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Riverboat: The Complete Series

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Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds head a superb cast in this thrilling adventure series set aboard a stern-wheeler plying the Mississippi River in the 1840s. McGavin plays Captain Grey Holden, who won the Enterprise in a poker game, and Reynolds, in his first TV series role, plays the boat pilot Ben Frazer. Drawing on stories from real-life travelers on the river, each hour-long episode of Riverboat relives events on the Enterprise, as she travels up and down the Mississippi, America's premier waterway. Actors in recurring roles include Noah Beery, Jr.., John Mitchum and Jack Lambert. Episode guest stars include Vera Miles, Aldo Ray, Anne Baxter, Eddie Albert, Claude Akins, Debra Paget, Vincent Price, and Robert Vaughn.

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• Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 0.7 x 7.5 x 5.4 inches; 6.4 ounces
• Item model number ‏ : ‎ 26219586
• Media Format ‏ : ‎ Box set, Multiple Formats, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC, Black & White
• Run time ‏ : ‎ 35 hours and 30 minutes
• Release date ‏ : ‎ May 15, 2012
• Actors ‏ : ‎ Riverboat, Darren McGavin, Burt Reynolds, Jack Lambert, John Mitchum
• Studio ‏ : ‎ Shout! Factory / Timeless Media
• ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00769U98Q
• Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
• Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1
• #548 in Westerns (Movies & TV)

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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.

Season 1 Episode Guide

31 Episodes 1959 - 1960

Payment in Full AKA The Penitent

Sun, Sep 13, 1959 60 mins

Simple-minded Hunk Farber (Aldo Ray) needs money to impress his girl---so he turns informer. Missy: Barbara Bel Geddes. Monte: William Bishop. Holden: Darren McGavin. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

The Barrier

Sun, Sep 20, 1959 60 mins

Vance Muldoon (William Bendix) offers a Government agent a chance to earn some money---by sneaking liquor to Indians. Carruthers: John Kerr. Holden: Darren McGavin. Abigail: Elizabeth Montgomery. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

About Roger Mowbray

Sun, Sep 27, 1959 60 mins

Roger Mowbray's marriage is threatened by an ex-fiancee who reveals his embarrassing sharecropper's past to his wife (Vera Miles). Mowbray: Robert Vaughn. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Holden: Darren McGavin.

Race to Cincinnati

Sun, Oct 4, 1959 60 mins

Anne Baxter stars as the wife of a man whose shipment of peaches is headed for destruction---along with the Enterprise. Holden: Darren McGavin. Jenkins: Lloyd Corrigan. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Carney: Dick Wessel.

The Unwilling

Sun, Oct 11, 1959 60 mins

Eddie Albert (Sampson) and Debra Paget (Lela) appear in this story of hijacking on the Mississippi. Holden: Darren McGavin. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Murrell: Ian MacDonald.

The Fight Back

Sun, Oct 18, 1959 60 mins

At a wedding on the boat, Holden (Darren McGavin) recognizes the groom as a criminal. Determined to lead him to jail, Holden must first save him from a lynching. Slade: John Ireland. Torgin: Karl Swenson. Sonja: Joan O'Brien. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

Escape to Memphis

Sun, Oct 25, 1959 60 mins

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

Sun, Nov 1, 1959 60 mins

Vincent Price plays a dealer in wild animals escorting his zoo to St. Louis. Holden: Darren McGavin. Paddy: Charles Herbert. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Carney: Dick Wessel. Blake: Noah Beery. Abby: Barbara Lawrence.

A Night at Trapper's Landing

Sun, Nov 8, 1959 60 mins

A French playboy-turned-Army-officer (Ricardo Montalban) rides with his company into unexpectedly hostile Indian country. Holden: Darren McGavin. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Noah: Peter Whitney. Bolger: Judson Pratt.

The Faithless

Sun, Nov 22, 1959 60 mins

Chained to the Enterprise deck on his way to prison, Dr. Paul Drake refuses to help a girl suffering from diphtheria. Drake: Richard Carlson. Holden: Darren McGavin. Cathy: Bethel Leslie. Lucy: Katie Sweet. Travis: William D. Gordon. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

The Boy from Pittsburgh

Sun, Nov 29, 1959 60 mins

The Enterprise is carrying unusual cargo: fake diamonds, a stowaway orphan, a loveless widow---and two men who plan to blow up the boat. Louise: Mona Freeman. Holden: Darren McGavin. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Tommy: Tommy Nolan. Carter: Robert Emhardt.

Jessie Quinn

Sun, Dec 6, 1959 60 mins

Mercedes McCambridge as a woman with sons fighting on opposite sides in the Texas-Mexican War. Chandler: Clu Gulager. Quinn: Richard Gardner. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Holden: Darren McGavin. Riley: James Gavin.

Strange Request

Sun, Dec 13, 1959 60 mins

Jan Sterling plays an actress who wants to charter the Enterprise: she just heard that her son, kidnapped years before, is being held in another town. Holden: Darren McGavin. Travis: William D. Gordon. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

Guns for Empire

Sun, Dec 20, 1959 60 mins

The Enterprise is chartered to deliver farm machinery up river---but those shovels have awfully odd looking barrels. Rose: Gena Rowlands. Holden: Darren McGavin. Lorrimer: George Macready. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

The Face of Courage

Sun, Dec 27, 1959 60 mins

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

Sun, Jan 3, 1960 60 mins

Corrupt officials on a Southern island capture a group of teachers. Only one is released---to raise a huge ransom for the others. Joan: Pat Crowley. Holden: Darren McGavin. Carney: Dick Wessel. Marchand: Edward Colmans.

