• 1954
  • 30m
Waterfront

Summary John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and Willie. Carl was engaged to Terry. The stories revolved around the family and various criminals encountered around the harbor. View more details

  • 1954
  • 30m

Waterfront

Directed : Unknown

Written : Unknown

Stars : Willie Best Preston Foster Lois Moran Douglas Dick

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7.6

Details

Genres : Adventure Crime

Release date : Jan 31, 1954

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : ZIV Television Programs Roland Reed Productions

Summary John Herrick was the Captain of the tug "Cheryl Ann" in Los Angeles harbor. His family consisted of wife May, Police Detective son Jim, and the crew of the tug, his son Carl, Tip, and Willie. Carl was engaged to Terry. The stories revolved around the family and various criminals encountered around the harbor. View more details

Details

Genres : Adventure Crime

Release date : Jan 31, 1954

Countries of origin : United States

Language : English

Filming locations : Hal Roach Studios - 8822 Washington Blvd., Culver City, California, USA

Production companies : ZIV Television Programs Roland Reed Productions

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Episodes

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Episode 1 • Aug 20, 1954
The Skipper's Day
Captain Herrick is upset that his younger son wants to become a stockbroker rather than a tugboat captain. Meanwhile, his older son is on the trail of some cobalt smugglers.
Episode 2 • Aug 27, 1954
Sunken Treasure
Episode 3 • Sep 04, 1954
Lighthouse
A fugitive gangster comes ashore one night at the lighthouse and terrorizes the old watchman.
Episode 4 • Sep 11, 1954
A New Whistle for the Cheryl Ann
Something damaged the whistle of the Cheryl Ann and it's distasteful sound has made the crew an object of fun. The captain decides it time for a replacement.
Episode 5 • Sep 18, 1954
Cap'n Long John
A stolen pearl is discovered but it only causes trouble for the people associated with the Cheryl Ann.
Episode 6 • Sep 25, 1954
Term Paper
The Herricks are forced to host a wealthy man's daughter who is writing her term paper on tugboat life. Her day aboard the Cheryl Ann proves to be an eventful one.
Episode 7 • Oct 02, 1954
Cap'n John's Dilemma
Cap'n John has an altercation with the chief of a freighter which has him relieved of his command. John must figure out a way to get his job back.
Episode 8 • Oct 09, 1954
Family Problems
Carl is smitten with a girl from the wealthy Van Buren family and is not focusing on his work, which could cause him to lose his job with the tugboat company.
Episode 9 • Dec 31, 1969
Sea Bells
An old friend of the Herrick's is anxious for them to meet her fiancée. The man claims to be a logger from Seattle, however, when he claims to know a lumber magnate that John Herrick made up, the tug boat skipper decides to investigate the man's background and doesn't like what he finds.
Episode 10 • Dec 31, 1969
Tug O'War
Captain John and his old rival, Dan Cord, have a tugboat race to determine the winner of a lucrative contract.
Episode 11 • Dec 31, 1969
Tailor-Made Trouble
While having a suit altered, Herrick hears the tailor's assistant being dragged from the store. Later, he sees the man's ugly tie in a waste basket on a ship he will be towing out to sea. Rather than wait for his son, a police detective, Herrick decides to search the vessel for the missing man.
Episode 12 • Dec 31, 1969
Troubled Waters
Captain John is about to take a trip up to Puget Sound along with his good friend Anthony. However, when Jim informs his father that he and the FBI are about to nab Anthony for racketeering, many plans are changed.
Episode 13 • Dec 31, 1969
The Rift
Captain Herrick's interference in his younger son's romantic affairs nearly results in disaster.
Episode 14 • Dec 31, 1969
First Mate
When a body washes ashore with a bullet in the skull, Captain John's first mate - an ex-con - is the main suspect. But Captain John has faith in him anyway.
Episode 15 • Dec 31, 1969
Warehouse Incident
A young sailor down on his luck due to a war wound finds a job with a spice importer through Capt. Foster. What Foster doesn't realize is that the spice merchant has gambling debts and has farmed his warehouse operations out to mobsters.
Episode 16 • Dec 31, 1969
High Water
Episode 17 • Dec 31, 1969
Floating Mine
A floating mine is reported to be in the area at the same time that a dense fog moves in -- making for extreme danger. Additionally, bad actors plan to use the mine for their own nefarious ends.
