Land of the Giants

Original title : The Crash
First Aired : 22.09.1968 (USA)
Director : Irwin Allen
Writing credits : Anthony Wilson, Irwin Allen
Cast : Anne Dore (Giant Female Assistant), Don Watters (Giant Entymologist), Patrick Michenaud (Giant Boy)

The Story : Suborbital flight 612, bound for London, crash lands and its crew and passengers soon realise that this not Earth...this is the 'Land of the Giants'.

Original title : Ghost Town
First Aired : 29.09.1968 (USA)
Director : Nathan Juran
Writing credits : Anthony Wilson, Gil Ralston, William Welch
Cast : Percy Helton (Akman), Amber Flower (Granddaughter), Raymond Guth (Tramp)

The Story : The little people come upon a town their own size. Only Steve is unconvinced that they are not back on Earth.His fears are proved correct as the group are subjected to a variety of wicked pranks by a sadistic giant girl and her grandfather who is unaware of the full extent of the girl's cruelty...

Original title : Framed
First Aired : 06.10.1968 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Mann Rubin
Cast : Paul Carr (Giant Photographer), Doodles Weaver (Giant Hobo), Baynes Barron (Giant Policeman #2), Dennis Cross (Giant Policeman #1), Linda Peck (Giant Model)

The Story : A Giant photographer brutally murders his model with the act being witnessed by the little people.The photographer attempts to frame an innocent tramp for the murder.Outraged by the callousness of the act the little people must decide how to set about clearing the giant tramp without getting caught themselves...

Original title : Underground
First Aired : 20.10.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Ellis St. Joseph
Cast : John Abbott (Gorak), Ivan Markota (Giant Fugitive), Lance LeGault (Giant Policeman), Jerry Catron (Giant Sentry), Jim Gosa (Giant Guard #2), Paul Trinka (Giant Guard #1)

The Story : In an attempt to prevent the rulers of the Giant Planet's totalitarian state obtaining a list of leaders of a pro democracy subversive group, the little people must form an alliance with a giant professor. Can he be trusted, or his he a double agent bent on simply handing the little people over to authority?

Original title : Terror-Go-Round
First Aired : 03.11.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Charles Bennett
Cast : Joseph Ruskin (Carlos), Arthur Batanides (Luigi), Jean-Michel Michenaud (Pepi), Arch Whiting (Policeman)

The Story : A hard up Gypsy captures Barry and Fitzhugh and sees this as his golden opportunity for fame and fortune. A dangerous escape is then organised using an improvised balloon which is shot while in flight by the gypsy desperate to hold on to his newly acquired mealticket.

Original title : The Flight Plan
First Aired : 10.11.1968 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Peter Packer
Cast : John Pickard (I) (Giant Guard), Myron Healey (2nd Giant), William Bramley (1st Giant), Linden Chiles (Joe/Loca)

The Story : The little people come across a man from "Earth". Foolishly he is allowed to go back to their spaceship. Only later do the little people realise that he is a Giant spy miniaturised to obtain crucial scientific information from our travellers about space travel, including a proposed trip to ...Earth.

Original title : Manhunt
First Aired : 17.11.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Stan Silverman, Jay Selby
Cast : John Napier (Convict)

The Story : A giant criminal escaping from the police picks up the spindrift with several of the little people aboard. Running scared, he gets trapped in a pit of quicksand, as he sinks lower the spindrift sinks with him, with the air running out aningenious escape plan is hatched..

Original title : The Trap
First Aired : 24.11.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Jack Turley
Cast : Stewart Bradley (Senior Scientist), Morgan Jones (Assistant Scientist)

The Story : The little people come upon a giant alarm clock and set about using some radium from its face as replacement fuel for the spindrift.As they start their task they witness two Giants arriving with a new sound detector device for capturing little people , surely the giants will find the ticking clock...

Original title : The Creed
First Aired : 01.12.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell, Richard P. McDonagh
Cast : Paul Fix (Doctor Brulle), Wesley Lau (Policeman #1), Gary Tigerman (Delivery Boy), Harry Lauter (First Cop), Grant Sullivan (Second Cop), Henry Corden (Janitor)

The Story : Barry is stuck down by appendicitis. Steve agrees to perform the necessary operation but needs ether from a hospital. As the little people sneak into the hospital to get some, they come upon a particularly unpleasant janitor, evading him they get to the ether only to be surprised by a giant doctor....

