BOLD VENTURE

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Starred -
Humphrey Bogart as Slate Shannon
Lauren Bacall as Sailor Duvall
Jester Hairston as King Moses

Slate Shannon runs a hotel in Havana, Cuba called Shannon's Place as well as owning a boat named Bold Venture. Constantly helping a friend out of a jam, or trying to find the real killer for a murder he was framed for, Shannon and his ward, Sailor Duval get into exotic trouble to match the exotic locations. There were 78 episodes broadcast.

This log list the episodes with alternate titles (alt), one line of opening dialog (open), and the gist of the first scene (plot). These titles correspond to the ones found in the OTTER DB, as well as Frank Passage, RadioGoldInex, and several other places.

If you know of other episodes, or have additional information/corrections, let us know and we will update this listing. Any and all help is appreciated.

The Shows:

51/03/26 1 Deadly Merchandise (aka Gun Runners aka Death By A Fighting Bird)
OPENING LINE: 'Alright Sailor, Havana, Cuba, where we started from. Where we get off.'
PLOT(Slate is upset about being away from Cuba. On the way back to the hotel, Mario comes up and wants to know where he can get the merchandise they brought back from Key West.)

51/04/02 2 Kwan Yen Statute (aka Priceless Shanghia Statue)
OPENING LINE: 'You can't tell much about Havana from a boat tied up at the dock, Mei Long. Especially at night.'
PLOT( Mei Long does not know why Sam Chou brought her to Havana and is wondering if Slate knows.)

51/04/09 3 Opium Smugglers and Young Girl

51/04/16 4 Johnny Price Story

51/04/23 5 Treasure on Flamingo Cay (aka Spanish Gold aka Buried Treasure)
OPENING LINE: (Singing) 'Now is Havana, there is a small hotel.
From here to there, they come pell mell, No elevators or curtains of lace, It's known all over as Shannon's Place.'
PLOT(Witt is trying to convince Shannon to go with him after Spainish treasure buried on Flamingo Cay.)

51/04/30 6 He Who Laughs Last (aka Dixon and Lane aka Murder is no Joke)
OPENING LINE: 'I just told you that hotel joke because this place, this Shannon's Hotel reminded me. Oh, I gotta nother one for you.'
PLOT(Frankie Lane, Hal Dixon's partner, is out with Slate, and Sailor is not happy about it.

51/05/07 7

51/05/14 8

51/05/21 9

51/05/28 10

51/06/04 11 Blue Moon
OPENING LINE: 'Your Name Slate Shannon?'
PLOT (Camerons daughter Cathy is involved with Norton, the owner of the gambling ship, The Blue Moon. Norton has some hold over Cathy that makes her stay on the ship. Cameron wants Slate to get her away.)

51/06/11 12 Tears of Silva (aka Tears of Sheba)
OPENING LINE: 'Ah Slate, you should have been with us! Laid up for repairs on a jewel of an island and the girls with the wild orchids.'
PLOT (Joe Bishop asks Slate to hold a package for him.)

51/06/18 13

51/06/25 14

51/07/02 15

51/07/09 16

51/07/16 17

51/07/23 18

51/07/30 19 Search For Tommy Reed (aka Looking for Tommy Reed)
OPENING LINE: 'Slate, wake up, Come on, wake up.'
PLOT(Mrs Reed wants Slate to find her husband, Tommy, for her. He was involved in a murder.)

51/08/06 20

51/08/13 21

51/08/20 22

51/08/27 23

51/09/03 24

51/09/10 25 Out of Control (aka Phyllis Colvert Murder)
OPENING LINE: 'Sailor, we see Morrow Castle, the famous fort guarding the entrance to Havana harbour. It was constructed in 1589.'
PLOT(While cruising the harbor, Slate and Sailor see a boat piloted by Phyllis Colvert slam into the sea wall. When they get aboard, she's dead.)

51/09/17 26 Black Tie Affair (aka Slates Tuexeo Pocket)
OPENING LINE: (singing) 'Mr Slate, he hold he head in he hand.
Don't care to make jolly on sea or on land.
Invitation to party on big steam ship,
Give a pain size ten, make he quiver he lip.'
PLOT(Slate resists going to a big bash on The Huron, but Sailor has already rented a tux. He finally goes, not knowing that the combination to The Huron's safe is in his pocket.

51/09/24 27

51/10/01 28

51/10/08 29

51/10/15 30

51/10/22 31

51/10/29 32

51/11/05 33 Thugs And Slugs aka A Bullet For Shannon
OPENING LINE: 'You, umm, you won't regret this, Mr Shannon. You'll see you won't.'
PLOT(Bullock is loaded and willing to pay anything to get to Key West. But he gets killed.)

51/11/12 34

51/11/19 35 Twelve Year Promise (aka Oil Wells)
Opening Line - 'Slate, I Just Had A Thought....'
PLOT(While discussing the overpriced cake Sailor bought, Ray and Rhino arrive looking for Matt Wallace, an old friend Slate hadn't seen in 12 years. When King attempts to throw them out, Rhino beats up King.)

51/11/26 36

51/12/03 37 Cruise To Batobano (aka Emilio Lopez Story)
OPENING LINE: 'Well, I don't think it's a lot to ask you to do, Shannon.'
PLOT( Jimmy Drew wants Slate to deliver a boat to Emil Lopez in Bano Bano.)

51/12/10 38 Voodoo Vendetta (aka Alice Ramsey Kills Husband)
OPENING LINE: (singing) ' The thing to consider when you go to sleep,
is the bed not narrow, the pillow deep,
And you wake up in the morning,
Breakfast in Havana, with cereal they do
Serve banana.'
PLOT(Slate and Sailor are hired to take Alice Ramsey's and her husband back to their plantation. She then kills her husband.)

