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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Adventures in Paradise Episode Guide
The Pit of Silence
S1 Ep1
1.0
5th Oct 1959
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.
The Black Pearl
S1 Ep2
12th Oct 1959
A native diver discovers a rare black pearl. The find causes a great deal of excitement among the passengers on Adam's schooner.
Lady from South Chicago
S1 Ep4
2nd Nov 1959
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.
The Derelict
S1 Ep5
9th Nov 1959
The derelict in an attempt to abduct an oriental crown prince, Communist agents endager Adam's life and almost destroy his ship.
Mission to Manila
S1 Ep7
23rd Nov 1959
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.
The Raft
S1 Ep8
30th Nov 1959
One of Adam's girlfriends, is a passenger on a boat that has struck a mine.
Peril at Pitcairn
S1 Ep9
7th Dec 1959
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.
The Bamboo Curtain
S1 Ep10
14th Dec 1959
In Hong Kong, Adam is approached by a pretty goverment agent who wants him to help her with an assignment.
The Haunted
S1 Ep11
21st Dec 1959
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.
Somewhere South of Suva
S1 Ep12
28th Dec 1959
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.
Castaways
S1 Ep13
4th Jan 1960
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.
The Archer's Ring
S1 Ep14
11th Jan 1960
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.
Walk Through the Night
S1 Ep16
25th Jan 1960
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.
The Color of Venom
S1 Ep18
8th Feb 1960
Adam agrees to transport a girl prisoner, Luana Monet, from Tahiti to police custody on the Island of Ralatea.
Isle of Eden
S1 Ep19
22nd Feb 1960
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.
Prisoner in Paradise
S1 Ep20
29th Feb 1960
The Tiki is commissioned to pick up two nuns and a nurse who are working on a volcanic island near Samoa.
The Siege of Troy
S1 Ep21
7th Mar 1960
Adam receives bad news from Suva and he has unknowingly provided passage for two smugglers.
There Is An Island
S1 Ep22
14th Mar 1960
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.
The Amazon
S1 Ep23
21st Mar 1960
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.
The Violent Journey
S1 Ep24
28th Mar 1960
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.
The Forbidden Sea
S1 Ep25
4th Apr 1960
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.
