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Adventures in Paradise

TV Series · 1959

Adventures in Paradise

60 min · Drama, Action & Adventure · Ended

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Adventures in Paradise is an American television series created by James Michener which ran on ABC from 1959 until 1962, starring Gardner McKay as Adam Troy, the captain of the schooner Tiki III, which sailed the South Pacific looking for passengers and adventure. USA Network aired reruns of this series between 1984 and 1988. The plots deal with the romantic and detective stories of Korean War veteran Troy. The supporting cast, varying from season to season, features George Tobias, Guy Stockwell, and Linda Lawson.

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Seasons & episodes

Season 1 (30 ep)
  • 1. The Pit of Silence

    Oct 5, 1959 · 60 min

    Captain Troy has to pick up the Baron Andre, and soon discovers the Baron's body half eaten by a savage beast. Troy rules out accidental death and searchs for the murderer.

  • 2. The Black Pearl

    Oct 12, 1959 · 60 min

    A native diver discovers a rare black pearl. The find causes a great deal of excitement among the passengers on Adam's schooner.

  • 3. Paradise Lost

    Oct 26, 1959 · 60 min

  • 4. Lady from South Chicago

    Nov 2, 1959 · 60 min

    Mme. Victorine Reynard, a Frenchwoman, now lives in style in the South Seas. A friend who is actually an escaped convict from Australia, comes to see her.

  • 5. The Derelict

    Nov 9, 1959 · 60 min

    The derelict in an attempt to abduct an oriental crown prince, Communist agents endager Adam's life and almost destroy his ship.

  • 6. Safari at Sea

    Nov 16, 1959 · 60 min

  • 7. Mission to Manila

    Nov 23, 1959 · 60 min

    Dan Lynch, a friend of Captain Troy's, receives a brief note from his sister-in-law stating that Dan's brother has died. Lynch asks Troy to find the girl and learn the circumstances of her husband's death.

  • 8. The Raft

    Nov 30, 1959 · 60 min

    One of Adam's girlfriends, is a passenger on a boat that has struck a mine.

  • 9. Peril at Pitcairn

    Dec 7, 1959 · 60 min

    During a vacation in Papeete, Captain Troy lets himself be convinced to board some passengers and sail to Pitcairn Island. However, a few hours before their arrival on the island, one passenger is stabbed with a knife belongiing to the Tiki, Troy's schooner.

  • 10. The Bamboo Curtain

    Dec 14, 1959 · 60 min

    In Hong Kong, Adam is approached by a pretty goverment agent who wants him to help her with an assignment.

  • 11. The Haunted

    Dec 21, 1959 · 60 min

    Wealthy Vanessa Sutton Charles is plagued by mysterious apparitions of her dead husband. Strangely, the visitations occur on nights when Tahitians believe the dead come from the sea to haunt the living.

  • 12. Somewhere South of Suva

    Dec 28, 1959 · 60 min

    Adam Troy and his pal Oliver Kee are hired to search for an aviatrix who disappeared years ago. The flier was apparently carrying a large uncut diamond and it is now suspected that she crashed on an uncharted island south of Suva.

  • 13. Castaways

    Jan 4, 1960 · 60 min

    Troy is headed to the strife torn island of Mai Sai with a cargo of serum to fight a cholera epidemic. Troy and crew pick up three men stranded on a tiny atoll, who claim to be survivors of a shipwreck, but they're really gunrunners from a ship called the Punjab Trader, whose captain was murdered. The trio, led by the second mate, take over the Tiki, threatening to kill the nun who is transporting the serum, and go after the Punjab Trader.

  • 14. The Archer's Ring

    Jan 11, 1960 · 60 min

    A beautiful young chinese woman, Monique Le Febure asks Adam Troy to charter his schooner ""Tiki"" to look for his grand-father. She tells the story of a group of old chinese men who for their retirement returned to their island with their personal belongings. They were in a seaplane, which apparently disappeared and sunk.

  • 15. Nightmare on Napuka

    Jan 18, 1960 · 60 min

  • 16. Walk Through the Night

    Jan 25, 1960 · 60 min

    Adam stops at Jacob's trading post in New Guinea to pick up some crew members. A girl named Angel begs Troy to help save her fiance, who is trapped somewhere in the jungle.

  • 17. Judith

    Feb 1, 1960 · 60 min

  • 18. The Color of Venom

    Feb 8, 1960 · 60 min

    Adam agrees to transport a girl prisoner, Luana Monet, from Tahiti to police custody on the Island of Ralatea.

  • 19. Isle of Eden

    Feb 22, 1960 · 60 min

    On board schooner Tiki, Captain Troy hears the radio message from Lianne, a young woman held prisoner on Eden Island by a megalomaniac dictator called Zagreb.

  • 20. Prisoner in Paradise

    Feb 29, 1960 · 60 min

    The Tiki is commissioned to pick up two nuns and a nurse who are working on a volcanic island near Samoa.

  • 21. The Siege of Troy

    Mar 7, 1960 · 60 min

    Adam receives bad news from Suva and he has unknowingly provided passage for two smugglers.

