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Riverboat
Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds
StarringDarren McGavin
Burt Reynolds
Noah Beery, Jr.
ComposersElmer Bernstein (season one)
Gerald Fried
Fred Steiner
Alexander Courage
Al Woodbury
Leo Shuken
Jack Hayes
Country of originUnited States
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes44
Production
Production companiesMeladare Co. Productions
Revue Studios
Original release
NetworkNBC
ReleaseSeptember 13, 1959 (1959-09-13) –
January 2, 1961 (1961-01-02)

Riverboat is an American Western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds, produced by Revue Studios, and broadcast on the NBC television network from 1959 to 1961. Reynolds was replaced by Noah Beery Jr. halfway through the series in the wake of conflicts with McGavin.[citation needed]

Plot

In the series, Captain Grey Holden and his crew navigate the vessel called the Enterprise principally along the Mississippi, Missouri, and Ohio Rivers. Some episodes are set in the eastern end of the American West or in the Midwest. Holden and his men encounter interesting characters along the way, including U.S. President Zachary Taylor, General Winfield Scott and a prepresidential Abraham Lincoln. One episode focuses indirectly on the Texan Revolution of 1836. Unlike most Westerns, which are set after the American Civil War, the story's time frame precedes the conflict, and includes the 1830s and the 1840s. The series ended on the NBC midseason schedule in January 1961, replaced by a drama about the sectional conflict, The Americans.

Cast

Darren McGavin played Captain Grey Holden for 40 episodes. Dan Duryea played Captain Brad Turner for two episodes while McGavin was embroiled in contract disputes.[1] Burt Reynolds, in his television debut, played McGavin's partner and chief pilot Ben Frazer in 20 episodes, and was replaced by Noah Beery, Jr., who played Bill Blake, for Season Two.[2]

Dick Wessel, as chief stoker Carney Kohler, was cast in 41 episodes, Jack Lambert was cast in 23 episodes as first mate Joshua MacGregor (having played a different character, Tony Walchek, earlier in the series), John Mitchum co-starred in 10 episodes as Pickalong, the ship's cook, Michael McGreevey was cast in 17 episodes as cabin boy Chip Kessler, and William D. Gordon played first mate Joe Travis in 13 episodes before his character's death.[2]

