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The Islanders

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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..

DramaAction & Adventure

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2nd October 1960 - 20th November 1961
Producer
Richard L. Bare
Top Cast
William ReynoldsDiane BrewsterJames Philbrook
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Five O'Clock Friday
2nd October 1960

Episode 1

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Flight From Terror
9th October 1960

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The Terrified Blonde
16th October 1960

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Talent for Danger
23rd October 1960

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Operation Dollar Sign
30th October 1960

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Hostage Island
6th November 1960

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The Phantom Captain
13th November 1960

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Our Girl in Saigon
20th November 1961

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Forbidden Cargo
27th November 1960

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The Cold War of Adam Smith
4th December 1960

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Deadly Tomorrow
11th December 1960

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The Widow From Richmond
18th December 1960

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Duel of Strangers
25th December 1960

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1st January 1961

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The Twenty-Six Paper
8th January 1961

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The Generous Politician
15th January 1961

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22nd January 1961

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Escape From Kaledau
29th January 1961

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To Bell the Cat
5th February 1961

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Willy's Millionaire
12th February 1961

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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.

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The Strange Courtship of Danny Koo
19th February 1961

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Island Witness
26th February 1961

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A Rope for Charlie Mundy
5th March 1961

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Episode 24
12th March 1961

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The Pearls of Ratu
19th March 1961

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The Lacosta Vendetta
26th March 1961

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