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Riverboat

Riverboat


Adventure series set in the 1840s aboard a riverboat named The Enterprise. Darren McGavin played the owner of the riverboat and a young Burt Reynolds played the craft's pilot. Unfortunately, the two actors did not get along leading to Reynolds getting the axe from the show after its 21st episode. Noah Beery replaced Reynolds on the series beginning in Season 2.
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Episode Info

Final: 2x13 -- Listen to the Nightingale (Jan/02/1961)


A Norwegian songbird wants the Enterprise to take her troupe to New Orleans but she doesn't have any money for passage.
Cast
Darren McGavinDarren McGavin
As Grey Holden
Burt ReynoldsBurt Reynolds
As Ben Frazer (S01, episodes 1-21)
Noah Beery, Jr.Noah Beery, Jr.
As Bill Blake (S02)
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Recaps
1x26: Three Graves recap: The crew is dressing up as the Enterprise prepares to put into port at Green City. Ten-year-old Chip boasts that he plans to meet a female named Geraldine when they arrive. Joshua tells Grey that the men are looking forward to celebrating their shore leave. However, when they come ashore, there's no one in town to greet them. The place appears deserted and Grey takes the men into town to look around. In the center of the street they find three graves and a sign saying to get out... read more.

1x25: Fort Epitaph recap: The Enterprise is heading down the Missouri to deliver four cannons to Ft. Wilson, an outpost in Sioux territory. They're running four days late because they broke a paddle wheel. Grey has asked Captain Brad Turner to stay on while he tends to business. Brad is in the pilothouse while Joshua corrects the charts so he can sell them in Natchez. They hear shooting up ahead as they approach Ft. Wilson and Brad has Joshua turn the men out... read more.

1x24: The Wichita Arrows recap: At Mullins Landing, brothers Johnny and Will check to make sure they have the wood that Grey paid for. Johnny figures that the Enterprise will be along any minute and Will confirms that he has the instructions Gray left for his temporary replacement, Captain Brad Turner. Their horse suddenly neighs and Johnny goes to take a look around. Someone shoots an arrow into Will's back and then kills Johnny as well... read more.

1x23: The Fight at New Canal recap: Grey is out with a surveyor, Jim, who is checking the course of a new canal. As they go over the map of the area, a sniper fires from the woods and kills Jim. He shoots again, narrowly missing Grey, and Grey goes after the killer. The man yells at him to get off the land and vows that they'll never build the canal... read more.

1x22: The Treasure of Hawk Hill recap: A young boy, Sam Dexter, sees two men riding toward their cabin and runs inside to tell his Uncle George. George gives him a piece of paper and threatens to beat the boy if he lets anyone see it. He then sends Sam out the back door and grabs his rifle. The two men burst in and George tries to shoot them, only to discover he forgot to load the gun. The leader, John Murrell, demands the money that George has been holding for them. George claims that he dropped it when he was getting away. However, Murrell has talked to the locals and discovered that George has been at the local saloon buying drinks and claiming he has $60,000 stashed away. George says that there's no money and invites Murrell to look around, but Murrell wonders where Sam is. When George denies that there was a boy, Murrell's paymaster shoots George dead... read more.
Recurring Guests

Dick Wessel as Carney Kohler (28 eps)
Jack Lambert as Joshua (15 eps)
William D. Gordon (3) as Joe Travis (13 eps)
Michael McGreevey as Chip Kessler (12 eps)
John Mitchum as Pickalong (10 eps)
Bart Patton as Terry Blake (7 eps)
John Harmon (1) as Oliver (3 eps)
Robert Emhardt as Jeb Carter (2 eps)
Roy Barcroft as James Michael Cassidy (2 eps)
Robert J. Wilke as Bolesy (2 eps)

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