Episodes

Season 1: 1959–60

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
11"Payment in Full"Douglas HeyesDouglas HeyesSeptember 13, 1959 (1959-09-13)
22"The Barrier"Richard BartlettTom SellerSeptember 20, 1959 (1959-09-20)
33"About Roger Mowbray"Felix E. FeistStory by : Gene L. Coon
Teleplay by : Hagar Wilde		September 27, 1959 (1959-09-27)
44"Race to Cincinnati"Jules BrickenStory by : Richard Morgan
Teleplay by : William Raynor		October 4, 1959 (1959-10-04)
55"The Unwilling"Richard BartlettNorman JolleyOctober 11, 1959 (1959-10-11)
66"The Fight Back"Jules BrickenStory by : Robert E. Thompson
Teleplay by : Mel Goldberg & Robert E. Thompson		October 18, 1959 (1959-10-18)
77"Escape to Memphis"John RichStory by : Richard B. Larkin
Teleplay by : Bob and Wanda Duncan		October 25, 1959 (1959-10-25)
88"Witness No Evil"Richard BartlettNorman JolleyNovember 1, 1959 (1959-11-01)
99"A Night at Trapper's Landing"Felix E. FeistHalsey MeloneNovember 8, 1959 (1959-11-08)
1010"The Faithless"Richard BartlettStory by : Kay Linaker & Richard Morgan & Howard Phillips
Teleplay by : Richard Morgan		November 22, 1959 (1959-11-22)
1111"The Boy from Pittsburgh"Frank ArrigoStory by : John Francis Larkin
Teleplay by : George Tibbles		November 29, 1959 (1959-11-29)
1212"Jessie Quinn"Jules BrickenTom SellerDecember 6, 1959 (1959-12-06)
1313"Strange Request"John RichClair HuffakerDecember 13, 1959 (1959-12-13)
1414"Guns for Empire"Herman HoffmanSamuel A. PeeplesDecember 20, 1959 (1959-12-20)
1515"The Face of Courage"William WitneyBob and Wanda DuncanDecember 27, 1959 (1959-12-27)
1616"Tampico Raid"Richard BartlettRichard MorganJanuary 3, 1960 (1960-01-03)
1717"Landlubbers"William WitneyTom SellerJanuary 10, 1960 (1960-01-10)
1818"The Blowup"Darren McGavinAl C. WardJanuary 18, 1960 (1960-01-18)
1919"Forbidden Island"Stanley LanfieldBob and Wanda DuncanJanuary 24, 1960 (1960-01-24)
2020"Salvage Pirates"Richard BartlettRichard MorganJanuary 31, 1960 (1960-01-31)
2121"Path of the Eagle"Jules BrickenHalsey MeloneFebruary 1, 1960 (1960-02-01)
2222"The Treasure of Hawk Hill"William WitneyBob and Wanda DuncanFebruary 8, 1960 (1960-02-08)
2323"Fight at New Canal"R.G. SpringsteenTom SellerFebruary 22, 1960 (1960-02-22)
2424"The Wichita Arrows"William WitneyBob and Wanda DuncanFebruary 29, 1960 (1960-02-29)
2525"Fort Epitaph"John BrahmRichard MorganMarch 7, 1960 (1960-03-07)
2626"Three Graves"William WitneyAl C. WardMarch 14, 1960 (1960-03-14)
2727"Hang the Men High"Hollingsworth MorseJerry AdelmanMarch 21, 1960 (1960-03-21)
2828"The Night of the Faceless Man"William WitneyBob and Wanda DuncanMarch 28, 1960 (1960-03-28)
2929"The Long Trail"Hollingsworth MorseOscar SaulApril 4, 1960 (1960-04-04)
3030"The Quick Noose"Hollingsworth MorseTom SellerApril 11, 1960 (1960-04-11)
3131"The Sellout"Richard BartlettStory by : R. Hamer Norris
Teleplay by : Ann Wesley		April 18, 1960 (1960-04-18)

Season 2: 1960–61

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleDirected byWritten byOriginal air date
321"End of a Dream"UnknownUnknownSeptember 19, 1960 (1960-09-19)
332"That Taylor Affair"UnknownUnknownSeptember 26, 1960 (1960-09-26)
343"The Two Faces of Grey Holden"UnknownUnknownOctober 3, 1960 (1960-10-03)
354"River Champion"UnknownUnknownOctober 10, 1960 (1960-10-10)
365"No Bridge on the River"UnknownUnknownOctober 24, 1960 (1960-10-24)
376"Trunk Full of Dreams"UnknownUnknownOctober 31, 1960 (1960-10-31)
387"The Water of Gorgeous Springs"UnknownUnknownNovember 7, 1960 (1960-11-07)
398"Devil in Skirts"UnknownUnknownNovember 21, 1960 (1960-11-21)
409"The Quota"UnknownUnknownNovember 28, 1960 (1960-11-28)
4110"Chicota Landing"UnknownUnknownDecember 5, 1960 (1960-12-05)
4211"Duel on the River"UnknownUnknownDecember 12, 1960 (1960-12-12)
4312"Zigzag"UnknownUnknownDecember 26, 1960 (1960-12-26)
4413"Listen to the Nightingale"UnknownUnknownJanuary 2, 1961 (1961-01-02)

Guest stars

Female guest stars

The series featured an array of leading ladies of that era as guest stars, including Mary Tyler Moore, cast as the "Brunette Girl in Coach", with Jeanne Carmen as Janine, the "Blonde Girl in Coach", in the 1959 episode, "A Night at Trapper's Landing". Moore played Lily Belle de Lesseps the next year in "Trunk Full of Dreams" (1960).[2]

Other female guest stars include:

Male guest stars

Many male guest stars also appeared on Riverboat. Ricardo Montalban portrayed United States Army Lt. Andre B. Devereaux in "A Night at Trapper's Landing" (November 8, 1959). In the story line, the Enterprise is commandeered by the military for a punitive expedition against the Indians after an attack on Devereaux and his men. Ben Frazer, however, tries to convince the Army that the uprising is really the result of a local Indian agent. The episode features Judson Pratt, as Sergeant Ned Bolger, Stacy Harris as Colonel Nicholson, and Raymond Bailey as General Jacoby, with other roles for character actors Morris Ankrum, R.G. Armstrong, and Peter Whitney.[3]

