Adventures in Paradise (TV series)
{{Short description|1959 American television series}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox television
| image = Gardner McKay Susan Oliver Guy Stockwell Adventures in Paradise 1961.JPG
| caption = Gardner McKay, guest star Susan Oliver, and Guy Stockwell (1961)
| alt_name = James A. Michener's Adventures in Paradise
| genre = Adventure fiction
| creator = James Michener
| developer =
| writer =
| director =
| creative_director =
| presenter =
| starring = {{Plainlist|
- Gardner McKay
- Weaver Levy
- George Tobias
- James Holden
- Guy Stockwell
- Lani Kai
}}
| judges =
| voices =
| narrator =
| theme_music_composer = Lionel Newman
| open_theme =
| end_theme =
| composer = Max Steiner
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 3
| num_episodes = 91
| list_episodes =
| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|
}}
| producer = {{Plainlist|
- Richard Goldstone
- William Froug
- Gene Levitt
- Art Wallace
}}
| location =
| cinematography = Lloyd Ahern
| editor =
| camera =
| runtime = 60 minutes
| company = {{Plainlist|
- 20th Century-Fox Television
- Martin Manulis Productions, Inc.
- Marjay Productions, Inc.
}}
| network = ABC
| first_aired = {{Start date|1959|10|05}}
| last_aired = {{End date|1962|04|01}}
}}
Adventures in Paradise is an American one-hour television series created by James Michener and starring Gardner McKay, which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962.
Premise
Gardner McKay starred as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. The plots deal with the romantic and detective adventures of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, featured George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.{{cite web |last=Sullivan |first=John |title=Gardner McKay, 69, TV Heartthrob Who Turned to Writing |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/24/arts/gardner-mckay-69-tv-heartthrob-who-turned-to-writing.html |work=The New York Times |access-date=December 31, 2013}}{{cite web |title=Adventures in Paradise – The Television Series [Author-Signed Edition] (Revised Edition) |url=http://www.oldies.com/product-view/BK2437.html |publisher=oldies.com |access-date=December 31, 2013}}{{cite web |title=OVERVIEW [A] {{!}} TELEVISION HEAVEN SHORT REVIEWS |url=http://www.televisionheaven.co.uk/overview.htm#paradise |publisher=televisionheaven.co.uk |access-date=December 31, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130808192040/http://televisionheaven.co.uk/overview.htm#paradise |archive-date=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead }} Jacques Tourneur directed the 1962 episode "A Bride for the Captain".
Cast
=Main=
- Gardner McKay as Captain Adam Troy
- James Holden as Clay Baker (seasons 2–3)
- Guy Stockwell as Chris Parker (season 3)
=Recurring=
File:Linda Lawson as Renee Adventures in Paradise 1959.JPG as Renee]]
- Weaver Levy as Oliver Lee (season 1)
- Henry Slate as Bulldog Lovey{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tcr6UMkvVPwC&pg=PT34|title=The Definitive Andy Griffith Show Reference: Episode-by-Episode, with Cast and Production Biographies and a Guide to Collectibles|page=34|first1=Dale|last1=Robinson|first2=David|last2=Fernandes|publisher=McFarland|date=August 24, 2012|isbn=9781476601878|via=Google Books}} (season 1)
- Linda Lawson as Renee (seasons 1–2)
- George Tobias as Trader Penrose (season 2)
- Lani Kai as Kelly (seasons 2–3)
- Marcel Hillaire as Inspector Bouchard (seasons 2–3)
- Sondi Sodsai as Sondi (seasons 1–2){{cite book |last=Chance |first=Norman |title=Who Was Who on TV, Volume 1|date=23 December 2010 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gC-QvyfUyb0C&pg=PA30 |pages=29–30|publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-4568-2129-6 }}{{cite book|last=Erickson |first=Bevery Hoffman |title=Gardner Mckay: Is My Adventures in Paradise |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=loJAF4n0scQC&pg=PA29 |date=2009 |page=29|publisher=Xlibris Corporation |isbn=978-1-4628-0711-6 }}
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=Guest stars=
{{Div col|colwidth=12em}}
- Philip Ahn
- John Anderson
- Phyllis Avery
- Barbara Bain
- Diane Baker
- Joanna Barnes
- Henry Brandon
- Hans Conried
- Hazel Court
- Yvonne De Carlo
- Gloria DeHaven
- Meyer Dolinsky
- Fifi D'Orsay
- Chana Eden
- Barbara Eden
- Elana Eden
- Anne Francis
- Betty Garde
- Peggy Ann Garner
- Bruce Gordon
- Alan Hale Jr.
