Captain David Grief (also known as The Jack London Stories) is an American action/adventure television series that aired in syndication from October 1957 to 1960.
The program was based on a series of Jack London short-stories centered on the South Seas tradesman and adventurer David Grief,[1] collected in A Son of the Sun.
[2] The cast included the Irish-born actor Maxwell Reed as Captain Grief, Tudor Owen as Elihu Snow, Mickey Simpson as Boley, Mel Prestidge as Jackie-Jackie, and Maureen Hingert as Anura.
As of February 1957, they included West End Brewing Company, Utica, New York; Stroh Brewery, Detroit; Pearl Brewing Company, Texas; Standard Oil of California; and D-X Sunray Oil, Tulsa.
[10] Although the original story was by Jack London, the program's writers "showed their grasp of corny dialog".