Other male guest stars include:

  • Eddie Albert, as Dan Simpson, with Russell Johnson as Darius, and John M. Pickard, from the Western series Boots and Saddles, uncredited as a river pirate, in "The Unwilling" (1959): In the story line, Dan Simpson attempts to open a general store despite a raid from pirates who stole $20,000 in merchandise. Debra Paget is cast as Lela Russell.[4]
  • Jack Albertson, as Sampson J. Binton, and DeForest Kelley as Alex Jeffords, in the series finale, "Listen to the Nightingale" (1961): Holden and Blake transport an opera singer (Jeanne Bal) and her musicians to New Orleans in exchange for a share of her concert receipts.[5]
  • Robert Bray, prior to Stagecoach West, as Tom Byson, with Beverly Garland as Dr. Nora James, in "Three Graves" (1960), the story of three mysterious recent graves in a river town[6]
  • Charles Bronson, as Crowley, with Ray Teal as Sheriff Clay, in "Zigzag" (1960): Bill Blake (Noah Beery Jr.) is at a doctor's office in a river town when he is abducted by three outlaws who think that Blake is the doctor. The outlaws then demand that Blake pretend to be the son of a dying old man so he can compel the man to reveal the location of a large amount of money in his possession. William Fawcett is cast as Pinty Walters, the owner of the cabin where the old man is living. Stella Stevens plays Pinty's daughter, Lisa.[7]
  • Edgar Buchanan, as Wingate Pritchard Pardee in "Duel on the River" (1960): Holden and his crew come between Brian Cloud (Robert Emhardt), a regional cotton baron, and a dissident grower, Beaudry Rawlings (Claude Akins), and Beaudry's ambitious wife, Laurie (Fay Spain), who is a cousin of Pardee's.[8] Akins also appeared as Jarret Sutton in "Escape to Memphis" (1959); Sutton pursues his former sister-in-law Laura Sutton (Jeanne Crain), a passenger on the Enterprise, who has killed her husband (his brother) in self-defense. Forrest Lewis appears in this episode as Mr. Chambers.[9]
  • Richard Carlson, as Paul Drake in "The Faithless" (1959): Drake is an escaped prisoner with medical training being transported on the Enterprise back to jail. Having lost his religious faith, Drake refuses to render medical assistance to a two-year-old girl stricken with a communicable disease that threatens the entire vessel. William Phipps and Jeanne Bates play the parents of the child. Bethel Leslie portrays Cathy Norris.[10]
  • Anthony Caruso, as the Cherokee Chief White Bull in "The Long Trail" (1960): A group of Indians is being transported on the Enterprise, rather than walking the Trail of Tears to their reservation in Indian Territory. Harry Lauter and Dennis Cross also appear in this episode.[11]
  • Richard Chamberlain, as Lt. Dave Winslow in "Chicota Landing" (1960): In the story line, Juan Cortilla, a Mexican bandit played by Joe De Santis, is stormed from jail. Lieutenant Winslow asks Holden to transport Cortilla and his men to a military garrison. Instead, Cortilla takes over the Enterprise and its gunpowder. Connie Hines portrays Lucy Bridges, and Ted de Corsia is cast as another bandit.[12]
  • Lloyd Corrigan, as John Jenkins, with Anne Baxter as Ellie Jenkins, in "A Race to Cincinnati" (1959): Three ruthless men try to prevent a peach farmer from getting his crop to market in Cincinnati: He will lose his valuable land if he cannot make the last payment to his creditors.[13]