- Juano Hernández
- Steven Hill
- James Hong
- Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.
- David Janssen
- Tor Johnson
- Richie Kamuca
- Anna Kashfi
- Werner Klemperer
- Martin Landau
- Bethel Leslie
- Gene Levitt
- Joanne Linville
- Dayton Lummis
- Diana Lynn
- Patrick Macnee
- George Macready
- Arthur Malet
- Murray Matheson
- Marilyn Maxwell
- Nobu McCarthy
- Sean McClory
- Joanna Moore
- Read Morgan
- Simon Oakland
- Joan O'Brien
- Dan O'Herlihy
- Susan Oliver
- J. Pat O'Malley
- Larry Pennell
- Suzanne Pleshette
- Judson Pratt
- Vincent Price
- Juliet Prowse
- Hari Rhodes
- Brian Roper
- Jacqueline Scott
- Lizabeth Scott
- Pippa Scott
- Pilar Seurat
- Robert F. Simon
- Alexis Smith
- Fay Spain
- Barbara Steele
- Inger Stevens
- Barbara Stuart
- Joan Tompkins
- Betsy von Furstenberg
- Jesse White
- Peter Whitney
- Anna May Wong
- Jo Anne Worley
- Dick York
{{div col end}}
Episodes
=Season 1 (1959–60)=
{{Episode table |overall=5 |season=5 |title=23 |director=14 |writer=34 |airdate=14 |prodcode=5 |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=1
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=The Pit of Silence
|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|10|05}}
|ProdCode=3506
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=2
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Black Pearl
|DirectedBy=Robert Aldrich
|WrittenBy=Thelma Schnee
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|10|12}}
|ProdCode=3501
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=3
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Paradise Lost
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|10|26}}
|ProdCode=3509
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=4
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=The Lady from South Chicago
|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy=Ken Kolb
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|11|02}}
|ProdCode=3508
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=5
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Derelict
|DirectedBy=Roy Del Ruth
|WrittenBy=John McGreevey
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|11|09}}
|ProdCode=3511
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=6
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Safari at Sea
|DirectedBy=Robert Aldrich
|WrittenBy=Bill Barnett
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|11|16}}
|ProdCode=3504
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=7
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Mission to Manila
|DirectedBy=Bernard Girard
|WrittenBy=Richard Landau
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|11|23}}
|ProdCode=3507
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=8
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Raft
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=John McGreevey
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|11|30}}
|ProdCode=3515
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=9
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=Peril at Pitcairn
|DirectedBy=Roy Del Ruth
|WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|12|07}}
|ProdCode=3513
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=10
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=The Bamboo Curtain
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|12|14}}
|ProdCode=3514
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=11
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Haunted
|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy=George Worthing Yates
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|12|21}}
|ProdCode=3518
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=12
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Somewhere South of Suva
|DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer
|WrittenBy=Harry Muheim
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1959|12|28}}
|ProdCode=3512
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=13
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Castaways
|DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer
|WrittenBy=Robert Dillon
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|01|04}}
|ProdCode=3516
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=14
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Archer's Ring
|DirectedBy=Bernard Girard
|WrittenBy=Daniel Mainwaring
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|01|11}}
|ProdCode=3503
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=15
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Nightmare on Napuka
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|01|18}}
|ProdCode=3519
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=16
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=Walk Through the Night
|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy=Richard Landau
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|01|25}}
|ProdCode=3520
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=17
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Judith
|DirectedBy=Paul Stanley
|WrittenBy=Stanford Whitmore
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|02|01}}
|ProdCode=3510
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=18
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=The Color of Venom
|DirectedBy=James Neilson
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|02|08}}
|ProdCode=3521
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=19
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Isle of Eden
|DirectedBy=Gerald Oswald
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Ken Kolb|t= Marion Parsonnet}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|02|22}}
|ProdCode=3517
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=20
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Prisoner in Paradise
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|02|29}}
|ProdCode=3522
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=21
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=The Siege of Troy
|DirectedBy=Gerald Mayer
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Talbot Jennings|t= George Worthing Yates}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|03|07}}
|ProdCode=3523
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=22
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=There is an Island
|DirectedBy=James Neilson
|WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|03|14}}
|ProdCode=3524
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=23
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=The Amazon
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|03|21}}
|ProdCode=3525
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=24
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=The Violent Journey
|DirectedBy=Charles Rondeau
|WrittenBy=Richard Landau
