Episode guide
Riverboat: Season 1
31 episodes · premiered Sep 13, 1959
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- Episode 1: Payment In Full Sep 13, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 2: The Barrier Sep 20, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 3: About Roger Mowbray Sep 27, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 4: Race to Cincinnati Oct 4, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 5: The Unwilling Oct 11, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 6: The Fight Back Oct 18, 1959 · 1h 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.
- Episode 7: Escape to Memphis Oct 25, 1959 · 1h 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.
- Episode 8: Witness No Evil Nov 1, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 9: A Night At Trapper's Landing Nov 8, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 10: The Faithless Nov 22, 1959 · 1h 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.
- Episode 11: The Boy From Pittsburgh Nov 29, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 12: Jessie Quinn Dec 6, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 13: Strange Request Dec 13, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 14: Guns for Empire Dec 20, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 15: The Face of Courage Dec 27, 1959 · 1h 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…
- Episode 16: Tampico Raid Jan 3, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 17: Landlubbers Jan 10, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 18: The Blowup Jan 18, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 19: Forbidden Island Jan 24, 1960 · 1h 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.
- Episode 20: Salvage Pirates Jan 31, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 21: Path of the Eagle Feb 1, 1960 · 1h A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.
- Episode 22: The Treasure of Hawk Hill Feb 8, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 23: Fight At New Canal Feb 22, 1960 · 1h 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…
- Episode 24: The Wichita Arrows Feb 29, 1960 · 1h Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.
- Episode 25: Fort Epitaph Mar 7, 1960 · 1h Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.
- Episode 26: Three Graves Mar 14, 1960 · 1h 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.
- Episode 27: Hang the Men High Mar 21, 1960 · 1h 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.
- Episode 28: The Night of the Faceless Man Mar 28, 1960 · 1h The Enterprise makes a wood stop at a small river town. But there is no wood for sale to strangers.
- Episode 29: The Long Trail Apr 4, 1960 · 1h 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.
- Episode 30: The Quick Noose Apr 11, 1960 · 1h A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.
- Episode 31: The Sellout Apr 18, 1960 · 1h 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.