Life on the Mississippi (24 Nov. 1980)

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
	Robert Lansing	...	Horace Bixby
	David Knell	...	Sam Clemens
	James Keane	...	Mr. Ealer
	Donald Madden	...	Mr. Brown
	John Pankow	...	George Richie
	Bill Holliday	...	Mr. Thornburg
	Luke Reilly	...	Tom
	Marcy Walker	...	Emmeline
	Don Brady	...	Mr. Leathers
	Jack Lawrence	...	'Paul Jones' Captain
	John Kirk	...	Mate on 'Paul Jones'
	Bill Atwood	...	Watchman on 'Paul Jones'
	Thom Thomas	...	Clerk on 'Paul Jones'
	Jim Babrowski	...	Preacher
	Douglas Wells	...	Mr. Grogan

Storyline

Most mid-19th-century Mississippi River boys dreamed of occupying that pinnacle of power and glamour, the pilot house of a riverboat. In a riot of local color, this film tells how, unlike many, Sam's dream comes true. A callow teenager, he talks the tough but consummate Horace Bixby into making him his apprentice on the "Paul Jones," eventually following him to the much finer "Aleck Scott." Meanwhile, he is already spinning fantastic yarns to everyone from awe-struck lads ashore, to fellow "cub pilots", to young lady passengers who catch his eye. Things temporarily take a turn for the worse when Bixby must attend a meeting and leave Sam to work under Brown, a dour tyrant with a grudge against him. Written by Paul Emmons <pemmons@wcupa.edu>  

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