TV series
Captain David Grief
1957–1960 · 2 seasons
A breezy, sunlit half-hour of island adventure, with sea voyages and rough-and-tumble scrapes that pass easily and pleasantly.
- Created by
- Stuart Heisler
- Genres
- Action & adventure
- Starring
- Maxwell Reed, Tudor Owen, Mickey Simpson
- Overview
- Captain David Grief 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 around the South Seas tradesman and adventurer David Grief.
- How it feels
- Earnest, light, warm and tense. Brisk and easy to follow.
- About
- Survival, crime, loyalty, freedom
- Content
- Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
- Note
- Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown
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- Created by
- Stuart Heisler
- Genres
- Action & adventure
- Starring
- Maxwell Reed, Tudor Owen, Mickey Simpson


