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The Worst Episodes of Riverboat

Every episode of Riverboat ranked from worst to best. Explore the Worst Episodes of Riverboat!

Riverboat is a 44-episode western television series starring Darren McGavin and Burt Reynolds broadcast on the NBC television network from September 13, 1959 until January...
Genre:Western
Network:NBC

Worst Episodes Summary

"Hang the Men High" is the worst rated episode of "Riverboat". It scored N/A/10 based on 0 votes. Directed by Hollingsworth Morse and written by N/A, it aired on 3/21/1960. This episode scored NaN points lower than the second lowest rated, "The Night of the Faceless Man".

  • Hang the Men High
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    #1 - Hang the Men High

    Season 1 Episode 27 - Aired 3/21/1960

    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.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • The Night of the Faceless Man
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    #2 - The Night of the Faceless Man

    Season 1 Episode 28 - Aired 3/28/1960

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

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • The Long Trail
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    #3 - The Long Trail

    Season 1 Episode 29 - Aired 4/4/1960

    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.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • That Taylor Affair
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    #4 - That Taylor Affair

    Season 2 Episode 2 - Aired 9/26/1960

    Milton Frome, Holden and Blake have an idea for making the Enterprise famous by shanghaiing President Zachary Taylor. They get some help from a girl named Lucy Belle.

    Director: Allen H. Miner

    Writer: N/A

  • River Champion
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    #5 - River Champion

    Season 2 Episode 4 - Aired 10/10/1960

    Gentleman Dan Muldoon is backing Dublin Boy against Gunner Stagle for the bare-knuckle championship of the river. Before the fight, Dublin Boy proves to have a glass jaw, when flattened by Grey, thus forcing the captain to take his place in the ring. Grey triumphs and becomes ""river champion.""

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • No Bridge on the River
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    #6 - No Bridge on the River

    Season 2 Episode 5 - Aired 10/24/1960

    There was no bridge on the river to Captain Holden's knowledge, but someone has constructed a railroad trestle over the water. When the Enterprise runs into its pilings, Holden sues for damages, finding himself in court against a young lawyer named Abraham Lincoln.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Water of Gorgeous Springs
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    #7 - The Water of Gorgeous Springs

    Season 2 Episode 7 - Aired 11/7/1960

    The feuding families of Jennings and Cox are going to a fair, and Holden unwittingly books both families on the Enterprise. Now Grey has to act as peacemaker or have the riverboat wrecked by gunfire.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Quota
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    #8 - The Quota

    Season 2 Episode 9 - Aired 11/28/1960

    Army Sgt. Dan Phillips is trying to recruit new members for his platoon. Using a convincing argument - a hit on the head - he has filled all but two spots in his quota. And he has eyes on Phelan, one of Grey's crewmen, for one of those spots.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Duel on the River
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    #9 - Duel on the River

    Season 2 Episode 11 - Aired 12/12/1960

    Brian Cloud monopolizes all the cotton crop in the area, and Laurie Rawlings, the wife of a cotton planter, doesn't like being under Cloud's thumb.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Devil in Skirts
    5.3/1012 votes
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    #10 - Devil in Skirts

    Season 2 Episode 8 - Aired 11/21/1960

    If Grey will lure a belle named Lucinda away from Colonel Ashley's son Tony, the colonel will provide a profitable cotton cargo for the Enterprise. Unfortunately, Lucinda overhears the proposition.

    Director: David Lowell Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Listen to the Nightingale
    5.5/1010 votes
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    #11 - Listen to the Nightingale

    Season 2 Episode 13 - Aired 1/2/1961

    Norwegian songbird Julie Lang wants to take her troupe to New Orleans for an engagement, but she has no money. Grey finally agrees to take the troupe aboard the Enterprise, for an IOU against their New Orleans receipts. Along the way, a future crewman of another famous ship called Enterprise, steals her jewelry.

    Director: Sidney Lanfield

    Writer: N/A

  • End of a Dream
    6.0/107 votes
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    #12 - End of a Dream

    Season 2 Episode 1 - Aired 9/19/1960

    Fast talking Martinus Van der Brig persuades Holden and Bill Blake, the riverboat's new pilot, to transport a group of pioneers to some new territory, recently purchased from Mr. Van der Brig.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • The Blowup
    6.3/1012 votes
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    #13 - The Blowup

    Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 1/18/1960

    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.

    Director: Darren McGavin

    Writer: N/A

  • Escape to Memphis
    6.4/1022 votes
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    #14 - Escape to Memphis

    Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 10/25/1959

    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.

    Director: John Rich

    Writer: N/A

  • Path of the Eagle
    6.7/1012 votes
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    #15 - Path of the Eagle

    Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 2/1/1960

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

    Director: Jules Munshin

    Writer: N/A

  • The Quick Noose
    6.7/1012 votes
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    #16 - The Quick Noose

    Season 1 Episode 30 - Aired 4/11/1960

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

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Tampico Raid
    6.8/1011 votes
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    #17 - Tampico Raid

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 1/3/1960

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A

  • Trunk Full of Dreams
    6.8/1010 votes
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    #18 - Trunk Full of Dreams

    Season 2 Episode 6 - Aired 10/31/1960

    Sir Oliver Garnett and Juliet, his young companion, are shipwrecked actors. Captain Holden fishes them out of the river and books them as entertainers aboard the Enterprise.

    Director: Hollingsworth Morse

    Writer: N/A

  • Fight At New Canal
    6.9/1011 votes
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    #19 - Fight At New Canal

    Season 1 Episode 23 - Aired 2/22/1960

    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.

    Director: R.G. Springsteen

    Writer: N/A

  • Forbidden Island
    7.0/108 votes
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    #20 - Forbidden Island

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 1/24/1960

    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.

    Director: Sidney Lanfield

    Writer: N/A

  • The Treasure of Hawk Hill
    7.0/107 votes
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    #21 - The Treasure of Hawk Hill

    Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 2/8/1960

    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.

    Director: William Witney

    Writer: N/A

  • Payment In Full
    7.1/1026 votes
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    #22 - Payment In Full

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/13/1959

    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.

    Director: Douglas Heyes

    Writer: Douglas Heyes

  • The Boy From Pittsburgh
    7.1/1019 votes
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    #23 - The Boy From Pittsburgh

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 11/29/1959

    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.

    Director: N/A

    Writer: George Tibbles

  • A Night At Trapper's Landing
    7.2/1019 votes
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    #24 - A Night At Trapper's Landing

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/8/1959

    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.

    Director: Felix E. Feist

    Writer: N/A

  • The Two Faces of Grey Holden
    7.2/1012 votes
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    #25 - The Two Faces of Grey Holden

    Season 2 Episode 3 - Aired 10/3/1960

    To Captain Holden, his romance with Marie Tourette was just a pleasant interlude, until he discovers she is passing him off as her fiancé. While her family is in on the deception, they expect Grey to follow through and marry

    Director: N/A

    Writer: N/A