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The Islanders (TV series)

{{Short description|1960 American TV series}}

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| runtime = approx. 50 minutes

| creator = Richard L. Bare

| company = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Television

| starring = William Reynolds
James Philbrook
Diane Brewster

| country = United States

| language = English

| network = ABC

| first_aired = {{start date|1960|10|2}}

| last_aired = {{end date|1961|3|26}}

| num_seasons = 1

| num_episodes = 24

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The Islanders is an American adventure drama series which aired on ABC from 1960 to 1961, starring William Reynolds, James Philbrook, and Diane Brewster.HOLLYWOOD TIE-LINE: Hollywood Tie-Line

By RUTH WATERBURY. The Washington Post and Times-Herald 11 Sep 1960: H15.

Premise

Stated a UPI article on September 20, 1960, "Basis of the show is a one-airplane airline run by the three principals in the lush East Indies. The men are soldiers of fortune and Diane [Brewster] plays a Dutch girl attempting to regain her family’s property."Scott, Vernon, United Press International, "Palm Trees To Replace TV Snow Set," The San Bernardino Daily Sun, Tuesday 20 September 1960, Volume 67, page 3.

At the beginning of the series, Sandy Wade (Reynolds) and Zack Malloy (Philbrook), co-owners of a Grumman Goose amphibious aircraft, start their one-plane airline in the Moluccas or Spice Islands of the southwest 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 (Brewster) and Shipwreck Callighan (Roy Wright).

"The boys get into lots of messes," said Brewster "and things aren't helped for them by the way I play one of them against the other in whatever romantic notions they have about me."DOUBLE-DEALING DIANE

Korman, Seymour. Chicago Daily Tribune 17 Dec 1960: h7.

Cast

Episodes

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|Title = Five O'Clock Friday

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|Title = Flight From Terror

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|Title = The Terrified Blonde

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|Title = Talent for Danger

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|Title = Operation Dollar Sign

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|Title = Hostage Island

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|Title = The Phantom Captain

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|Title = Our Girl in Saigon

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|Title = Forbidden Cargo

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|Title = The Cold War of Adam Smith

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|Title = Deadly Tomorrow

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|Title = The Widow from Richmond

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|Title = Duel of Strangers

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|Title = The Twenty-Six Paper

|DirectedBy = Charles Haas

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|EpisodeNumber = 15

|Title = The Generous Politician

|DirectedBy = Stuart Heisler

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|1|15}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 16

|Title = Escape from Kaledau

|DirectedBy = Roger Kay

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|EpisodeNumber = 17

|Title = To Bell the Cat

|DirectedBy = Abner Biberman

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|EpisodeNumber = 18

|Title = Willy's Millionaire

|DirectedBy = Hollingsworth Morse

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|EpisodeNumber = 19

|Title = The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo

|DirectedBy = Harmon Jones

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|2|19}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 20

|Title = Island Witness

|DirectedBy = Harry Harris

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|EpisodeNumber = 21

|Title = A Rope for Charlie Munday

|DirectedBy = Herman Hoffman

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|EpisodeNumber = 22

|Title = The Lacosta Vendetta

|DirectedBy = Herman Hoffman

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|OriginalAirDate={{Start date|1961|3|12}}

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|EpisodeNumber = 23

|Title = The Pearls of Ratu

|DirectedBy = Lewis Foster

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|Title = The World is Her Oyster

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Filming

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."http://www.classicimages.com/articles/2009/10/02/past_articles/reynoldswilliam.txt {{Dead link|fix-attempted=yes|date=October 2017}}

"We have a show that has all the meat and potatoes," said Reynolds during filming. "All it lacks is the gravy... we may be trying to place too much in a small screen."When the gravy's missing

Page, Don. Los Angeles Times 29 Jan 1961: f44.

=Accident=

In February 1960 a plane carrying five crew members from Montego Bay to Miami crashed off the coast of Jamaica into the water. The men were Reynolds, Bare, Glenn Kirkpatrick, pilot Howard Smith and camera man George Schmidt.Crash Hurts TV Crew

The Washington Post and Times-Herald (1959-1973); Washington, D.C. [Washington, D.C]13 Feb 1960: A3. All but Schmidt were picked out of the water.Photo Standalone 2 -- No Title: Incomplete Source

Los Angeles Times 13 Feb 1960: 7.

Broadcast

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.

=Reception=

The Los Angeles Times said the show was like many other adventure series on ABC at the time (Hong Kong, Surfside 6, Hawaiian Eye) and said "it did achieve a certain flavour with its tropical background" adding "if the series scores at all - and it does show some promise - it will largely be due to Reynolds."TV REVIEW: The Islander Series Debuts With Bong

Page, Don. Los Angeles Times 4 Oct 1960: A11.

Guest stars

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References

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External links

  • {{IMDb title|0053511|The Islanders}}

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Category:American Broadcasting Company television dramas

Category:1960 American television series debuts

Category:1961 American television series endings

Category:American aviation television series

Category:Black-and-white American television shows

Category:Television shows set in Indonesia

Category:Television series by MGM Television