  • Francis De Sales, as Ed Baker, with child actor Tom Nolan as Tommy Jones, a stowaway, in "The Boy from Pittsburgh" (1959): Series character Grey Holden transports a box of diamonds, not knowing that a pickpocket has taken the gems and switched the contents of the box. King Donovan is cast as Paddy Britt; Mona Freeman is Louise Rutherford, a beautiful young widow; Robert Emhardt is Jeb Carter.[14]
  • Dan Duryea, as Captain Brad Turner, in "The Wichita Arrows" (1960): Turner is in temporary command of the Enterprise while Grey Holden is recruiting new customers. Turner stops at a river town to collect fur pelts, but finds the proprietors of the establishment all dead with arrows in their backs.[15] In the following episode, "Fort Epitaph" (1960), Captain Turner takes a cargo of cannon to a fort on the Little Missouri River within hostile Sioux country. Turner soon finds that the once-peaceful Indians have been driven to rebellion by the tough commander of the fort, who commandeers the Enterprise and orders its crew to attack the Sioux.[16]
  • Buddy Ebsen, as Niles Cox, with Gregory Walcott as Salem Cox, in "The Water of Gorgeous Springs" (1960): Two hillbilly families, the Coxes and the Jenningses, are engaged in a murderous feud aboard the Enterprise on which they find themselves as unlikely traveling companions. Barry Atwater is cast as Gould Jennings, Joycelyn Brando is Charity Jennings, and Sherry Jackson is Inez Cox. Less than two years later, Buddy Ebsen rocketed to national stardom in the CBS sitcom, The Beverly Hillbillies. This episode aired the night before the 1960 presidential election.[17]
  • Gene Evans, as Sgt. Dan Phillips, James Griffith as Crpl. Sam Giler, Ron Hagerthy as Phelan, and Stuart Randall as General Winfield Scott in "The Quota" (1960): Sergeant Phillips shanghais Holden and a crew member to meet the Army's "quota" of new recruits.[18]
  • Paul Fix, known as Sheriff Micah Torrance on The Rifleman, as President Taylor in "That Taylor Affair" (1960), with Arlene Dahl as Lucy Belle[19]
  • Bruce Gordon, as Garnett in "Forbidden Island" (1960), the story of Cajun outlaws who inhabit a remote island[20]
  • Clu Gulager, prior to his role as Billy the Kid on NBC's The Tall Man, as Beau Chandler, and Kevin Hagen as John Hollister, in "Jessie Quinn" (1959), a tale of intrigue involving the Texas Revolution: Holden attempts to send weapons to Sam Houston, but forces of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in Mexico threaten to blow up the Enterprise to prevent the delivery. Mercedes McCambridge is cast in the title role of this episode.[21]
  • John Ireland, as Chris Slade, and Karl Swenson as Ansel Torgin, in "The Fight Back" (1959): Young Tom Fowler (Tom Laughlin) has made himself the boss of Hampton, a corrupt river town near Vicksburg. Fowler blocks farmers from shipping their crops to market. In a dispute over a wedding held on the Enterprise, a lynch mob led by Fowler comes after Holden.[22]
  • Douglas Kennedy, as McLeigh in "The Night of the Faceless Men" (1960): Broadcaster Hugh Downs portrays Dan Flynn; Frank Ferguson is cast as Roger. In the story line, while he is seeking to purchase wood, Holden encounters a river town in the clutches of hooded racketeers.[23]
  • George Kennedy, as Gunner Slagle, with Slim Pickens as Porter Slagle; Dennis O'Keefe as boxing promoter Dan Muldoon, and Norma Crane as Sarah Prentice, in "River Champion" (1960), a story about a prize fight aboard the Enterprise[24]
  • Sandy Kenyon, as lawyer Abraham Lincoln, with Tyler McVey as a judge and Denver Pyle as Jim Bledsoe, in "No Bridge on the River" (1960): Holden sues the railroad when the Enterprises on a dark and stormy night strikes a rail bridge atop the Mississippi River; Lincoln is the attorney representing the railroad.[25]
