The Islanders (1960)
Synopsis
The Islanders is an American adventure television series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster. At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade and Zack Malloy, co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southeastern Pacific Ocean. Throughout the series they experience a variety of adventures where seemingly harmless charter flights put them into danger. They are frequently aided in their endeavours by the unusually-named Wilhelmina ”Steamboat Willy” Vanderveer and Shipwreck Callighan. The Islanders, primarily sponsored by Liggett & Myers' Chesterfield cigarettes, aired at 9:30 Eastern time on Sunday evenings opposite The Jack Benny Program and Candid Camera on CBS and the second half of The Dinah Shore Show and the last season of The Loretta Young Show on NBC. William Reynolds stated in an interview, "The series went from being sort of like a Terry and the Pirates or a Maverick type of concept to becoming just a bunch of people skulking around. It wasn't very good." After The Islanders, Philbrook co-starred in the 1962-1963 season as a magazine publisher and the love interest of Loretta Young in her short-lived The New Loretta Young Show, which aired Mondays on CBS. Reynolds went on to star in two other ABC series,The Gallant Men, a World War II series, and The FBI with Efrem Zimbalist, Jr..
Network
ABC
Episodes
Five O'Clock Friday
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Flight From Terror
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The Terrified Blonde
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Talent for Danger
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Operation Dollar Sign
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Hostage Island
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The Phantom Captain
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Our Girl in Saigon
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Forbidden Cargo
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The Cold War of Adam Smith
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Deadly Tomorrow
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The Widow From Richmond
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Duel of Strangers
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Episode 14
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The Twenty-Six Paper
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The Generous Politician
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Episode 17
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Escape From Kaledau
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To Bell the Cat
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Willy's Millionaire
Willy decides to sell part interest in the airline to a man she thinks is a millionaire, only to have Zack learn the man plans to use them in a narcotics smuggling ring.
The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo
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Island Witness
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A Rope for Charlie Mundy
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Episode 24
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The Pearls of Ratu
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The Lacosta Vendetta
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Cast
Details
Original Title
The Islanders
Status
Ended
Seasons
1
Episodes
26
Production
MGM Television