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Riverboat

  • TV Series
  • 1959–19611959–1961
  • 1h
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
197
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POPULARITY
12,378
1,147
Riverboat (1959)
AdventureWestern
Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth centu... Read allGrey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.Grey Holden wins a river boat in a poker game, which he then pilots, along with his crew, in various adventures along the Mississippi River. This action series is set in the nineteenth century.
IMDb RATING
7.6/10
197
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
12,378
1,147
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    • Stars
      • Darren McGavin
      • Dick Wessel
      • Jack Lambert
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    • Stars
      • Darren McGavin
      • Dick Wessel
      • Jack Lambert
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    • 15User reviews
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    Darren McGavin
    Darren McGavin
    • Captain Grey Holden…
    42 episodes42 eps • 1959–1961
    Dick Wessel
    Dick Wessel
    • Carney Kohler
    41 episodes41 eps • 1959–1961
    Jack Lambert
    Jack Lambert
    • Joshua Walcek…
    23 episodes23 eps • 1959–1960
    Burt Reynolds
    Burt Reynolds
    • Ben Frazer
    20 episodes20 eps • 1959–1960
    Michael McGreevey
    Michael McGreevey
    • Chip Kessler
    17 episodes17 eps • 1959–1960
    William D. Gordon
    William D. Gordon
    • Joe Travis
    14 episodes14 eps • 1959
    Noah Beery Jr.
    Noah Beery Jr.
    • Bill Blake
    13 episodes13 eps • 1960–1961
    John Mitchum
    John Mitchum
    • Pickalong…
    11 episodes11 eps • 1959–1960
    Bart Patton
    • Terry Blake
    6 episodes6 eps • 1960
    Stuart Randall
    Stuart Randall
    • Chief Running Bear…
    3 episodes3 eps • 1960
    Dan Duryea
    Dan Duryea
    • Captain Brad Turner
    2 episodes2 eps • 1960
    Gloria Talbott
    Gloria Talbott
    • Lucinda Jennings…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1960
    Claude Akins
    Claude Akins
    • Beaudry Rawlins…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1959–1960
    Bethel Leslie
    Bethel Leslie
    • Cathy Norris…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1959–1960
    Robert Emhardt
    Robert Emhardt
    • Brian Cloud…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1959–1960
    Jocelyn Brando
    Jocelyn Brando
    • Charity Jennings…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1960
    Patricia Michon
    Patricia Michon
    • Caroline Duprez…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1960
    Robert J. Wilke
    Robert J. Wilke
    • Bolesy…
    2 episodes2 eps • 1960
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    • Trivia
      Captain Grey Holden's (Darren McGavin) riverboat was named "Enterprise".
    • Goofs
      Despite taking place in the Antebellum South, there were no African Americans on the show.
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      Featured in I Am Burt Reynolds (2020)

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    6/10
    A Contentious Series
    Riverboat was a television that never quite developed it's audience. My guess is that the reports of the fighting on set which I well remember got more attention than the show itself.

    Darren McGavin who had a few film credits, most notably The Man With The Golden Arm and a half hour version of Mike Hammer that ran in the middle fifties was the captain of the Riverboat Enterprise and star of the show. Who could possibly have known what an illustrious history that name for vessels would have?

    His co-star was young Burt Reynolds in what was to have been his first big break. Like John Wayne in The Big Trail which was supposed to make him a big star, it flopped and Reynolds would have to wait a few more years for stardom.

    The main thing was how the two of them didn't get along, McGavin and Reynolds. If we had tabloid TV back in those days, McGavin and Reynolds would have been feature stories. Maybe one day Burt Reynolds will tell us the reason, we certainly can't hear it any more from McGavin.

    John Mitchum's rollicking memoir, Them Ornery Mitchum Boys, does devote a bit of space to Riverboat. Bob's younger brother was a series regular and he does say that the cast generally sided with Reynolds, feeling that McGavin was the heavy here. He also said that everyone else also felt that Reynolds was a star in the making.

    It wasn't a bad series, but it will be more known for the offstage battling than anything else.
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    • May 28, 2008

    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 13, 1959 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Aventureros del Misisipi
    • Filming locations
      • Backlot, Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Meladare Company
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    • Runtime
      1 hour
    • Color
      • Black and White
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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