Original title : Double-Cross
First Aired : 08.12.1968 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Willard Sage (Hook), Lane Bradford (Lobo), Ted Jordan (Museum Policeman), Howard Culver (Curator), Joseph Ryan (Cabin Policeman)

The Story : Fitzhugh is struck with amnesia and becomes involved with a pair of small time giant crooks who wish to use him to open a lock. Barry attempts to rescue Fitzhugh unaware of his memory loss, as he wakes the sleeping prisoner to get him to leave, Fitz hands him over to the giants as a younger and more agile accomplice to their scheme..

Original title : The Weird World
First Aired : 22.12.1968 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Anthony Wilson, Ellis St. Joseph
Cast : Don Gazzaniga (Giant Watchman), Glenn Corbett (Major Kagan)

The Story : The little people come upon a person of their own size who has been stranded on the giants' planet for many years. Now living in a gopher hole he involves the little people in his crazy plans for getting his old spaceship back...

Original title : The Golden Cage
First Aired : 29.12.1968 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Anthony Wilson, Jack Turley
Cast : Page Slattery (Second Scientist), Dawson Palmer (First Scientist), Douglas Bank (Giant Scientist), Celeste Yarnall (Marna Whalen)

The Story : Steve and Mark come upon a beautiful girl (Marna) trapped in a giant specimen jar. Despite the fact that it appears to be an obvious trap for the little people, Mark seems strangely compelled to investigate further. It transpires that she is the daughter of an old friend of his lost some 15 years earlier...

Original title : The Lost Ones
First Aired : 05.01.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Zalman King (Nick), Dave Dunlop (Giant Trapper), Lee Jay Lambert (Hopper), Jack Chaplain (Joey), Tommy Webb (Dolf)

The Story : The Earthlings are attacked and subdued by a group of delinquent space travellers from Earth who were marooned on the giants' planet some years ago. One of the group becomes a prisoner of the giants and the others force our heroes to save him or Valerie and Betty will be killed..

Original title : Brainwash
First Aired : 12.01.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : William Welch
Cast : Leonard Stone (Dr. Kraal), Robert Dowdell (Policeman), Len Lesser (Prisoner), Warren Stevens (Captain Ashim)

The Story : The little people discover an old communications station (in a storm drain) capable of reaching Earth. Meanwhile, a giant scientist has invented a "truth foam" that when sprayed upon a suspect produces instant confessions. Steve becomes covered in the foam minutes before the giant scientist discovers his foam to be lethal!

Original title : The Bounty Hunter
First Aired : 19.01.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Dan Ullman, Anthony Wilson
Cast : Paul Sorenson (Giant Camper), Kimberly Beck (Giant Girl)

The Story : The little people face a new menace as the Giants start to put up posters rewarding people for their capture. As the stakes rise, the Earth people find themselves in dispute over whether they need the added protection afforded by a Giant's gun located in a nearby tent...

Original title : On A Clear Day You Can See Earth
First Aired : 26.01.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Sheldon Stark, Anthony Wilson
Cast : Michael Ansara (Murtrah)

The Story : A crazed Giant scientist has developed a type of special binoculars that enable him to see in the dark and capture the little people. Aware of the potentially serious consequences of this, they vow to destroy the invention, but this is not as easy as it first seems as Steve becomes captured by the scientist...

Original title : Deadly Lodestone
First Aired : 02.02.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : William L. Stuart
Cast : Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick) , Sheila Allen (Nurse Helg [as Sheila Mathews]), Robert Emhardt (Mr. Secretary), Paul Fix (Dr. Brulle), Gene Dynarski (Warden), Bill Fletcher (Sergeant Karf)

The Story : The little people face a new menace in the form of Inspector Kobick, a member of SID (Special Investigations Department) a group whose remit includes capture of our heroes. Kobick has with him a new device capable of detecting a metal from Earth called "inella metal". Several of the party have items made from it, these are soon discarded with the exception of Dan who has a pin of it in his leg from an Olympic accident several years ago....

Original title : Night of Thrombeldinbar
First Aired : 16.02.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Michael Freeman (Tobek), Alfred Ryder (Parteg), Jay Novello (Okun), Teddy Quinn (Garna), Miriam Schiller (Housewife)

The Story : It is the Night of Thrombeldinbar on the Land of the Giants, a special night when cookies are left out for the elf type being called Thrombeldinbar. As Barry, Fitzhugh and Chipper head past a house, a housewife accidentally drops a cookie meant for Thrombeldinbar on the grass. Fitzhugh goes to retrieve it, but is captured by two orphan giant children who are convinced that Fitz is the real Thrombeldinbar.

