Synopsis
A riverboat owner (Darren McGavin) and his crew, including Burt Reynolds and William D. Gordon, have adventures along the Mississippi in the 19th century. In this first episode, a man books passage after betraying a friend for reward money. Written and directed by Douglas Heyes; guest stars include Aldo Ray, Barbara Bel Geddes and Louis Hayward. A colorized copy.
Synopsis, reviewed
Details
- Running time
- 50 minutes
- Language
- English
- Collection
- 1950s Classic TV, Classic TV
Subjects on the Internet Archive
- TV episode
- colorized
- historical
Reviews on the Internet Archive
★ · Why? · Shadows_Girl · 2023-05-24
Why is there always some jackass who feels the need to colorize television shows and films? In 1959 if they had WANTED to shoot Riverboat in color they could have. Northwest Passage starring Keith Larsen was airing in color that same year. So was Bonanza. Keep your filthy recidivist mitts off the classics. This was a five-star show but gets one star for the colorization.
Correction · George Fergus · 2023-05-25
To correct some nonsense posted by an earlier reviewer, almost all TV shows of this era were in black & white because it was unjustifiably difficult and expensive to work with color film. Only a few shows had producers forward-looking enough to anticipate the future value of a color product. Many TV shows switched from black & white to color when it became economically sustainable: The Man from UNCLE and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea switched to color in 1965. Gunsmoke and The Wild Wild West didn't switch to color until 1966.