Episode 18 • Dec 31, 1969
Fog Bound
Herrick becomes involved in art smuggling and murder when a Japanese ship he was supposed to guide into port is delayed at sea by thick fog.
Episode 19 • Dec 31, 1969
Live Cargo
Episode 20 • Dec 31, 1969
Cap'n Christopher
John and Carl Herrick try to hide a Polish refugee who escaped from a freighter and is now pursued by his communist shipmates.
Episode 21 • Dec 31, 1969
Tension
A convict who Jim arrested way back in his rookie year is out of the slammer and ready to wreak vengeance upon his jailer.
Episode 22 • Dec 31, 1969
Backwash
Episode 23 • Dec 31, 1969
Diamonds in the Rough
The Herricks and Terry Van Buren rescue three travelers marooned in a dinghy. The wayfarers explain that their ship struck a rock and sank, but Captain John becomes suspicious when they can't describe the vessel they were sailing in.
Episode 24 • Jan 31, 1955
The Long Beach Pier
Captain Herrick becomes involved with communist agents when one steals some of his clothing.
Episode 25 • Dec 31, 1969
Portia of the Sea
When a freighter runs aground on a reef outside San Pedro killing the captain in the process, the skipper's law student daughter enlists Captain Herrick's assistance to prove him innocent of negligence.
Episode 26 • Dec 31, 1969
Anchors of the Past
When the Ocean Avenue Inn is violently robbed, Jim suspects Clem, the ex-con. But Captain John has faith in his old friend.
Episode 27 • Dec 31, 1969
Driftwood
An elderly pair of ex-cons who quietly run a gift shop are recognized by one of their past marks and exposed. Meanwhile, a young couple are swindling the waterfront community of thousands of dollars needed to build a gym for their community center.
Episode 28 • Dec 31, 1969
Drawbridge Incident
A drawbridge operator with a collection of valuable stamps becomes the target of a couple of toughs who owe money to a gangster.
Episode 29 • Dec 31, 1969
Tuna Clipper
A young soldier, recently released from the army, is convinced to join a wine importing business by his fiancée, over his mother's objections. Captain Herrick becomes suspicious and starts to dig into the background of the importer and young man's girlfriend.
Episode 30 • Dec 31, 1969
The White Ducks
Carl's duck hunting trip doesn't go well. First Terry insists that the birds are too beautiful to shoot, then a crazed old man pops up to insist that he return to the mainland. Once on shore, Carl suffers a series of accidents, which Terry believes were caused by a curse that the old man placed on her boyfriend.
Episode 31 • Dec 31, 1969
Star Bright
Captain Herrick is hired to serve as a movie company's technical advisor. His first job is quite enjoyable - teach a pretty starlet how to look like she's piloting his vessel. His bubble is burst when he learns the actress' business manager is wanted for espionage and his client is suspected of being part of his spy ring.
Episode 32 • Dec 31, 1969
Harbor Piracy
A thief murders one of Captain Herrick's friends while stealing a radio. Herrick comes to the aid of the frightened accomplice when the killer tries to run him over with his speedboat. The tugboat captain finds himself in danger when the killer decides to eliminate all possible witnesses to the crime.
Episode 33 • Dec 31, 1969
The Sea and Captain Taggart
A year after the tragic event, a woman still blames a tugboat captain for the death of her husband when his boat blew up, killing the crew and leaving him wheelchair bound.
Episode 34 • Dec 31, 1969
Ghost Tug
On a haul out to Santa Cruz Island, Carl goes missing. His tug is found abandoned and adrift, and the hawser line is neatly severed.
Episode 35 • Dec 31, 1969
F.O.B. Vera Cruz
Captain Herrick tries to help a young Mexican boy who he found hiding in a rail yard find his uncle and deal with U.S. Immigration Department officials.
Episode 36 • Dec 31, 1969
Night at the Lighthouse
Marie Turner, a waitress at a waterfront restaurant, recognizes the robber who murdered the bartender during a robbery gone bad. After refusing to identify the killer, she attempts to go into hiding working as the housekeeper at a lighthouse but the crooks
Episode 37 • Jun 06, 1955
Live Bait
A loan shark who has branched out into blackmail, and John finds himself involved after a series of events.
Episode 38 • Dec 31, 1969
Oil Island
Carl's oil shipments have been coming up short and he has been frequently mysteriously absent. Mr. Van Buren is suspicious but Terry and the Cap'n have faith in Carl.
Episode 39 • Dec 31, 1969
Christmas in San Pedro
Runaway boy is returned to family for Christmas
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