Original title : Seven Little Indians
First Aired : 23.02.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Duncan, Wanda Duncan
Cast : Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick), Erik Nelson (3rd S.I.D. Man) , Cliff Osmond (Grotius), Garry Walberg (1st S.I.D. Man), Rico Cattani (2nd S.I.D. Man), Chris Alcaide (Sergeant Arnak)

The Story : Inspector Kobick is overjoyed when he manages to catch the Earthling's dog, Chipper. He realises that they will, of course, attempt to rescue him. To bait his trap he puts Chipper on show in the local zoo as the smallest dog in the world. Barry can't resist the obvious dangers of a rescue attempt.

Original title : Target: Earth
First Aired : 02.03.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss
Cast : Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick) , Dee Hartford (Altha Franzen), Arthur Franz (Franzen), Peter Mamakos (Logar), Ivan Markota (Sergeant #2), Denver Mattson (Sergeant #1), Ted Jordan (S.I.D. Man)

The Story : Escaping from Kobick and his men, Dan and Mark head into a building via an air vent. At the other side of the wall they find themselves in a Lab run by giants who are working on a new guidance system capable of navigating to Earth. Following a dispute within the group Mark decides to try and negotiate a way home with the giants who need his skills to complete their project...

Original title : Genius At Work
First Aired : 09.03.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick) , Jacques Aubuchon (Zurpin), Ron Howard (Jodar), Rusty Jones (Boy Witness), Patrick Culliton (Policeman), Vic Perrin (Small Giant Man), Paul Trinka (Officer)

The Story : Fitzhugh and Barry befriend a giant boy called Jodar who is a chemical genius. Jodar hands a pill he has developed to Fitz. but he sneezes and Chipper eats it running off. When the Earthmen next see Chipper he is giant sized. Fitzhugh then becomes a giant as he too samples the pill...

Original title : Return of Inidu
First Aired : 16.03.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Jack Albertson (Inidu), Peter Haskell (Enog), Steven Marlo (Cop), Tony Benson (Gort), Jerry Davis (Torg)

The Story : During a fierce storm the Earth people find shelter in a spooky old house and before long they witness strange apparitions created by the magician named Inidu whom they befriend. Inidu has been framed for manslaughter as during one of his stage acts a volunteer died, the little people become involved in an attempt to clear his name...

Original title : Rescue
First Aired : 23.03.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick), Tom Reese (Sergeant Gedo), Michael J. Quinn (Lieutenant Emar), Lee Meriwether (Mother/Mrs. Barat), Roy Rowan (Newscaster), Don Collier (Father/Mr. Barat), Buddy Foster (Tedar), Blair Ashley (Leeda)

The Story : While pursuing the little people two giant children become trapped in a collapsed shaft and it seems there is no hope of escape for them as the giants are simply too big to reach them. An uneasy alliance is formed between the little people, Inspector Kobick and the distraught parents of the children as the little people offer assistance...

Original title : Sabotage
First Aired : 30.03.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Cast : John Marley (Zarkin), Elizabeth Rogers (Secretary), Keith Taylor (Newsboy), Douglas Bank (Policeman), Parley Baer (Senator Obek), Robert Colbert (Bolgar)

The Story : A fanatical Police Chief called Bolgar captures Dan and Mark using a giant vacuum cleaner type device. Bolgar is determined to locate the rest of the party and prepares a truth serum for use on them. His overall plan is to cause a terrorist outrage and pin the blame on the little people focusing public opinion against them...

Original title : Shell Game
First Aired : 13.04.1969 (USA)
Director : Harry Harris
Writing credits : Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell, William Welch
Cast : Tol Avery (Mr. Derg), Jan Shepard (Osla), Gary Dubin (Dal), Larry Ward (Talf)

The Story : The little people come upon a family of fishing giants and their deaf son. Several of them become trapped in a giant shell and brought into the giant's house where they are tipped out onto a table to be found by the boy's parents who desperately need the reward money due for the discovery of little people...

Original title : The Chase
First Aired : 20.04.1969 (USA)
Director : Sobey Martin
Writing credits : Arthur Weiss, William Welch, William Welch
Cast : Erik Nelson (S.I.D. Man), Kevin Hagen (Inspector Kobick) , Patrick Sullivan Burke (Golan), Robert F. Lyons (Naylor), Timothy Scott (Trilling), Norman Burton (Sergeant)

The Story : Inspect Kobick coerces the little people to help him fight an anti-Government "freedom" group planning to cause financial ruin by massive counterfeiting of giant currency. The Earthlings find themselves trapped between two warring sides as each side prepares differing threats to the group.