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|03|28}}
|ProdCode=3526
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=25
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|Title=The Forbidden Sea
|DirectedBy=Bernard Girard
|WrittenBy=Alvin Sapinsley
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|04|04}}
|ProdCode=3502
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=26
|EpisodeNumber2=26
|Title=Passage to Tua
|DirectedBy=James Neilson
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Stanford Whitmore|t= Max Lamb}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|04|11}}
|ProdCode=3527
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=27
|EpisodeNumber2=27
|Title=Heads, You Lose
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=Michael Pertwee
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|04|18}}
|ProdCode=3528
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=28
|EpisodeNumber2=28
|Title=The Death-Divers
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Arnold Belgard |t= Marion Parsonnet}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|04|25}}
|ProdCode=3529
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=29
|EpisodeNumber2=29
|Title=Beached
|DirectedBy=James Neilson
|WrittenBy=John McGreevey
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|05|02}}
|ProdCode=3530
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=30
|EpisodeNumber2=30
|Title=Whip-Fight
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Daniel Mainwaring
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|05|09}}
|ProdCode=3531
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
}}
=Season 2 (1960–61)=
{{Episode table |overall=5 |season=5 |title=23 |director=14 |writer=34 |airdate=14 |prodcode=5 |episodes=
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=31
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Open for Diving
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Ben Masselink
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|03}}
|ProdCode=4504
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=32
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Intruders
|DirectedBy=Boris Sagal
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|10}}
|ProdCode=4506
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=33
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Once Around the Circuit
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Fred Freiberger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|17}}
|ProdCode=4510
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=34
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Away From It All
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|24}}
|ProdCode=4502
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=35
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Krismen
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Rolf Bayer|t= George Worthing Yates & Rolf Bayer}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|10|31}}
|ProdCode=4508
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=36
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=A Whale of a Tale
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|07}}
|ProdCode=4501
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=37
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=Hangman's Island
|DirectedBy=Boris Sagal
|WrittenBy=Richard Alan Simmonds
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|21}}
|ProdCode=4503
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=38
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=One Little Pearl
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|11|28}}
|ProdCode=4511
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=39
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Big Surf
|DirectedBy=Josef Leytes
|WrittenBy=Frank Chase
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|05}}
|ProdCode=4505
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=40
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=Daughter of Illusion
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=George W. George & Judy George
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|12}}
|ProdCode=4507
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=41
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=Sink or Swim
|DirectedBy=Bud Townsend
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|19}}
|ProdCode=4509
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=42
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=Incident in Suva
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=George W. George & Judy George
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1960|12|26}}
|ProdCode=4513
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=43
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Treasure Hunt
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=Michael Pertwee
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|01|09}}
|ProdCode=4514
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=44
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=The Perils of Penrose
|DirectedBy=Boris Sagal
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|01|16}}
|ProdCode=4512
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=45
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Mr. Flotsam
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|01|23}}
|ProdCode=4515
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=46
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=The Good Killing
|DirectedBy=John Peyser
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|01|30}}
|ProdCode=4516
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=47
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Man Eater
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= John Kruse |t= Michael Pertwee}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|02|06}}
|ProdCode=4517
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=48
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Act of Privacy
|DirectedBy=Tom Gries
|WrittenBy=Cyril Hume
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|02|13}}
|ProdCode=4518
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=49
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=Captain Butcher
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|02|20}}
|ProdCode=4519
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=50
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=The Feather Cloak
|DirectedBy=Charles F. Haas
|WrittenBy=Fred Freiberger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|02|27}}
|ProdCode=4520
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=51
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=Angel of Death
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|03|06}}
|ProdCode=4521
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=52
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=Who is Silvia?
