men High

    21-03-196060m

    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.

  • Ep 28

    28.The Night of the Faceless Man

    28-03-196060m

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

  • Ep 29

    29.The Long Trail

    04-04-196060m

    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.

  • Ep 30

    30.The Quick Noose

    11-04-196060m

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

  • Ep 31

    31.The Sellout

    18-04-196060m

    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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