Landlubbers

Sun, Jan 10, 1960 60 mins

Holden and Fraser miss the hijacking of the Enterprise. By the time they get back, it's already on its way down river. Holden: Darren McGavin. Nora: Gloria Talbott. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Joshua: Jack Lambert.

Mon, Jan 18, 1960 60 mins

Jailed for brawling, Holden and his crew can go free if they agree to carry a cargo of gunpowder upriver. Martha: Whitney Blake. Holden: Darren McGavin. Carney: Dick Wessel. Joshua: Jack Lambert. Pickalong: John Mitchum. Chip: Mike McGreevey.

Forbidden Island

Sun, Jan 24, 1960 60 mins

Even the Enterprise can be hijacked: on a stop for wood, Cajuns board the vessel for its cargo and two people are shot. Holden: Darren McGavin. Caroline: Pat Michon. Duprez: Miguel Landa. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Carney: Dick Wessel. Garnett: Bruce Gordon.

Salvage Pirates

Sun, Jan 31, 1960 60 mins

The only survivors of a shipwreck are grateful to Holden for rescuing them---but could he help them retrieve their sunken jewels, please? Louise: Judi Meredith. Holden: Darren McGavin. Tremaine: Richard Garland. Carney: Dick Wessel. Savage: Bern Hoffman. Fraser: Burt Reynolds.

Path of the Eagle

Mon, Feb 1, 1960 60 mins

A trip to Independence, Mo., brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Holden (Darren McGavin). Marian: Diane Foster. Gideon: Dayton Lummis. Barrows: Myron Healey. Fraser: Burt Reynolds. Joshua: Jack Lambert. Chip: Mike McGreevey. Carney: Dick Wessel.

The Treasure of Hawk Hill

Mon, Feb 8, 1960 60 mins

An outlaw uses his nephew (Stephen Wootton) to double-cross his bankrobbing partners. Holden: Darren McGavin. Dexter: Ken McDonald. Murrell: Kent Taylor. Drummond: George Wallace. Samantha: Virginia Christine. Dexter: Richard Hale.

Fight at New Canal

Mon, Feb 22, 1960 60 mins

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

Mon, Feb 29, 1960 60 mins

Brad Turner (Dan Duryea), temporary riverboat captain, tries to solve a double murder. Holly: Betty Lou Keim. Scott: Don Haggerty. Terry: Bart Patton. Julie: Eve McVeagh.

Fort Epitaph

Mon, Mar 7, 1960 60 mins

The temporary captain of the Enterprise and his crew are pressed into Army service by an ambitious commander with a plan to kill Indians. Turner: Dan Duryea. Barbara: Joan Camden. Daniels: Charles Cooper. Henshaw: Brad Weston. Joshua: Jack Lambert.

Three Graves

Mon, Mar 14, 1960 60 mins

Looking forward to a night on the town, the crew fairly leaps off the gangplank---and finds an empty city and three new graves. Nora: Beverly Garland. Holden: Darren McGavin. Stoneman: John McKee. Byson: Robert Bray. Harrison: Harry Ellerbe. Terry: Bart Patton. Joshua: Jack Lambert.

Hang the Men High

Mon, Mar 21, 1960 60 mins

A lynch mob is after passenger Jerry Madden (Dallas Mitchell)---whose dying father accused him of murder. Sue: Karen Steele. Randall: Stephen McNally. Holden: Darren McGavin. Joshua: Jack Lambert. Carney: Dick Wessel.

The Night of the Faceless Man

Mon, Mar 28, 1960 60 mins

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

The Long Trail

Mon, Apr 4, 1960 60 mins

Someone was eager to see the Cherokees move to a new settlement: their village was burned to the ground. Holden: Darren McGavin. Tryker: Harry Lauter. Evans: Perry Lopez. White Bull: Anthony Caruso.

The Quick Noose

Mon, Apr 11, 1960 60 mins

Carney (Dick Wessel) visits his brother in Wingate---and is immediately framed for the murder of Judge Wingate's son. Amy: Nan Leslie. Sheriff: Jack Mather. Holden: Darren McGavin. Joshua: Jack Lambert.

The Sellout

Fri, Apr 8, 1960 60 mins

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 was a TV-series of 2 seasons that ran from 1959 to 1961.

Storyline [ ]

Captain Grey Holden and his crew navigate the vessel called the Enterprise principally, along the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers. Holden and his men encounter interesting characters along the way, including U.S. President Zachary Taylor, General Winfield Scott and a pre-presidential Abraham Lincoln. - Source: Wikipedia.org

Main cast [ ]

Actors appearing in more than 40% of all episodes.

• Darren McGavin (42 episodes as Captain Grey Holden )
• Dick Wessel (42 episodes as Carney Kohler )
• Jack Lambert (23 episodes: 1 as Tony Walchek , 7 as Joshua MacGregor , 15 as Joshua Walcek )
• Burt Reynolds (20 episodes as Ben Frazer )

Episodes [ ]

• 1 Beth Dutton
• 2 Jamie Dutton
• 3 Kayce Dutton

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