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Sam M. Hill & Max Lamb
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|03|13}}
|ProdCode=4522
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=53
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=The Wonderful Nightingale
|DirectedBy=Tom Gries
|WrittenBy=John Tucker Battle
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|03|27}}
|ProdCode=4523
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=54
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=The Jonah Stone
|DirectedBy=Gilbert L. Kay
|WrittenBy=Jay Simms
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|04|03}}
|ProdCode=4524
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=55
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|Title=A Touch of Genius
|DirectedBy=Boris Sagal
|WrittenBy=John Kneubuhl
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|04|10}}
|ProdCode=4525
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=56
|EpisodeNumber2=26
|Title=The Serpent in the Garden
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Juarez Roberts
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|04|17}}
|ProdCode=4526
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=57
|EpisodeNumber2=27
|Title=A Penny a Day
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=Fred Freiberger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|04|24}}
|ProdCode=4527
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=58
|EpisodeNumber2=28
|Title=Wild Mangoes
|DirectedBy=Alvin Ganzer
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|05|01}}
|ProdCode=4528
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=59
|EpisodeNumber2=29
|Title=Adam San
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|05|08}}
|ProdCode=4529
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=60
|EpisodeNumber2=30
|Title=Hill of Ghosts
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=Devallon Scott
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|05|15}}
|ProdCode=4530
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=61
|EpisodeNumber2=31
|Title=Flamin' Lady
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy=John Tucker Battle
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|05|22}}
|ProdCode=4531
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=62
|EpisodeNumber2=32
|Title=Errand of Mercy
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Robert Mintz & Allen Balter |t= Jay Simms}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|05|29}}
|ProdCode=4532
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=63
|EpisodeNumber2=33
|Title=Command at Sea
|DirectedBy=Stuart Rosenberg
|WrittenBy=William Froug
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|06|05}}
|ProdCode=4533
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=64
|EpisodeNumber2=34
|Title=Beachhead
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Irwin Winehouse & A. Sanford Wolfe
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|06|12}}
|ProdCode=4534
|ShortSummary=
|LineColor=
}}
{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=65
|EpisodeNumber2=35
|Title=Nightmare in the Sun
|DirectedBy=Sutton Roley
|WrittenBy=Don Mullally
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|06|19}}
|ProdCode=4535
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=Season 3 (1961–62)=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=66
|EpisodeNumber2=1
|Title=Appointment at Tara-Bi
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy=Irwin Winehouse & A. Sanford Wolfe
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|01}}
|ProdCode=5504
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=67
|EpisodeNumber2=2
|Title=The Reluctant Hero
|DirectedBy=Norman Foster
|WrittenBy=Carey Wilber
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|08}}
|ProdCode=5506
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=68
|EpisodeNumber2=3
|Title=Vendetta
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s=Bob Mitchell & Gene Levitt|t=Bob Mitchell}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|15}}
|ProdCode=5505
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=69
|EpisodeNumber2=4
|Title=Queens Back to Back
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Austin Peterson|t= Richard Neil Morgan}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|22}}
|ProdCode=5508
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=70
|EpisodeNumber2=5
|Title=The Closing Circle
|DirectedBy=Felix Feist
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Michael Pertwee|t= Mel Goldberg & Abram S. Ginnes}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|10|29}}
|ProdCode=5507
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=71
|EpisodeNumber2=6
|Title=Show Me a Hero
|DirectedBy=Mitchell Leisen
|WrittenBy=William Link & Richard Levinson
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|05}}
|ProdCode=5510
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=72
|EpisodeNumber2=7
|Title=The Pretender
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Louis Vittes|t= George Bellak & Louis Vittes}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|12}}
|ProdCode=5509
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=73
|EpisodeNumber2=8
|Title=The Fires of Kanau
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy=Edward J. Lasko
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|19}}
|ProdCode=5502
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=74
|EpisodeNumber2=9
|Title=The Assassins
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=Fred Freiberger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|11|26}}
|ProdCode=5511
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=75
|EpisodeNumber2=10
|Title=One Way Ticket
|DirectedBy=James B. Clark
|WrittenBy=Sam Ross
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|03}}
