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Riverboat

The adventure series follows Grey Holden, a poker game winner, as he navigates the Mississippi River with his crew on a riverboat, embarking on thrilling escapades throughout the 19th century.

Episodes:

Episode 1 Payment in Full

1. Payment in Full

Aired: Sep 13, 1959

A simple-minded man betrays his friend and employer when the latter accidenta...

Episode 2 The Barrier

2. The Barrier

Aired: Sep 20, 1959

The boat's passengers include a young couple whose husband is on his way to h...

Episode 3 About Roger Mowbray

3. About Roger Mowbray

Aired: Sep 27, 1959

A wealthy young man's marriage is in danger when an ex-girlfriend claims that...

Episode 4 A Race to Cincinnati

4. A Race to Cincinnati

Aired: Oct 4, 1959

Three ruthless men try to block the Enterprise's path so a farmer's crop of p...

Episode 5 The Unwilling

5. The Unwilling

Aired: Oct 11, 1959

Even though Dan Simpson lost his last cargo, he refuses to give up his dream ...

Episode 6 The Fight Back

6. The Fight Back

Aired: Oct 18, 1959

Seeking cargo for his riverboat, Captain Holden docks in the town of Hampton ...

Episode 7 Escape to Memphis

7. Escape to Memphis

Aired: Oct 25, 1959

A woman kills her brutal husband in self-defense and flees her plantation, wi...

Episode 8 Witness No Evil

8. Witness No Evil

Aired: Nov 1, 1959

In Natchez, the Enterprise takes on board a number of passengers one of whom ...

Episode 10 The Faithless

10. The Faithless

Aired: Nov 22, 1959

An escaped prisoner being returned to jail is chained to the Enterprise's mas...

Episode 12 Jessie Quinn

12. Jessie Quinn

Aired: Dec 6, 1959

During Texas' War of Independence, Holden agrees to ship a load of lead to Sa...

Episode 13 Strange Request

13. Strange Request

Aired: Dec 13, 1959

An actress charters the Enterprise to transport her and her manager to an aba...

Episode 14 Guns for Empire

14. Guns for Empire

Aired: Dec 20, 1959

A businessman charters the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of farm machinery to...

Episode 15 The Face of Courage

15. The Face of Courage

Aired: Dec 27, 1959

Grey Holden and his riverboat are hired to deliver a cargo of guns, ammunitio...

Episode 16 Tampico Raid

16. Tampico Raid

Aired: Jan 3, 1960

A pretty stowaway convinces Grey Holden and his crew to rescue a group of tea...

Episode 17 Landlubbers

17. Landlubbers

Aired: Jan 10, 1960

The Enterprise is hijacked by the captain of a riverboat that sank a month ea...

Episode 18 The Blowup

18. The Blowup

Aired: Jan 18, 1960

A woman with a load of unstable, experimental, gunpowder connives to draw Hol...

Episode 19 Forbidden Island

19. Forbidden Island

Aired: Jan 24, 1960

A group of Cajuns hijack part of the Enterprise's cargo while it makes a stop...

Episode 20 Salvage Pirates

20. Salvage Pirates

Aired: Jan 31, 1960

A schooner wrecks on an uncharted reef near the Florida coast and the Enterpr...

Episode 21 Path of the Eagle

21. Path of the Eagle

Aired: Feb 1, 1960

A wealthy but inexperience party of pioneers hire Captain Holden to transport...

Episode 24 The Wichita Arrows

24. The Wichita Arrows

Aired: Feb 29, 1960

While Holden is away from the riverboat seeking business, The Enterprise, und...

Episode 25 Fort Epitaph

25. Fort Epitaph

Aired: Mar 7, 1960

In the absence of Captain Holden, Captain Brad Turner takes a cargo of milita...

Episode 26 Three Graves

26. Three Graves

Aired: Mar 14, 1960

The crew finds three recent graves at a town they had planned to dock in. The...

Episode 27 Hang the Men High

27. Hang the Men High

Aired: Mar 21, 1960

Based on a statement allegedly made by a dying man, a lynch mob forces two pa...

Episode 29 The Long Trail

29. The Long Trail

Aired: Apr 4, 1960

A U.S. Army detachment is ordered to remove the Cherokee Indians from the anc...

Episode 30 The Quick Noose

30. The Quick Noose

Aired: Apr 11, 1960

Someone has stabbed the son of Judge Wingate in the back with Carney's knife ...

Episode 31 The Sellout

31. The Sellout

Aired: Apr 18, 1960

While sailing down the Mississippi in a heavy storm, the Enterprise strikes a...

Main Cast

Info about Riverboat

Seasons: 2

Current Status: Ended

Network: NBC

Genres:Adventure, Western