The Everglades

Season 1

In this syndicated series, Lincoln Vail was a local law enforcement official patrolling the wilderness area in his airboat. He had frequent dealings with the local Seminoles and worked diligently to protect the wildlife.
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38 Episodes
  • Escaped Convict
    E1
    Episode 1Escaped ConvictThe "Escaped Convict" is Reuben Sales and Vail suspects he has fled to his home in the swamps.
  • Heat in Town
    E2
    Episode 2Heat in TownA crooked police chief enlists Vail's aid to track down an escaped prisoner who had been arrested for loitering. Vail learns from a newspaper reporter that the charge was trumped up and the escapee chances of surviving another arrest are slim.
  • Greed of the Glades
    E3
    Episode 3Greed of the GladesAn escaped, wounded robber holds a young man and wife prisoner in their isolated swamp home, but when he succumbs to the injury, the couple are left with a moral conflict over returning the stolen loot.
  • Primer for Pioneers
    E4
    Episode 4Primer for PioneersAfter a truant officer is seriously wounded by a backwoods squatter while trying to force his children to attend school, Linc decides to try gentle persuasion instead.
  • Angry Town
    E5
    Episode 5Angry TownAn ex-con returns to the everglades, but the townsfolk plot to have him killed.
  • The Photographer
    E6
    Episode 6The PhotographerLinc becomes suspicious of a wildlife photographer who has frequent contact with a helicopter and a seaplane in the middle of the Everglades.
  • The Clay Island Murder
    E7
    Episode 7The Clay Island Murder
  • Lie Detector
    E8
    Episode 8Lie DetectorAlthough Mary Webster has flunked a lie detector test, Linc's instinct tells him that the woman did not murder her abusive husband and investigates other suspects.
  • Flight at Boca Chico
    E9
    Episode 9Flight at Boca ChicoTeenager Piney Danning shows up telling Vail that her neighbor, who lives in an isolated area, is seriously hurt. But Vail needs assistance reaching the injured person because he's unfamiliar with that section of the Everglades.
  • The Experts
    E10
    Episode 10The ExpertsA number of Glades County businesses have been victimized by a safecracker and Captain Benson is on the hot seat. The safe company sends a pair of private detectives to assist the local police with their investigation. While the detectives use the latest scientific equipment to arrest a suspect, Linc uses good old-fashioned legwork and a network of informants to track down the real perpetrator.
  • Good Boy
    E11
    Episode 11Good BoyWhen Linc arrests a youth for reckless driving and assaulting a police officer, his father, the owner of a notorious gambling club, does everything possible to get the charges thrown out.
  • The Long Walk
    E12
    Episode 12The Long WalkLincoln Vail enters the trackless Everglades pursuing a no-account swamp rat robs a general store and fractures the skull of its proprietor. Linc is forced to drag his prisoner back to town through the marshes on foot after the his airboat breaks down. To make matters worse, the crook's brother chases the pair with the intent on rescuing Linc's prisoner.
  • The Brand
    E13
    Episode 13The BrandA trail from a break-in a general store leads Link to an illegal gambling operation where the proprietor is fleecing the county's inhabitants while their children go hungry and without proper clothing.
  • Young Osceola
    E14
    Episode 14Young OsceolaColey Jarrett, an up-and-coming boxer, returns to the Everglades after defeating a leading contender. He becomes the target for every would-be tough guy in the 'Glades, as well as mobsters who are angry that he wouldn't take a dive when ordered to do so. When Coley refuses to testify against the racketeers, Linc uses the fighter's girlfriend to change his mind.
  • Force Ten
    E15
    Episode 15Force TenDuring a hurricane, Linc's airboat sinks and he forced to take refuge in an old hotel with a disparate group of castaways - one of whom is a murderous escaped mental patient.
  • The Running Target
    E16
    Episode 16The Running TargetCaptain Andy Benson gets word that a deported mobster plans to return to Miami via the Everglades and rounds up Linc to help him make the arrest. In the ensuing gun battle, Benson is shot and Linc vows to avenge his boss even though he's been suspended from duty.
  • The Hostage
    E17
    Episode 17The HostageA backwoods family hold Linc responsible when one of their kin is bitten by a rattlesnake when the constable was chasing the fugitive. They capture the lawman and drag him into the heart of the Everglades and leave him without food or water to die of exposure..
  • Black Honeymoon
    E18
