Captain David Grief

Captain David Grief
Also known as	The Jack London Stories
Genre	Action/Adventure
Starring	Maxwell Reed
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	39
Production
Producer(s)	Sidney T. Bruckner; Duke Goldstone
Camera setup	Single-camera
Running time	25 mins.
Distributor	Guild Films
Release
Original network	Syndication
Picture format	Black-and-white
Audio format	Monaural
Original release	October 3, 1957 –; 1960

Captain David Grief (also known as The Jack London Stories) is an American action/adventure series that aired in syndication from October 1957 to 1960. The program was based on a series of Jack London short-stories centered on the South Seas tradesman and adventurer David Grief, collected in A Son of the Sun.

Overview

The cast included the Irish-born actor Maxwell Reed as Captain Grief, Tudor Owen as Elihu Snow, Mickey Simpson as Boley, Mel Prestidge as Jackie-Jackie, and Maureen Hingert as Anura.[1]

Captain David Grief ran for two seasons with a total of 39 episodes.[2] The first nine episodes were shot in Hawaii. The production later moved to southern California and then Cuba, before the final episodes were shot in Mexico.[3] The series was distributed by Guild Films.[3]

Guest stars

Among the series guest stars were boxers Rocky Marciano and Buddy Baer.[4] Other guest stars include:

DVD release

Four episodes of the series (episodes 9, 19, 24 and 25) were released on DVD by Alpha Video in 2007.[5]

References

"Reed Gets Feature Roles in 'Grief' Pix". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 7 July 14, 1956. ISSN 0006-2510.
Halliwell, Leslie (1979). Halliwell's Teleguide. Granada. p. 46.
Erickson, Hal (2001). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland. p. 22. ISBN 0-786-41198-8.
"Rocky a Heavy In 'Grief' Role". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 12 May 20, 1957. ISSN 0006-2510.
"Captain David Grief (1957-59)". ctva.biz. Retrieved March 1, 2013.

External links

Captain David Grief on IMDb

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[1] "Reed Gets Feature Roles in 'Grief' Pix". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 7 July 14, 1956. ISSN 0006-2510.

[2] Halliwell, Leslie (1979). Halliwell's Teleguide. Granada. p. 46.

[Erickson-3] Erickson, Hal (2001). Syndicated Television: The First Forty Years, 1947-1987. McFarland. p. 22. ISBN 0-786-41198-8.

[4] "Rocky a Heavy In 'Grief' Role". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc.: 12 May 20, 1957. ISSN 0006-2510.

[5] "Captain David Grief (1957-59)". ctva.biz. Retrieved March 1, 2013.