The Islanders

The Islanders (1960)


  • Genre: Drama, Action & Adventure
  • Creator: Richard L. Bare
  • First Air Date: 1960-10-02
  • Last Air Date: 1961-11-20
  • Total Seasons: 1
  • Total Episodes: 26
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 60 min.
  • Production Company: MGM Television
  • Production Country: United States of America
  • Network: ABC
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Summary

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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The Islanders Seasons

Season 1

First Air Date: 1960-10-02
26 Episodes

The Islanders Episodes

Title Air Date Duration
Season 1Episode 1Five O'Clock Friday60 min
Season 1Episode 2Flight From Terror60 min
Season 1Episode 3The Terrified Blonde60 min
Season 1Episode 4Talent for Danger60 min
Season 1Episode 5Operation Dollar Sign60 min
Season 1Episode 6Hostage Island60 min
Season 1Episode 7The Phantom Captain60 min
Season 1Episode 8Our Girl in Saigon60 min
Season 1Episode 9Forbidden Cargo60 min
Season 1Episode 10The Cold War of Adam Smith60 min
Season 1Episode 11Deadly Tomorrow60 min
Season 1Episode 12The Widow From Richmond60 min
Season 1Episode 13Duel of Strangers60 min
Season 1Episode 14Episode 1460 min
Season 1Episode 15The Twenty-Six Paper60 min
Season 1Episode 16The Generous Politician60 min
Season 1Episode 17Episode 1760 min
Season 1Episode 18Escape From Kaledau60 min
Season 1Episode 19To Bell the Cat60 min
Season 1Episode 20Willy's Millionaire60 min
Season 1Episode 21The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo60 min
Season 1Episode 22Island Witness60 min
Season 1Episode 23A Rope for Charlie Mundy60 min
Season 1Episode 24Episode 2460 min
Season 1Episode 25The Pearls of Ratu60 min
Season 1Episode 26The Lacosta Vendetta60 min
  • William Reynolds

    as Sandy Wade
  • Diane Brewster

    as Wilhelmina 'Steamboat Willy' Vanderveer
  • James Philbrook

    as Zack Malloy
Production Robert H. Justman Production Coordinator
Editing Frank Santillo Editor
Art George W. Davis Art Direction
Production Richard L. Bare Producer
Camera Robert J. Bronner Camera Operator
Production Jack Hoffman Musical Casting
Directing Robert H. Justman Assistant Director
Art Gabriel Scognamillo Art Direction

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