Seaway

1 9 6 5 – 1 9 6 6 (Canada)
30 x 60 minute episodes

Made in Canada by England’s ITC television company, this short-lived drama series followed the investigations of Nick King (Stephen Young) and Admiral Henry Victor Leslie Fox (Austin Willis) – two special agents who worked for the Ship Owners Association in Toronto, operating along the new St. Lawrence Seaway.

Nick (a former UASF pilot) and the Admiral (a World War II veteran) pitted themselves against drug smugglers, illegal immigrants, pirates, terrorists, thieves, kidnappers, mutineers, arsonists, murderers, escaped prisoners, blackmailers, and plague-stricken ships. 

Guest stars included Rita Moreno, Faye Dunaway, Gary Lockwood, Ralph Meeker, Richard Thomas, Sally Kellerman and Barry Morse.

Budgeted at three million dollars for the first season of hour-long shows (or about $l00,000 per episode), Seaway was (to that date) the most costly television series produced in Canada. It was bought by the CBC for $850,000 and by ATV in the UK for $1.5 million.

The two-part story, “Don’t Forget To Wipe The Blood Off”, was later released to television as a feature film and continues to show up in afternoon movie slots and late shows.

Nick King
Stephen Young
Admiral Henry Victor Leslie Fox
Austin Willis

Episodes

Shipment from Marseilles | Last Voyage | Border Incident | What the Rats Knew | The Only Good Indian | 34th Man | The Provocative Mademoiselle | Bonhomme Richard | Nothing But a Long Goodbye | Abraham’s Hand | Mutiny | A Medal for Mirko | Port of Call: Paradise | Trial by Fire | The Wharf Rat | Over the Falls | Maria | The Sparrows | Ghost Ship | Dead Reckoning | Billy the Kid | The Viking | Hot Line | The Last Free Man | Sinking of the Elizabeth Rainey | Rx for Murder | Don’t Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 1 | Don’t Forget to Wipe the Blood Off: Part 2 | Gunpowder and Paint: Part 1 | Gunpowder and Paint: Part 2

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