  • Dayton Lummis, as Gideon Templeton in "Path of the Eagle" (1960); a group of wealthy travelers hire Grey Holden to transport them to Independence, Missouri, where they will join a wagon train to the West. One of their party, however, conspires with river pirates to hijack the Enterprise and rob the passengers. Dianne Foster appears as Marian Templeton, with Myron Healey as Steven Barrows.[26]
  • Raymond Massey, prior to the television series Dr. Kildare, as Sir Oliver Garnett in "Trunk Full of Dreams" (1960): The Enterprise becomes a floating theater when a group of actors comes on board. Bethel Leslie is cast as Juliet, Willard Waterman is de Lesseps, Mary Tyler Moore is Lily Belle, and Robert Foulk is Captain Smiley.[27]
  • Doug McClure, prior to The Virginian, as Corporal Jenkins in "The Face of Courage" (1959): Amid the threat of Sioux attack, the Enterprise is commandered by Sergeant Major Carmody (Paul Birch) while it is delivering military cargo to an Army outpost on the Missouri River. Joanna Moore appears in this episode as Kitty McGuire.[28]
  • Stephen McNally as Jeb Randall, with Stuart Randall as Harry, in "Hang the Men High" (1960): Based on the word of a dying man, two passengers are seized from the Enterprise and tried before a kangaroo court. Walter Sande is cast as Tom Feller and Karen Steele is Sue Parker.[29]
  • Read Morgan, as Clint Casey in "The Barrier" (1959): Passengers included a young man on assignment to become an Indian agent in the West and the miscreant who tries to bribe the agent to allow liquor sales on the reservation. William Bendix is cast as Vance Muldoon, and Elizabeth Montgomery is Mrs. Abigai Carruthers.[30]
  • Ed Nelson, prior to Peyton Place, as Tim Tyler in "The Quick Noose" (1960): Enterprise crew member Carney Kohler could hang for the fatal stabbing of the son of Judge Wingate. The murderer used Kohler's knife to carry out the crime. Willis Bouchey plays the judge.[31]
  • Vincent Price, as Otto Justin in "Witness No Evil" (1959): Justin is transporting exotic animals on the Enterprise, from Natchez, Mississippi, for use in a traveling circus headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. One of the animals, Koko the Ape, can steal passengers' valuables from their rooms and then flee at will.[32]
  • Cliff Robertson, as Martinus Van Der Brig, with Robert J. Wilke as Red Dog Hanlon, in "End of a Dream" (1960): Con man Van Der Brig persuades Holden to transport a group of pioneers to "Rolling Stone", a tract of land which he recently purchased, but cannot match the expectations of the settlers.[33]
  • Lee Van Cleef, as Luke Cragg in "Strange Request" (1959): Jan Sterling as actress Lorna Langton charters the Enterprise for a trip to an abandoned trading post, where she retrieves a boy being held by river pirates who claim that he had been rescued from Indians. Lawrence Dobkin is cast as David Fields; Rhys Williams, as Josiah Cragg.[34]
  • Robert Vaughn, as the lead in "About Roger Mowbray" (1959): Cassie Baird (Madlyn Rhue), a former girlfriend of Roger Mowbray's, tells Mrs. Jeanette Mowbray (Vera Miles) that Roger married her for her money. Roger learns that his father is also undermining his marriage. John Hoyt is cast as Antoine Rigaud.[35]
  • Will Wright, curmudgeonly character actor, as J.C. Sickel, with Aldo Ray as Hunk Farber, John Larch as Touhy, and Barbara Bel Geddes as Missy, in "Payment in Full" (1959): Farber betrays his friend and employer to collect reward money, which he uses to court his girlfriend, Missy.[36]