51/12/17 39 Tabbard of Pizarro (aka Alice Markel Poisoning)
OPENING LINE: 'Ah Sailor, Now there's a sight that warms the cockles of a man's heart, I tell ya.'
PLOT(While watching Alice Markel on the beach, she collapses. By the time they reach her, she's dead.)

51/12/24 40 Escape From Guantanamo (aka Paul Brewsters Story)
OPENING LINE: 'Rock me gently, Sailor. Easy, easy, you're getting the knack, kid.;
PLOT(John Brewster used to rent Shannon's boat for fishing trips, but this time he wants him to pick up his son, an escaped killer and bring him back before he kills again.

51/12/31 41 Crazy Old Carlos (aka Carloz Ruis Story)
OPENING LINE: 'We ought to do this more often, Slate'.
PLOT (Slate and Sailor run into Carlos who sold his fishing boat and is giving the money away to people on the street.)

52/01/07 42

52/01/14 43

52/01/21 44

52/01/28 45

52/02/04 46

52/02/11 47 I'm Going To Die (aka Isle of Pines)
OPENING LINE: 'Oh Joy, Oh Joy.'
PLOT(Rhoda, an old friend of Slates has him and Sailor take her to the Isle of Pines. She's dying and wants to go where she had her last fling.

52/02/18 48 The One That Got Away (aka Matt Jeffery Dies)
OPENING LINE: 'Feels good, Huh, Sailor?'
PLOT(Matt Jefferys hires Slates boat for a fishing trip, but won't talk to either of them. He later turns out to be dead.)

52/02/25 49 Man From Sumatra (aka Welcome back to Civilization)
OPENING LINE: 'A week, a whole week back in civilization. You don't know what that means, you two.'
PLOT(George Carlson bought land in Sumatra because he thought it contained gold, but he got swindled.)

52/03/03 50 The Big KO (aka Joe Ryan Shot)
OPENING LINE: 'If I weren't so tired, Slate, I'd take what's left of the night to thank you for putting me and the kid up.'
PLOT(After showing Joe Ryan and Ruth to their rooms, a man arrives and asks for them. The man shoots Joe Ryan.)

52/03/10 51 Revenge Is Sweet (aka Joe Ralston)
OPENING LINE: 'You know the trouble with you, Sailor?'
PLOT(Slate is wondering why Sailor doesn't like the new guest, Joe Ralston. Slate thinks he OK, but is he mistaken.)

52/03/17 52 Haven's Venezuelan Isle (aka Runaway Wife)
OPENING LINE: 'Oh Mrs Moore, you're a whiz-bang, that's all. That's just what you are.'
PLOT(Slate tries to sell pottery made in Newark, New Jersey. After everyone goes to bed, Haven makes a call to Milo. They've got someone on ice and it's up to Milo to whether he's alive or not.)

52/03/24 53

52/03/31 54

52/04/07 55 With Friends Like These (aka Death of Rudy Keijon)
OPENING LINE: 'Sailor, Stand still a minute, I want you to slip into this.'
PLOT(Five years earlier, Rudy Keijon was found dead in New Orleans, the same night Rudy and Slate were doing the town. Bob Yancy arrives to arrest Slate.)

52/04/14 56

52/04/21 57 Mystery Of The Mary K
OPENING LINE: 'Take the wheel, Sailor, Steady as she goes.'
PLOT(On the way back from a Key West shopping trip, Shannon and Sailor run into a boat with 4 dead sailors.)

52/04/28 58

52/05/05 59

52/05/12 60

52/05/19 61

52/05/26 62

52/06/05 63

52/06/09 64

52/06/16 65

52/06/23 66

52/06/30 67

52/07/07 68
52/07/14 69 Slate's Stolen Identity aka Louis Gaspar
OPENING LINE: (Singing) 'To Havana City, the pleasure dome.
Come fella's with wifes so far from home.
The tender sea breeze all worries ease,
And with the sea comforts ?'
PLOT(Mr Brennen, from Dixie, wants Slate to pick up a man from a freighter for $300. Slate agrees, but Sailor wants him to forget it.)

52/07/21 70

52/07/28 71

52/08/04 72

52/08/11 73

52/08/18 74

52/08/25 75

52/09/01 76

52/09/08 77

52/09/15 78

xx/xx/xx Death At The Wedding (aka Frame-up)
OPENING LINE: (singing) 'Shannon's place is a sight to see,
New table clothes, clean upholstery.
For couples come and laugh and smile,
We just got wedded, we'll stay awhile.'
PLOT(Sailor asks Mr Cheney what makes a man propose. He responds that a twisted arm helps. A dead man is sitting in the lobby.)

xx/xx/xx Marriage and Murder (aka Sailor's Dead Husband)
OPENING LINE: 'What'll they thing of next?'
PLOT (Sailor tells Slate the gun he gave her disappeared just before Freddie Nye walks in and claims to be Sailor's husband.)

xx/xx/xx Russian Roulette
OPENING LINE: 'Where are you, Slate?'
PLOT( During a storm an old lady enters the hotel and takes a shot at Slate.)

xx/xx/xx The White Envelope(aka The Bill Of Lading)
OPENING LINE: (singing) 'No people come to Shannon's place,
Cash register is one big disgrace.
The money that lies within the till,
Can't possibly change one dollar bill.'
PLOT(Vic comes into Shannon's place with a frightened Delores Keyto. He wants the papers she has. Shannon steps in and she runs.)