Cast
Darren McGavin was in 42 of the 44 episodes, replaced temporarily by Dan Duryea as Captain Brad Turner in two first season episodes. Burt Reynolds was cast in twenty episodes as Ben Frazer, but he left the series after reported disputes with McGavin and was replaced by Noah Beery, Jr., nephew of Wallace Beery, in the role of Bill Blake.
Dick Wessel, as chief stoker Carney Kohler, was cast in 42 of the 44 episodes. Jack Lambert was cast in twenty-three episodes as first mate Joshua MacGregor (having played a different character, Tony Walchek, earlier in the series). John Mitchum, brother of Robert Mitchum, co-starred in ten episodes as Pickalong, the ship's cook. Michael McGreevey was cast in seventeen episodes as cabin boy Chip Kessler. William D. Gordon played first mate Joe Travis in thirteen episodes before his character was killed off.
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