The Beachcomber (TV series)

The Beachcomber is a Filmmasters/ITC Entertainment adventure TV series which ran for one series of 39 episodes in 1961.

Plot
John Lackland, a rich advertising executive from San Francisco, retires from the rat race to become a beachcomber on the island of Amura in the South Pacific. While Lackland "searches for the true meaning of life" he helps people who are in difficult situations.

Captain Huckabee is Lackland's friend, and Tarmu is Lackland's houseboy. Andrew Crippen is commissioner of Amura, and the Reverend Snow is the priest there. Kallea and Alfy are other friends of Lackland, and Alfy is a bartender.

Main cast

 * Cameron Mitchell as John Lackland
 * Don Megowan as Captain Huckabee
 * Sebastian Cabot as Commissioner Andrew Crippen
 * Bill Hess as Alfy
 * George Mitchell as the Reverend Snow
 * Joan Staley as Linda
 * Jerry Summers as Tarmu
 * Stan Josol as Kallea

Guest stars in the series included Adam West, Frank Silvera and Cesar Romero

Episode list

 * 1) The Brooch
 * 2) The Shark Affair
 * 3) Pat Hand
 * 4) The Hijackers
 * 5) Forbidden Island
 * 6) The Chase
 * 7) Captain Huckabee's Beard
 * 8) The Taming of Andrew
 * 9) Death Do Us Part
 * 10) The Larcenous Lover
 * 11) Girl in Hiding
 * 12) Honor Bound
 * 13) Tambu
 * 14) The Black Pearl
 * 15) Charlie Six Kids
 * 16) Empty Village
 * 17) The Floating Fortune
 * 18) Honest Larceny
 * 19) Neilani
 * 20) Mr. Winters
 * 21) Rongorongo Man
 * 22) The Day of the Whale
 * 23) The Fugitive
 * 24) The Mask of Talugi
 * 25) Home to Roost
 * 26) Devil in Paradise
 * 27) The Reward
 * 28) Tribal Law
 * 29) Flight to Freedom
 * 30) Long Live the Sultan
 * 31) The Prodigal Pretender
 * 32) The Spaniard
 * 33) Man with a Guitar
 * 34) The Ransom
 * 35) The Search for Robert Herrick
 * 36) The Two-Sided Triangle
 * 37) A Rooster Named Red
 * 38) Roll of Thunder
 * 39) Paradise Lost

Production
Beachcomber was filmed on location in Winter Park, Florida.