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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.

First Aired

1959-10-05
Last Aired

1962-04-01
Creator

James Michener
Genre

Action & Adventure, Drama
Seasons

3
Episodes

91
Status

Ended
Language

English
Network

ABC

Keywords:

south seas south pacific sea captain schooner french polynesia charter sailor

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1. The Pit of Silence

Captain Troy has to pick up the Baron Andre, and soon discovers the Baron's body half eaten by a savag...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-10-05

2. The Black Pearl

A native diver discovers a rare black pearl. The find causes a great deal of excitement among the pass...More

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

60mins 1959-10-12

3. Paradise Lost

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60mins 1959-10-26

4. Lady from South Chicago

Mme. Victorine Reynard, a Frenchwoman, now lives in style in the South Seas. A friend who is actually ...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-11-02

5. The Derelict

The derelict in an attempt to abduct an oriental crown prince, Communist agents endager Adam's life an...More

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

60mins 1959-11-09

6. Safari at Sea

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60mins 1959-11-16

7. Mission to Manila

Dan Lynch, a friend of Captain Troy's, receives a brief note from his sister-in-law stating that Dan's...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-11-23

8. The Raft

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

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

60mins 1959-11-30

9. Peril at Pitcairn

During a vacation in Papeete, Captain Troy lets himself be convinced to board some passengers and sail...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-12-07

10. The Bamboo Curtain

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

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

60mins 1959-12-14

11. The Haunted

Wealthy Vanessa Sutton Charles is plagued by mysterious apparitions of her dead husband. Strangely, th...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-12-21

12. Somewhere South of Suva

Adam Troy and his pal Oliver Kee are hired to search for an aviatrix who disappeared years ago. The fl...More

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.Less

60mins 1959-12-28

13. Castaways

Troy is headed to the strife torn island of Mai Sai with a cargo of serum to fight a cholera epidemic....More

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.Less

60mins 1960-01-04

14. The Archer's Ring

A beautiful young chinese woman, Monique Le Febure asks Adam Troy to charter his schooner ""Tiki"" to ...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-01-11

15. Nightmare on Napuka

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60mins 1960-01-18

16. Walk Through the Night

Adam stops at Jacob's trading post in New Guinea to pick up some crew members. A girl named Angel begs...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-01-25

17. Judith

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60mins 1960-02-01

18. The Color of Venom

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

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

60mins 1960-02-08

19. Isle of Eden

On board schooner Tiki, Captain Troy hears the radio message from Lianne, a young woman held prisoner ...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-02-22

20. Prisoner in Paradise

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

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

60mins 1960-02-29

21. The Siege of Troy

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

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

60mins 1960-03-07

22. There Is An Island

The Tiki is chartered to search for poet Francois Villon's legendary island hideaway. But one passenge...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-03-14

23. The Amazon

Carla MacKinley owns the Amazon, an international yacht-racing champion, who hires the Tiki when her b...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-03-21

24. The Violent Journey

Troy marries a young couple not realizing that the young lady is actually underage and the man is a fo...More

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.Less

60mins 1960-03-28

25. The Forbidden Sea

After rescuing a man and being led astray, Troy soon learns that the man has conned him into bringing ...More

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.Less