    Episode 18Black HoneymoonA bride is horrified when her husband changes their honeymoon plans at the last minute and takes them into the Everglades to camp. The groom's jealously and desire for secrecy makes her worry about his secretive past. Clues lead her to believe he's the infamous "Bluebeard killer" who murders his new brides in out of the way locations.
  • Edge of Panic
    E19
    Episode 19Edge of Panic
  • Emergency Treatment
    E20
    Episode 20Emergency TreatmentSteve Harper hears that his fiancee has stolen some narcotics and shot a doctor.
  • Final Hours
    E21
    Episode 21Final HoursFollowing his wife's death, a man abducts his young daughter after being served papers regarding the child's custody. Linc must find the pair immediately because the girl has been bitten by a rabid dog.
  • River of No Return
    E22
    Episode 22River of No ReturnWhen Linc captures a husband and wife whom he suspects of beating and robbing a pretty Seminole girl. When the young woman refuses to identify her assailants, Linc suspects that her fiancé plans to exact his own revenge without involving the authorities.
  • Friday's Children
    E23
    Episode 23Friday's ChildrenA pair of escaped convicts take a boatload of schoolchildren hostage and force the teacher to hide them from the police who are combing the Everglades in search of them.
  • Rowboat Teacher
    E24
    Episode 24Rowboat TeacherA pretty schoolteacher meets with resistance when she tries to open a school in the heart of the Everglades. A trio of crooks fear that, by teaching the local inhabitants to read, they'll realize that they're being cheated by the gang.
  • Curtains for Kocomo
    E25
    Episode 25Curtains for KocomoWhen Cappy Royal claims he was bitten by a performing chimpanzee, his father gets a court order to kill the animal and Linc is ordered to carry out the execution. Linc believes that the animal has been falsely accused and sets about finding out why the boy lied.
  • Fatal Information
    E26
    Episode 26Fatal InformationLinc and a pretty ornithologist become targets for the mob when the dying witness to a gangland killing tells a pair of hitmen that he told the lawman and scientist who the mob boss's killers were.
  • Killer in Calico
    E27
    Episode 27Killer in CalicoA nightclub dancer double-crosses a killer and flees to her aunt's home in the Everglades with $20,000 in stolen money. The crook tracks her down and tries to reclaim his share of the loot.
  • Keene's Choice
    E28
    Episode 28Keene's ChoiceWhen a Veteran's Administration official travels to the Everglades to meet with Willie Keene about additional benefits, gets driven off by his shotgun wielding relatives, he turns to Linc Vail for assistance. Linc learns that the signatures on recent government checks that had been cashed in Willie's name were inconsistent with earlier ones and decides to investigate.
  • The Perfect Crime
    E29
    Episode 29The Perfect CrimeWill Moody is out of prison after an armed robbery and returns to the area. Odella Burns, who scarred Moody during the crime, is fearful and asks Vail for protection against any revenge from the felon.
  • Unwanted: Dead or Alive
    E30
    Episode 30Unwanted: Dead or AliveAn ex-convict out on parole after twenty years in prison has only one desire in life - to get back behind bars.
  • The Stranger
    E31
    Episode 31The StrangerA dying convict hires a hunter to kill Lincoln Vail, the man who sent him to prison. The convict promises pay for the murder by revealing where the stolen loot from the heist is hidden once the contract killing is completed.
  • Hideout
    E32
    Episode 32Hideout
  • Price of Evil
    E33
    Episode 33Price of EvilLinc's attempts to break up a drug smuggling ring are hampered by his mentor, a police officer who is accepting bribes from the gang.
  • A Day's Occupation
    E34
    Episode 34A Day's OccupationTwo bank robbers capture Linc and plan to force him to guide them around the police patrols closing in to capture them.
  • The Rookie
    E35
    Episode 35The RookieWhile he's trying to break up a smuggler's ring, Linc is saddled with a college football star who's more interested in chasing women than crooks.
  • The Four-Day Weekend
    E36
    Episode 36The Four-Day Weekend
  • Appointment with Death
    E37
    Episode 37Appointment with DeathWhile guiding a biologist through the Everglades, Linc must contend with his flirtatious wife and a pair of Seminole Indians who resent their treatment by the scientist.
  • The Expedition
    E38
    Episode 38The ExpeditionA group of graduate students searching for a lost tribe of Seminoles run afoul of a member of the tribe who was banished for murder.
Cast of Season 1
  • Ron HayesLincoln Vail
 
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