Overview
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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Episodes - Season 1
Episode 1: Payment In Full
Sep 13, 1959
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 r...
Episode 2: The Barrier
Sep 20, 1959
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 ...
Episode 3: About Roger Mowbray
Sep 27, 1959
Wealthy Roger Mowbray's marriage is threatened when an old sweetheart intimates that Roger married for money. Because he really loves his wife, R...
Episode 4: Race to Cincinnati
Oct 04, 1959
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 En...
Episode 5: The Unwilling
Oct 11, 1959
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'...
Episode 6: The Fight Back
Oct 18, 1959
Ansel Torgin hires the Enterprise for his daughter's wedding. Captain Grey Holden recognizes the bridegroom as a drifter he once threw off his ri...
Episode 7: Escape to Memphis
Oct 25, 1959
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...
Episode 8: Witness No Evil
Nov 01, 1959
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 yo...
Episode 9: A Night At Trapper's Landing
Nov 08, 1959
French playboy Andre Devereaux has become an American lieutenant. Assigned to lead some troops into Indian Territory, he finds that the normally peace...
Episode 10: The Faithless
Nov 22, 1959
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 d...
Episode 11: The Boy From Pittsburgh
Nov 29, 1959
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 insura...
Episode 12: Jessie Quinn
Dec 06, 1959
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 warne...
Episode 13: Strange Request
Dec 13, 1959
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, kidna...
Episode 14: Guns for Empire
Dec 20, 1959
Anthony Lorrimer charters the Enterprise to deliver a cargo of farm machinery to his thriving community of Lorrimer City. Captain Grey Holden is unawa...
Episode 15: The Face of Courage
Dec 27, 1959
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...
Episode 16: Tampico Raid
Jan 03, 1960
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. Th...
Episode 17: Landlubbers
Jan 10, 1960
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 an...
Episode 18: The Blowup
Jan 18, 1960
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...
Episode 19: Forbidden Island
Jan 24, 1960
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
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 th...
Episode 21: Path of the Eagle
Feb 01, 1960
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 08, 1960
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 b...
Episode 23: Fight At New Canal
Feb 22, 1960
Grey Holden is chosen to represent riverboat captains in seeking a government-subsidized canal. Preliminary surveys and work must be completed before ...
Episode 24: The Wichita Arrows
Feb 29, 1960
Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.
Episode 25: Fort Epitaph
Mar 07, 1960
Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.
Episode 26: Three Graves
Mar 14, 1960
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
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 ...
Episode 28: The Night of the Faceless Man
Mar 28, 1960
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 04, 1960
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...
Episode 30: The Quick Noose
Apr 11, 1960
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
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 par...
