Riverboat: Season 1
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Payment In Full
Sep 13, 1959 · 60 min
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
The Barrier
Sep 20, 1959 · 60 min
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
About Roger Mowbray
Sep 27, 1959 · 60 min
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 th
Race to Cincinnati
Oct 4, 1959 · 60 min
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
The Unwilling
Oct 11, 1959 · 60 min
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
The Fight Back
Oct 18, 1959 · 60 min
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.
Escape to Memphis
Oct 25, 1959 · 60 min
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
Nov 1, 1959 · 60 min
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 impress
A Night At Trapper's Landing
Nov 8, 1959 · 60 min
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
The Faithless
Nov 22, 1959 · 60 min
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.
The Boy From Pittsburgh
Nov 29, 1959 · 60 min
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
Jessie Quinn
Dec 6, 1959 · 60 min
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 t
Strange Request
Dec 13, 1959 · 60 min
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 bei
Guns for Empire
Dec 20, 1959 · 60 min
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
The Face of Courage
Dec 27, 1959 · 60 min
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
Tampico Raid
Jan 3, 1960 · 60 min
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 al
Landlubbers
Jan 10, 1960 · 60 min
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 sce
The Blowup
Jan 18, 1960 · 60 min
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 gu
Forbidden Island
Jan 24, 1960 · 60 min
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.
Salvage Pirates
Jan 31, 1960 · 60 min
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 r
Path of the Eagle
Feb 1, 1960 · 60 min
A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.
The Treasure of Hawk Hill
Feb 8, 1960 · 60 min
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
Fight At New Canal
Feb 22, 1960 · 60 min
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 proj
The Wichita Arrows
Feb 29, 1960 · 60 min
Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.
Fort Epitaph
Mar 7, 1960 · 60 min
Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.
Three Graves
Mar 14, 1960 · 60 min
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.
Hang the Men High
Mar 21, 1960 · 60 min
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.
The Night of the Faceless Man
Mar 28, 1960 · 60 min
The Enterprise makes a wood stop at a small river town. But there is no wood for sale to strangers.
The Long Trail
Apr 4, 1960 · 60 min
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.
The Quick Noose
Apr 11, 1960 · 60 min
A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.
The Sellout
Apr 18, 1960 · 60 min
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.