  • 22. There Is An Island

    Mar 14, 1960 · 60 min

    The Tiki is chartered to search for poet Francois Villon's legendary island hideaway. But one passenger seems to have more than a historical interest in the place.

  • 23. The Amazon

    Mar 21, 1960 · 60 min

    Carla MacKinley owns the Amazon, an international yacht-racing champion, who hires the Tiki when her boat is unable to sail in a challenge race.

  • 24. The Violent Journey

    Mar 28, 1960 · 60 min

    Troy marries a young couple not realizing that the young lady is actually underage and the man is a fortune hunter intent on securing his wife's father's fortune.

  • 25. The Forbidden Sea

    Apr 4, 1960 · 60 min

    After rescuing a man and being led astray, Troy soon learns that the man has conned him into bringing his passengers to a military test site, to use their presence -- and their deaths, if necessary -- as a protest to halt nuclear bomb tests.

  • 26. Passage to Tua

    Apr 11, 1960 · 60 min

  • 27. Heads You Lose

    Apr 18, 1960 · 60 min

  • 28. The Death-Divers

    Apr 25, 1960 · 60 min

  • 29. Beached

    May 2, 1960 · 60 min

  • 30. Whip Fight

    May 9, 1960 · 60 min

Season 2 (35 ep)
  • 1. Open for Diving

    Oct 3, 1960 · 60 min

  • 2. The Intruders

    Oct 10, 1960 · 60 min

  • 3. Once Around the Circuit

    Oct 17, 1960 · 60 min

  • 4. Away from It All

    Oct 24, 1960 · 60 min

  • 5. The Irishmen

    Oct 31, 1960 · 60 min

  • 6. A Whale of a Tale

    Nov 7, 1960 · 60 min

  • 7. Hangman's Island

    Nov 21, 1960 · 60 min

  • 8. One Little Pearl

    Nov 28, 1960 · 60 min

  • 9. The Big Surf

    Dec 5, 1960 · 60 min

  • 10. Daughter of Illusion

    Dec 12, 1960 · 60 min

  • 11. Sink or Swim

    Dec 19, 1960 · 60 min

  • 12. Incident in Suva

    Dec 26, 1960 · 60 min

  • 13. Treasure Hunt

    Jan 9, 1961 · 60 min

  • 14. The Perils of Penrose

    Jan 16, 1961 · 60 min

  • 15. Mister Flotsam

    Jan 23, 1961 · 60 min

    Date: 01/27/03: All I can remember about this episode is from when I appeared in it as a child actor of about 14. Very roughly, the story involved my family landing on an island in the Pacific (perhaps shipwrecked?). We were British and somehow ended up being imprisoned by someone. Also in the story with us was a very intelligent chimp (named Mr. Flotsam) who, when the chips were down, helped to free us through the use of a hand grenade or some such element. I regret I don't recall much more and the script I had was lost long ago. The show was filmed on a sound stage and in the backlot of 20th Century Fox's studio in what is now Century City, CA. I remember a set built to serve as the ocean and a beach of a remote island. As a kid, i was in awe of everything, including the chimp. I saw the show in its first run, but never again. I would love to see and or acquire a copy. If anyone can assist me in that, I would be very grateful, since I have very little to remember my childhood acting

  • 16. The Good Killing

    Jan 30, 1961 · 60 min

  • 17. Man Eater

    Feb 6, 1961 · 60 min

  • 18. Act of Piracy

    Feb 13, 1961 · 60 min

  • 19. Captain Butcher

    Feb 20, 1961 · 60 min

  • 20. The Feather Cloak

    Feb 27, 1961 · 60 min

  • 21. Angel of Death

    Mar 6, 1961 · 60 min

  • 22. Who Is Sylvia?

    Mar 13, 1961 · 60 min

  • 23. The Wonderful Nightingale

    Mar 27, 1961 · 60 min

  • 24. The Jonah Stone

    Apr 3, 1961 · 60 min

  • 25. A Touch of Genius

    Apr 10, 1961 · 60 min

  • 26. The Serpent in the Garden

    Apr 17, 1961 · 60 min

  • 27. A Penny a Day

    Apr 24, 1961 · 60 min

  • 28. Wild Mangoes

    May 1, 1961 · 60 min

  • 29. Adam San

    May 8, 1961 · 60 min

  • 30. Hill of Ghosts

    May 15, 1961 · 60 min

  • 31. Flamin' Lady

    May 22, 1961 · 60 min

  • 32. Errand of Mercy

    May 29, 1961 · 60 min

  • 33. Command at Sea

    Jun 5, 1961 · 60 min

    Bert Elston is a former Navy man who plans to marry and settle down on a South Sea Island plantation. But Elston's dreams of domestic bliss are suddenly disturbed by memories of naval combat - Captain William Brooks, his wartime commancer appears on the scene.

  • 34. Beach Head

    Jun 12, 1961 · 60 min

  • 35. Nightmare in the Sun

    Jun 19, 1961 · 60 min

    After a long absence, Barbara Lyons is returning to the island home of her father.

Season 3 (1 ep)
  • 26. Blueprint for Paradise

    Apr 1, 1962 · 60 min

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