Riverboat

S01E01

S01E01 13 Sep 59

60m

Payment In Full

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 Captain Holden's riverboat. There he is eager to impress a young lady aboard the Enterprise.

S01E02

S01E02 20 Sep 59

60m

The Barrier

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 plans to offer Carruthers money if he will smuggle liquor to the Indians.

S01E03

S01E03 27 Sep 59

60m

About Roger Mowbray

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 that his father seems to be involved in the scheme to break up the marriage.

S01E04

S01E04 4 Okt 59

60m

Race to Cincinnati

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 final payment for the land. But the farmers plot to block the boat so the shipment of peaches will be spoiled.

S01E05 11 Okt 59

60m

The Unwilling

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 she can signal his raiders when to attack.

S01E06

S01E06 18 Okt 59

60m

The Fight Back

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.

S01E07

S01E07 25 Okt 59

60m

Escape to Memphis

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.

S01E08

S01E08 1 Nov 59

60m

Witness No Evil

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 impressed with Justin's manner.

S01E09

S01E09 8 Nov 59

60m

A Night At Trapper's Landing

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 to violence.

S01E10

S01E10 22 Nov 59

60m

The Faithless

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.

S01E11

S01E11 29 Nov 59

60m

The Boy From Pittsburgh

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 shipping to St. Louis.

S01E12

S01E12 6 Des 59

60m

Jessie Quinn

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 to sabotage the shipment.

S01E13

S01E13 13 Des 59

60m

Strange Request

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 being held in another town.

S01E14

S01E14 20 Des 59

60m

Guns for Empire

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 arms and ammunition.

S01E15

S01E15 27 Des 59

60m

The Face of Courage

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.

S01E16

S01E16 3 Jan 60

60m

Tampico Raid

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 allow Joan Marchland, one of the teachers, to return to the United States to raise a ransom for the rest.

S01E17

S01E17 10 Jan 60

60m

Landlubbers

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 scene in time to see their craft heading down the river. They set out overland to head her off.

S01E18

S01E18 18 Jan 60

60m

The Blowup

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 gunpowder up river to her father.

S01E19

S01E19 24 Jan 60

60m

Forbidden Island

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.

S01E20

S01E20 31 Jan 60

60m

Salvage Pirates

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 rescuer, Grey Holden, to help them retrieve Louise's ""dowry.""

S01E21

S01E21 1 Feb 60

60m

Path of the Eagle

A trip to Independence, Missouri brings back memories of a bitter adventure to Grey Holden. Holden tells the story to Chip and Joshua.

S01E22

S01E22 8 Feb 60

60m

The Treasure of Hawk Hill

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 deliver it to his uncle.

S01E23

S01E23 22 Feb 60

60m

Fight At New Canal

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.

S01E24

S01E24 29 Feb 60

60m

The Wichita Arrows

Dan Duryea steps into the leading role for the first of two episodes.

S01E25

S01E25 7 Mar 60

60m

Fort Epitaph

Dan Duryea has the leading role in the second of two episodes.

S01E26

S01E26 14 Mar 60

60m

Three Graves

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.

S01E27

S01E27 21 Mar 60

60m

Hang the Men High

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.

S01E28

S01E28 28 Mar 60

60m

The Night of the Faceless Man

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

S01E29

S01E29 4 Apr 60

60m

The Long Trail

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.

S01E30

S01E30 11 Apr 60

60m

The Quick Noose

A noose is about to tighten around Carney's neck. Visiting his brother in Wingate, the riverboater is charged with murder.

S01E31

S01E31 18 Apr 60

60m

The Sellout

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.