Captain David Grief

Seasons

1957

5.8

Captain Grief was a South Sea Trader and his adventures aboard his boat, "The Rattler," were based on stories by adventure writer Jack London.

Episode List

S1 • E1

Unaired Pilot

S1 • E1

A Son of the Sun

A thieving trader stiffs an elderly islander and throws him off his boat. Captain Grief buys the thief's debt from the old man and sets off in pursuit of the scoundrel.

S1 • E2

Swithin Hall

A chance discovery helps Captain David Grief uncover a murder.

S1 • E3

The Canvas Treasures of Kierke Isle

S1 • E4

Quarantine

S1 • E5

The Affair at Les Trois Magots

S1 • E6

Paradise and Mrs. Forsythe

S1 • E7

Feathers in the Sun

A crook introduces homemade paper money on a Pacific island. According to local custom, fraudsters shall be spanked with a "particularly dead pig," but the island king sticks to his, mhm, Finance Minister.

S1 • E8

Pangburn's Pride

S1 • E9

The Devils of Fuatino

While most of the crew is ashore, escaped convicts commandeer The Rattler and hold one of Captain Grief's men captive. The only thing preventing the ship from sailing out of the harbor is a pair of ancient, but serviceable, cannon.

S1 • E10

Idols of Rapa-Nui

Captain Grief and the Rattler arrive at the port of Rapa-Nui only to find it has been taken over by smugglers. The smugglers have taken the governor and his daughter hostage and they quickly do the same with Grief and his crew.

S1 • E11

Judson's Secret

S1 • E12

King of the Sea

S1 • E13

Distress Signal

The captain has good news for Madame Gideaux, stones found at her island plantation are uncut gems, and she can make a fortune, but a murderous bunch of thieves have taken over the estate, holding her and her daughter hostage, and fire on grief and his men as they approach.