
Riverboat
1959–1961 · NBC · 60 min · 2 seasons
S02E13 · Listen to the Nightingale
Tue, 3 Jan, 3:00 am
A troupe of performers hire the Enterprise to transport them. However, when the manager can't pay, Grey agrees anyway since he believes their lead singer, Julie Lang, will make him enough money. However, when an unknown thief takes Julie's expensive necklace, she refuses to sing until it's recovered.
About
In this series set prior to the Civil War, Grey Holden is the owner of a riverboat named Enterprise. He runs cargo up and down the Mississippi with the help of pilot Ben Frazer. After Ben left, Grey took on a partner, Bill Blake.
Episodes
- E01
End of a Dream
Tue, 20 Sept· 60 min - E02
That Taylor Affair
Tue, 27 Sept· 60 minArlene Dahl guest-stars, Noah Beery debuts as continuing co-star and Darren McGavin resumes his starring role as "Riverboat". A fact-based adventure on the shanghaiing of President Zachary Taylor. Capt. Grey Holden (McGavin) risks the wrath of President Taylor by deciding the only way he can make his sternwheeler enterprise the talk of the river is to shanghai the nation's chief executive. Holden gets help in his bold plan from both the beautiful Lucy Belle (Miss Dahl) and the shrewd Bill Blake (Beery). Blake helps by putting up the money needed to take the sheriff's padlock off the boat after the captain had lost it in a card game. In return Blake gets a half interest in the vessel plus the job of pilot.
- E03
The Two Faces of Grey Holden
Tue, 4 Oct· 60 min - E04
River Champion
Tue, 11 Oct· 60 min - E05
No Bridge on the River
Tue, 25 Oct· 60 min - E06
Trunk Full of Dreams
Tue, 1 Nov· 60 min - E07
The Water of Gorgeous Springs
Tue, 8 Nov· 60 min - E08
Devil in Skirts
Tue, 22 Nov· 60 minDebra Paget and Eddie Albert guest star in this story of a beautiful young dancing girl who is forced by circumstance to betray the only man she has ever loved.
- E09
The Quota
Tue, 29 Nov· 60 min - E10
Chicota Landing
Tue, 6 Dec· 60 min - E11
Duel on the River
Tue, 13 Dec· 60 min - E12
Zigzag
Tue, 27 Dec· 60 min - E13
Listen to the Nightingale
Tue, 3 Jan· 60 minA troupe of performers hire the Enterprise to transport them. However, when the manager can't pay, Grey agrees anyway since he believes their lead singer, Julie Lang, will make him enough money. However, when an unknown thief takes Julie's expensive necklace, she refuses to sing until it's recovered.
Cast

Darren McGavin
Grey Holden

Noah Beery, Jr.
Bill Blake

Burt Reynolds
Ben Frazer

Dick Wessel
Carney

Jack Lambert
Joshua