Production

NBC hoped the series would defeat Maverick, a Western series which star James Garner would leave for a major theatrical film career a season later and be replaced by Roger Moore. Riverboat was described as "Wagon Train on water." Darren McGavin was known from playing Mickey Spillane and Burt Reynolds was cast for romantic interest.[37]

"We've spent a lot of money and put a lot of time into making it a quality show," said McGavin.[38]

Home media

On October 30, 2007, Timeless Media Group released a three-disc best-of set featuring 15 episodes from the series.[39]

On May 15, 2012, Timeless Media Group released Riverboat- The Complete Series on DVD in Region 1.[40]

Reception

Critical

The New York Times called the pilot "labored and dull".[41]

The Los Angeles Times said it was "produced with the slick vacuity of a B movie with pleasantly inconsequential stories and an utter disregard for the color and background that the Riverboat called for."[42]

Ratings

The premiere episode rated 11.9 against Maverick's 22.9 and a rerun of That's My Boy with 7.5.[43]

In January 1960, the series was shifted from Sunday nights to Monday.

References

  1. ^ Riverboat : The Evolution of a Television Series, 1959-1961 by S.L. Kotar and J.E. Gessler
  2. ^ a b c "Full Cast and Crew for Riverboat". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  3. ^ ""A Night at Trapper's Landing", November 8, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 8 November 1959. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  4. ^ ""The Unwilling", October 11, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 11 October 1959. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  5. ^ ""Listen to the Nightingale", January 2, 1961". Internet Movie Database. 2 January 1961. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  6. ^ ""Three Graves", March 14, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 14 March 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  7. ^ ""Zigzag", next-to-the last episode, December 26, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 26 December 1960. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  8. ^ ""Duel on the River", December 12, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 12 December 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  9. ^ "Escape to Memphis". Internet Movie Database. 25 October 1959. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  10. ^ ""The Faithless", November 22, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 22 November 1959. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  11. ^ ""The Long Trail", April 4, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 4 April 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  12. ^ ""Chicota Landing", December 5, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 5 December 1960. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  13. ^ ""A Race to Cincinnati", October 4, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 4 October 1959. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  14. ^ ""The Boy from Pittsburgh", November 29, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 29 November 1959. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  15. ^ ""The Wichita Arrows", February 29, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 29 February 1960. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  16. ^ "Fort Epitaph", March 7, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 7 March 1960. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  17. ^ ""The Water of Gorgeous Springs", November 7, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 7 November 1960. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  18. ^ ""The Quota", November 28, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 28 November 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  19. ^ ""That Taylor Affair", September 26, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 26 September 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  20. ^ ""Forbidden Island", January 24, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 24 January 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  21. ^ ""Jessie Quinn", December 6, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 6 December 1959. Retrieved February 22, 2013.
  22. ^ ""The Fight Back", October 18, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 18 October 1959. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  23. ^ ""Night of the Faceless Men", March 28, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 28 March 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  24. ^ ""River Champion", October 10, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 10 October 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  25. ^ ""No Bridge on the River" (1960)". Internet Movie Database. 24 October 1960. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  26. ^ ""Path of the Eagle", February 1, 1960". Internet Movie Database. February 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  27. ^ ""Trunk Full of Dreams", October 31, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 31 October 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  28. ^ ""The Face of Courage", December 27, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 27 December 1959. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  29. ^ ""Hang the Men High", March 21, 2013". Internet Movie Database. 21 March 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  30. ^ ""The Barrier", September 20, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 20 September 1959. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  31. ^ ""The Quick Noose", April 11, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 11 April 1960. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  32. ^ ""Witness No Evil", Riverboat, November 1, 1959". Internet Movie Database. November 1959. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  33. ^ ""End of a Dream", September 19, 1960". Internet Movie Database. 19 September 1960. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  34. ^ ""Strange Request", December 13, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 13 December 1959. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  35. ^ ""About Roger Mowbray", September 27, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 27 September 1959. Retrieved February 20, 2013.
  36. ^ ""Payment in Full", September 13, 1959". Internet Movie Database. 13 September 1959. Retrieved February 21, 2013.
  37. ^ Riverboat Set to Sink Maverick Wolters, Larry. Chicago Daily Tribune 20 Aug 1959: c10.
  38. ^ 'Riverboat' Owner Calm On Series Debut Sunday By Lawrence Laurent. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 11 Sep 1959: C8.
  39. ^ "Riverboat". Amazon.
  40. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-02-17. Retrieved 2012-02-15.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  41. ^ N. B. C. Offers Saturday Night Series Starring Henry Fonda in Western By JACK GOULD. New York Times 14 Sep 1959: 59.
  42. ^ THE TV SCENE---: Wagon Trains on Land, Sea and Air STRAWS IN THE TRADE WINDS: SMITH, YCECIL. Los Angeles Times 13 Jan 1960: A8.
  43. ^ 'Riverboat' Bucks Tide On Its Maiden Voyage By Lawrence Laurent. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 15 Sep 1959: A22.

Further reading

Riverboat: The Evolution of a Television Series, by S. L. Kotar and J. E. Gessler. 2010. Albany, BearManor Media. ISBN 978-1-59393-505-4.

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