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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..
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- E1 Five O'Clock FridayNext upOct 2, 1960 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Sebastian Cabot (Eric Whitaker)
- E2 Flight From TerrorOct 9, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Gigi Perreau (Julie Staunton), Fay Wray (Mrs. Staunton)
- E3 The Terrified BlondeOct 16, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Henry Corden (Lasser), Peter Whitney (Carruthers)
- E4 Talent for DangerOct 23, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Sean McClory (Quinn), George Dolenz (Carl Baurel), Christopher Dark (Dante)
- E5 Operation Dollar SignOct 30, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Michael Pate (Moribus), Walter Burke (Mesrob), Milton Parsons (Wallaby Will)
- E6 Hostage IslandNov 6, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Steven Geray (Marek), Peter Falk (Hooker), Noel Drayton (Dr. Witfield)
- E7 The Phantom CaptainNov 13, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Walter Burke (Mesrob), Mario Alcalde (Captain Kardashian)
- E8 Our Girl in SaigonNov 20, 1961 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Aki Aleong (Shoul Lee), Robin Hughes (Colonel Arthur Munson), Reggie Nalder (Mr. Sudraka), Leonard Strong (General Kumari)
- E9 Forbidden CargoAirs Nov 27, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Thomas Gomez (Darius), Suzanne Pleshette (Iris), Eduardo Ciannelli (Sebastian), E.G. Marshall (Curt Cober)
- E10 The Cold War of Adam SmithAirs Dec 4, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Keenan Wynn (Agent Blake), Paul Lambert (Artinas)
- E11 Deadly TomorrowAirs Dec 11, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Norma Crane (Sarah), Thomas Mitchell (Tom Todd), Patrick Westwood (Rama Singh)
- E12 The Widow From RichmondAirs Dec 18, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Glenda Farrell (Mrs. Dan King), Robert Ellenstein (Chia), Frank De Kova (Carlos Roca)
- E13 Duel of StrangersAirs Dec 25, 1960 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Howard St. John (John Marston), Martin Landau (Arnie), Gia Scala (Rhea)
- E14 Episode 14Airs Jan 1, 1961 · 60 min
- E15 The Twenty-Six PaperAirs Jan 8, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Elisha Cook Jr. (Tomas), Betty Garde (Mme. Arbedutian), Henry Silva (Helmuth Mansing), Gloria Talbott (Maria Mosner), Emile Meyer (Gard)
- E16 The Generous PoliticianAirs Jan 15, 1961 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Philip Ahn (Governor Galli), J. Pat O'Malley (James J. Lacey), Charles Bronson (Dutch Malkin), Benson Fong (O'Hara)
- E17 Episode 17Airs Jan 22, 1961 · 60 min
- E18 Escape From KaledauAirs Jan 29, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: George Takei (Yung), John Abbott (Harwood Gones), Hans Conried (Inspector Gardeva), Henry Daniell (Jarden), Luther Adler (Frank Fellino), John Bryant (Maxwell)
- E19 To Bell the CatAirs Feb 5, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Luana Anders (Trina), Sam Jaffe (Papa Mathews)
- E20 Willy's MillionaireAirs Feb 12, 1961 · 60 min
Synopsis
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.
Guest stars: George Macready (Harja), Anthony Caruso (Velde)
- E21 The Strange Courtship of Danny KooAirs Feb 19, 1961 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Teru Shimada (Kam Chuh), James Hong (Wu Pan), Aki Aleong (Danny Koo)
- E22 Island WitnessAirs Feb 26, 1961 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Myron Healey (Hightower), Gena Rowlands (Pepper Mint), Darren McGavin (Phil)
- E23 A Rope for Charlie MundyAirs Mar 5, 1961 · 60 min
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Guest stars: Jay Novello, Russell Collins
- E24 Episode 24Airs Mar 12, 1961 · 60 min
- E25 The Pearls of RatuAirs Mar 19, 1961 · 60 min
Guest stars
Guest stars: Jack Weston, Bert Remsen (Noel Parkinson), Terence de Marney (Rooster), Werner Klemperer (Michel Serati)
- E26 The Lacosta VendettaAirs Mar 26, 1961 · 60 min
Cast & crew
Created by Richard L. Bare
William Reynolds
Diane Brewster
James Philbrook
