The Runaway Barge

(NBC, 3/24/1975, 90 mins). An adventure drama involving three modern day Mississippi boatmen who find themselves neck deep in a kidnapping and hijacking plot.

Production Company Lorimar Productions. Director Boris Sagal. Executive Producer Lee Rich. Producer Boris Sagal. Teleplay Stanford Whitmore. Based on an Original Idea by Sara Macon. Photography Fred J. Koenekamp. Music Nelson Riddle. Songs by Al Kasha, Joel Hirschhorn. Song “River King” performed by Johnny Rodriguez. Editor Anthony Wollner. Art Director Ed Graves. Associate Producer Sara Macon.

Cast Bo Hopkins (Ezel Owens), Tim Matheson (Danny Worth), Jim Davis (Capt. Buckshot Bates), Nick Nolte (Ray Blount), Devon Ericson (June Bug Dobbs), Christina Hart (Reba Washburn), James Best (Bingo Washington), Lucille Benson (Madge Henshaw), Clifton James (Sooey), Don Plumley (Whispering Wally), Beau Gibson (Rouge LeBlanc), G.W. Bailey (Booker), John White (1st fleetman), Bill Rowley (2nd fleetman), David B. Carlton (Supply boat captain), Joneal Joplin (Pilot Virgil Henderson), Chuck Gunkel (Arkansas Stupid).