1957

S1.E1 ∙ Camphor Tubes

Thu, Oct 10, 1957

Two smugglers are surprised by a harbor policeman, and shoot him down.Baxter gets to him, an old friend, in time to hear his last words, "Camphor Tubes". He soon realizes this is the method of hiding contraband the killers are using.

6.5 /10

S1.E2 ∙ Murder on Pier 7

Thu, Oct 17, 1957

A junkman and stevedore working in cahoots heist a crate of cameras and murder the night watchman. The perfect crime quickly unravels, however, as Captain Baxter and the Harbor Command connect the clues and close in.

6.4 /10

S1.E3 ∙ Boat Bomb

Thu, Oct 24, 1957

A criminally insane sailor vows revenge on the ship captain who fired him. The madman has the technical skill to make good his threat, and rigs up a nitro-charged boat bomb while Captain Baxter scours the waterfront to prevent disaster.

6.5 /10

S1.E4 ∙ The Bag

Thu, Oct 31, 1957

Baxter and his men are in a race against time when a derelict steals a jar containing a highly combustible chemical that will burst into flame upon contact with air or water.

7.2 /10

S1.E5 ∙ Fisherman's League

Thu, Nov 07, 1957

A protection racket shakes down local fishermen by destroying their day's catch by dousing it with gasoline if they won't or can't pay up.

6.8 /10

S1.E6 ∙ Frightened Witness

Thu, Nov 14, 1957

A well-known gangster and his men pressure watchmen at waterfront warehouses into keeping quiet while they loot various goods being stored there, by threatening them and their families.

7 /10

S1.E7 ∙ The Assassin

Thu, Nov 21, 1957

After being tipped off that a passenger on a liner docking that day will be shot, Baxter and his plain-clothes men stake out the pier and try to spot the would-be killer in time.

7.2 /10

S1.E8 ∙ Counterfeit Money

Thu, Nov 28, 1957

When police break up a craps game, one of the arrested men is found to have two counterfeit $20 bills in his pocket. The Harbor Command and the Treasury Department track the money through seaman slated to leave port that day for Hong Kong to a pawnshop owner who claims to have never met the seaman.

6.4 /10

S1.E9 ∙ Final Score

Thu, Dec 05, 1957

A young ex-con working as a longshoreman is made to look like the perpetrator of a safe cracking and the killer of a night watchman by the man who took him in when he left prison.

6.5 /10

S1.E10 ∙ Dead on 'B' Deck

Thu, Dec 12, 1957

A porter on a passenger liner kills a jewel smuggler in his cabin, then tries selling the gems in San Francisco pawn shops, until the smuggler's partner catches up with him.

6.9 /10

S1.E11 ∙ Ransom at Sea

Thu, Dec 19, 1957

Two hoodlums steal a valuable ship stabilizer prototype and hold it hostage, demanding ransom from the ship builder.

6.6 /10

S1.E12 ∙ Floating Transmitter

Thu, Dec 26, 1957

Band of smugglers are dumping their loot overboard just before docking, using homing devices to recover the loot from the bay.

6.2 /10

S1.E13 ∙ Illegal Entry

Thu, Jan 02, 1958

Investigative Reporter is spreading the word about crime boss Pete Saguras. Saguras is out to silence the Reporter.

0 /10

S1.E14 ∙ Yacht Club

Thu, Jan 09, 1958

Old man and blind daughter witness a burglary. Perps kidnap the old man but he is diabetic & needs insulin.

6.5 /10

S1.E15 ∙ Trapped Pilings

Thu, Jan 16, 1958

Embezzler completes his 5-year sentence and immediately returns to his former employer seeking revenge. After killing the man whose testimony put him away, he must flee from the Harbor Command.

6.8 /10

S1.E16 ∙ Harbor Mission

Thu, Jan 23, 1958

Three hoods who frequent Ma Sperling's Harbor Mission have been robbing local businesses. When one of them muffs a job the other 2 rub him out. When Ma finds some gems they stole, she may get rubbed out too.

7 /10

S1.E17 ∙ Gold Smugglers

Thu, Jan 30, 1958

Two dental office workers steal gold from the dentist and attempt to smuggle it out of the country.

7 /10

S1.E18 ∙ Contraband Diamonds

Thu, Feb 06, 1958

A small-time shipping company also helps smuggle diamonds for a gangster. When the shipper-turned-smuggler's brother finds out, he threatens to call the police, and is killed in a fight. Guilty over the murder, he wants to confess, but the gangster threatens his girlfriend.

0 /10

S1.E19 ∙ The Big Hoax

Thu, Feb 13, 1958

When a dope pusher confronts his boss about his boss's addiction to their merchandise, the boss murders the pusher to keep the syndicate from learning that he is addicted. To complicate matters, his son is a Harbor Command Officer.

6.6 /10

S1.E20 ∙ The Witness

Thu, Feb 20, 1958

Young Mexican boy who speaks only Spanish witnesses a murder and immediately abandons his father's boat and begins tailing the killer.

0 /10

S1.E21 ∙ Killer on My Doorstep

Thu, Feb 27, 1958

An escaped convict holds his former cellmate and his wife hostage.

7.6 /10

S1.E22 ∙ Four to Die

Thu, Mar 06, 1958

Two men are found murdered each with a black pearl at the scene of the crime. Baxter believes two more men may meet the same fate unless he acts fast.

0 /10

S1.E23 ∙ Hostage

Thu, Mar 13, 1958

A killer trying to flee the country forces his way onto a ship and takes a newlywed couple hostage.

0 /10

S1.E24 ∙ Rendezvous at Sea

Thu, Mar 20, 1958

A woman is found dead in the harbor and her boat destroyed. As Baxter investigates, it becomes obvious that the woman's death was no accident.