|ProdCode=5513
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=76
|EpisodeNumber2=11
|Title=The Trial of Adam Troy
|DirectedBy=Justus Addiss
|WrittenBy=Herman Epstein & Frank Ray
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|17}}
|ProdCode=5514
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=77
|EpisodeNumber2=12
|Title=The Inheritance
|DirectedBy=Ronald Weyman
|WrittenBy=Sam Ross
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|24}}
|ProdCode=5503
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=78
|EpisodeNumber2=13
|Title=Survival
|DirectedBy=David Orrick McDearmon
|WrittenBy=Fred Freiberger
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|12|31}}
|ProdCode=5501
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=79
|EpisodeNumber2=14
|Title=Hurricane Audrey
|DirectedBy=James B. Clark
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Meyer Dolinsky|t= Meyer Dolinsky & William Link & Richard Levinson}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|01|07}}
|ProdCode=5516
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=80
|EpisodeNumber2=15
|Title=Once There Was a Princess
|DirectedBy=James B. Clark
|WrittenBy=Judy George & George W. George
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|01|14}}
|ProdCode=5519
|ShortSummary=
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=81
|EpisodeNumber2=16
|Title=The Velvet Trap
|DirectedBy=Mitchell Leisen
|WrittenBy=Rik Vollaerts
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|01|21}}
|ProdCode=5512
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=82
|EpisodeNumber2=17
|Title=Policeman's Holiday
|DirectedBy=Robert Florey
|WrittenBy=Carey Wilber & Pat Falken Smith
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|01|28}}
|ProdCode=5517
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=83
|EpisodeNumber2=18
|Title=Please Believe Me
|DirectedBy=Don Medford
|WrittenBy=Gene Wang
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|02|04}}
|ProdCode=5515
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=84
|EpisodeNumber2=19
|Title=The Quest of Ambrose Feather
|DirectedBy=Sutton Roley
|WrittenBy=Gene Levitt
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|02|11}}
|ProdCode=5518
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=85
|EpisodeNumber2=20
|Title=Build My Gallows Low
|DirectedBy=Sutton Roley
|WrittenBy={{StoryTeleplay|s= Gene Levitt|t= Edward J. Lasko}}
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|02|18}}
|ProdCode=5520
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=86
|EpisodeNumber2=21
|Title=The Secret Place
|DirectedBy=James B. Clark
|WrittenBy=William Froug & Peter Barry
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|02|25}}
|ProdCode=5521
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=87
|EpisodeNumber2=22
|Title=The Beach at Belle Anse
|DirectedBy=Charles F. Haas
|WrittenBy=
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|03|04}}
|ProdCode=5522
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=88
|EpisodeNumber2=23
|Title=A Bride for the Captain
|DirectedBy=Jacques Tourneur
|WrittenBy=Jean Holloway
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|03|11}}
|ProdCode=5523
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=89
|EpisodeNumber2=24
|Title=The Dream Merchant
|DirectedBy=Sutton Roley
|WrittenBy=Edward J. Lakso
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|03|18}}
|ProdCode=5524
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=90
|EpisodeNumber2=25
|Title=The Baby Sitters
|DirectedBy=Richard L. Bare
|WrittenBy=Jean Holloway
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|03|25}}
|ProdCode=5525
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{{Episode list
|EpisodeNumber=91
|EpisodeNumber2=26
|Title=Blueprint for Paradise
|DirectedBy=Francis D. Lyon
|WrittenBy=Irwin Winehouse & A. Sanford Wolfe
|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1962|04|01}}
|ProdCode=5526
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Musical theme
"Theme from Adventures in Paradise" was composed by Lionel Newman. It has been recorded by numerous artists, including Arthur Lyman, Santo & Johnny, Rob E. G., The Atlantics, and Johnnie Spence and his Orchestra.[http://www.45cat.com/45_search.php?sq=adventures+in+paradise&sm=se See, for example, singles listed at 45cat.com], retrieved November 14, 2014. Newman was a senior music director for Twentieth Century Fox Films and was conductor and music supervisor for the Adventures in Paradise series.{{Citation needed |date=March 2023}}
Lyrics to the theme were written by Dorcas Cochran, and are heard on the version recorded by Bing Crosby. Cochran is also credited as writer alongside Newman on some instrumental recordings.
A 45 rpm single of "Theme from Adventures in Paradise" by Jerry Byrd and his Steel Guitar charted in the United States, peaking in August 1960 at No. 97 in Billboard magazine[http://bullfrogspond.com/# Pop chart data 1890–2011], spreadsheet from Billboard magazine sources, downloadable from Bullfrogspond.com, retrieved November 14, 2014. and No. 80 in Cash Box[https://web.archive.org/web/20121006042824/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19600820.html Cash Box chart for August 20, 1960] retrieved November 14, 2014.
Broadcast syndication
USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988.
References
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External links
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Category:1959 American television series debuts
Category:1962 American television series endings
Category:American adventure television series
Category:American Broadcasting Company television dramas
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Category:Nautical television series
Category:Television series by 20th Century Fox Television