The Beachcomber
1962 · 1 season · 39 episodes · Ended
Drama
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The Beachcomber was an ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 half-hour episodes in 1962. Narrated by Cameron Mitchell, the series followed a rich executive who retired from the rat-race to become a beachcomber on a small South Pacific island.
Episodes
- S01E01The Brooch1962-02-2030m
Lackland's nearly broke---and facing deportation. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Crippen: Sebastian Cabot. Mika: Rosael Lopez. Ah Ling: Benson Fong. Loeuwan: Wilton Graff. Mrs. Loeuwan: Dolores Donlong. Saluku: Frank Puglia.
- S01E02The Shark Affair1962-02-2730m
- S01E03Pat Hand1962-03-0630m
Lackland's evening at the Icehouse Bar is interrupted by a poker player itching for action. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Taffy: Laya Raki. Dibley: Dub Taylor.
- S01E04The Hijackers1962-03-1330m
Trader Peter Noord suspects his son has joined a band of pirates---who are hijacking his ships. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Carl: Wynn Pearce. Malola: Allen Jaffe. Sim: Al Ruscio. Lah-Ring: Arthur Batanides. Chris: Jim Ricketts. Kollea: Santy Josol.
- S01E05Forbidden Island1962-03-2030m
Searching for a missing aviatrix, Lackland and a newspaperman meet hostile islanders. Davis: Warren Arnett. Borlund: Robert Cannon. Constance: Mary Sullivan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
- S01E06The Chase1962-03-2730m
- S01E07Captain Huckabee's Beard1962-04-0330m
Customs officers have a suspicion that a new arrival is a wanted thief. Howland: Hugh Sanders. Beth: Lisa Gaye. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell.
- S01E08The Taming of Andrew1962-04-1030m
- S01E09Death Do Us Part1962-04-1730m
Success has eluded artist Patrick Wrightwood and now his wild fits of temper are threatening his marriage. Peggy: Grace Raynor. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Butcher: Don Haggerty. Captain: Bob Cannon. Policeman: Art Spector.
- S01E10The Larcenous Lover1962-04-2430m
- S01E11Girl in Hiding1962-05-0130m
- S01E12Honor Bound1962-05-0830m
- S01E13Tambu1962-05-1530m
- S01E14The Black Pearl1962-05-2230m
- S01E15Charlie Six Kids1962-05-2930m
- S01E16Empty Village1962-06-0530m
- S01E17The Floating Fortune1962-06-1230m
- S01E18Honest Larceny1962-06-1930m
- S01E19Neilani1962-06-2630m
- S01E20Mr. Winters1962-07-0330m
- S01E21Rongorongo Man1962-07-1030m
Hidden treasure is the lure when Maeva Ormsby and Carl Bensinger come to Amura in search of a Rongorongo man. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Maeva: Rhea Vernon. Bensinger: Charles Martin. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Kollea: Santy Josol. Hatura: Francis McDonald. Alfy: Bill Hess.
- S01E22The Day of the Whale1962-07-1730m
- S01E23The Fugitive1962-07-2430m
The day after a GI is married to a Polynesian girl, he's found murdered. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tahia: Mary Stevens. Ross: Raymond Guth. Womack: Don O'Kelly. Kahiuti: Allen Jung. Lovaina: Anita Sands. Weldan: Warren Arnett.
- S01E24The Mask of Talugi1962-07-3130m
- S01E25Home to Roost1962-08-0730m
Huckabee wagers Lackland's ketch---and loses. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Boyle: Hal Baylor. Diaz: Johnny Golden.
- S01E26Devil in Paradise1962-08-1430m
Lackland takes a wounded youth to the island surgeon---then discovers the medic lost a hand during the war. Duval: John Vivyan. Martone: Michael Constantine. Taki: Mark Randall. Tara: Jill Chen. Mana: Alice Pruitt.
- S01E27The Reward1962-08-2130m
Huckabee joins a police search for a murder suspect. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Dominguez: Frank Silvera. Selas: Michael Pate.
- S01E28Tribal Law1962-08-2830m
The chief's brother has appendicitis---but it's a taboo to cut a man with a knife. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Wahilla: Gordon Kee. Mahkei: Arthur Batanides. Sartal: Allen Jaffe. Kahlana: Dana Ivey.
- S01E29Flight to Freedom1962-09-0430m
Lackland tries to help a sailor from behind the Iron Curtain who has jumped ship. Guben: Grant Lockwood. Krasny: Cesar Romero. Ilana: Frances Fong. Slovenz: Larry Chance. Garvey: Terence de Marney. Kollea: Santy Josol.
- S01E30Long Live the Sultan1962-09-1130m
- S01E31The Prodigal Pretender1962-09-1830m
- S01E32The Spaniard1962-09-2530m
Joaquin Perez claims his daughter has been kidnapped and asks Lackland to find her. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Gabrielle: Anita Sands. Riola: Happy Ison. Amkers: Grant Lockwood.
- S01E33Man with a Guitar1962-10-0230m
- S01E34The Ransom1962-10-0930m
Huckabee's boasts of wealth incite a stranger to seek easy money. Varda: Frank Silvera. Huckabee: Don Megowan. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Tanya: Lisa Gaye. Jagat: Earl Parker. Constable: Joe Budd.
- S01E35The Search for Robert Herrick1962-10-1630m
- S01E36The Two-Sided Triangle1962-10-2330m
Knute Erickson's convinced Maria Mitsui is a fortune hunter and plots to expose her. Erickson: Walter Brooke. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Huckabee: Don Megowan. McBride: Alan Hale.
- S01E37A Rooster Named Red1962-10-3030m
A man leaves his daughter in the care of Huckabee, who wastes no time in turning the responsibility over to Lackland. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Lily: Marianna Hill. Dinty: Hal Baylor.
- S01E38Roll of Thunder1962-11-0630m
Lackland helps the police search for dynamite peddlers. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Brink: Russ Bender. Tate: Wade Jones. Huckabee: Don Megowan.
- S01E39Paradise Lost1962-11-1330m
A missionary's daughter falls in love with an amnesic, but her father questions the man's past. Jimmy: Carleton Carpenter. Liane: Anne Helm. Lackland: Cameron Mitchell. Snow: George Mitchell. Native: Lou English.
Cast
Sebastian CabotCommissioner Andrew Crippen
Cameron MitchellJohn Lackland / Narrator
Don MegowanCaptain Huckabee
Don HaggertyWharton, Frank Butcher
Robert J. WilkeBill Winters, Jason Despol
Arthur BatanidesLah-Ring, Mahkei
Cesar RomeroJaoquin Perez, Krasny
Raymond GuthDoane Joyner, Ross
Frank SilveraAnton Varda, Juan Dominguez
Hal BaylorMike Boyle, Morgan
Anne HelmDiane Carter, Laine
Terence de MarneyCarstairs