0 /10

S1.E25 ∙ Right to Die

Thu, Mar 27, 1958

Old man tries to get himself whacked so that his wife can collect the insurance money.

0 /10

S1.E26 ∙ Date with Eternity

Thu, Apr 03, 1958

Captain Baxter and his men respond to report of a disabled fishing boat and discover that old Pop Cates has run out of gas for the third time in a month. Baxter learns that Pop's daughter has canceled her visit and the elderly fisherman is distraught because he has never seen his six-year-old grandson and fears the worst when the leaky vessel is spotted heading for the open ocean.

0 /10

S1.E27 ∙ Sunken Gold

Thu, Apr 10, 1958

Captain Baxter and Sergeant Warren investigate the murder of night watchman on one of San Francisco's piers. They discover a map covered with oriental writing and learn that it marked the spot where Japanese smugglers hid $100, 000 worth of gold bars just before World War II. When a merchant seaman is discovered fatally stabbed, the Harbor Command officers find a clue to the killer.

0 /10

S1.E28 ∙ Decoy

Thu, Apr 17, 1958

Captain Baxter is asked to go undercover to follow a lead developed by a U.S. Treasury agent who murdered after gaining the information about a counterfeit ring. He travels to Los Angeles and attempts to follow counterfeit plates from one crook to another until they reach the head of the syndicate.

0 /10

S1.E29 ∙ Arson

Thu, Apr 24, 1958

Harbor Command and the San Francisco Fire Department match wits with an arsonist that causes a false alarm at one waterfront location, then sets another conflagration while the fire equipment is concentrated miles away from the real fire. Captain Baxter devises a plan to trap the firebug with fake bags of nitrate.

0 /10

S1.E30 ∙ Shore Patrol

Thu, May 01, 1958

When 4500 sailors from a U.S. Navy carrier task force return to port with six months of back pay in their pocket, they are ready for shore liberty - and the crooks and con men are waiting for them. The Harbor Patrol request assistance from the Navy's shore patrol when a sailor is stabbed in a bungled robbery and it appears that the crook are planning to dispose of the wounded man in the Pacific Ocean.

0 /10

S1.E31 ∙ Smallpox

Thu, May 08, 1958

The Harbor Patrol searches the waterfront for a seaman who is suffering from smallpox before he can inflect anyone else.

0 /10

S1.E32 ∙ Ghost Ship

Thu, May 15, 1958

Harbor Command investigates the report of a derelict fishing boat floating in the middle of San Francisco Harbor. They quickly discard their initial theory of insurance fraud when they discover human blood in the cockpit and a check for $10,000 missing from the captain's cabin. Captain Baxter and Sergeant Warren's investigation focuses on the individual crew members and learn the first mate was new to the vessel.

0 /10

S1.E33 ∙ Bum's Rush

Thu, May 22, 1958

A waterfront bum spots a young couple throwing a young man into the San Francisco harbor, but is afraid to report it to the police because he was supposed to be covering for the night watchman who was playing poker. When the tycoon's death is reported in the newspaper, the watchman and the bum use the couple's license plate to trace the murderers and blackmail them. Meanwhile the harbor command investigates the murder.

0 /10

S1.E34 ∙ Lover's Lane Bandits

Thu, May 29, 1958

A teenage girl sneaks out of her father's house for an assignation with an older man. While the couple are making out, an armed robber sneaks up beside their car and kills the young man when he refuses to give the crook his wallet. Fearing her father will punish her for seeing the young man over his objections, the teenager refuses to assist the Harbor Command with their investigation. Listening to the police radio band, the crooks learn the girl's identity and determine to eliminate the witness before she changes her mind.

0 /10

S1.E35 ∙ Lobster Smuggling

Thu, Jun 05, 1958

Captain Baxter receives a tip that a gang of lobster smugglers might be behind the murder of an ex-convict found floating in San Francisco Bay. After discussing the matter with state fishing personnel, Baxter decides he's searching for bigger game - a deported criminal seeking to reenter the country illegally on board a small fishing boat.

0 /10

S1.E36 ∙ Clay Pigeon

Thu, Jun 12, 1958

A recently released convict won't forget that it was Baxter that had him sent up, and now determined to exact revenge with a high powered rifle he steals from a gunsmith's shop. He taunts Captain Baxter with phone calls to his office, takes a shot at him at his apartment, and follows him to a highly public meeting, concealing the gun in a brief case.

0 /10

S1.E37 ∙ The Psychiatrist

Thu, Jun 19, 1958

Captain Baxter and Sergeant Warren respond to a call from a hotel clerk who states he was beaten by a boarder, who had also ruined his bed with repeated knife thrusts. The Harbor Patrol learns that the perpetrator was Leon Faulkner, a former convict recently released from prison who harbored a grudge against the psychiatrist who testified against him at the convict's trial ten years earlier.

6.8 /10

S1.E38 ∙ Sanctuary

Thu, Jun 26, 1958

When Captain Baxter learns a freighter from a communist country that docks in San Francisco to make emergency repairs he decides to pay the ship's captain a visit. He discovers that a famous scientist used the visit to seek asylum in the United States. Fearing the police and the communist operatives who are pursuing him, the scientist desperately tries to reach a street mission where he had been advised to seek sanctuary. Baxter and his men try to reach the scientist before he comes to harm.

0 /10

S1.E39 ∙ Desperate Men

Thu, Jul 03, 1958

Two armed robbers, one of whom was wounded during a shootout with a watchman, hijack a San Francisco Bay water taxi and force the passengers to hide them on a yacht in the marina. Fearing for the safety of the hostages, Captain Baxter masquerades as the vessels owner so he can climb aboard to affect a rescue.

0 /10