"Land of the Giants" (1968) TV series 1968-1970

User Rating:

6.9/10   

Creator:

Irwin Allen

Seasons:

1 | 2

Release Date:

22 September 1968 (USA)

Genre:

Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Mini-people - playthings in a world of giant tormentors!

Plot:

A space flight crashes on earth, but it is not the same earth the ship was from. They have arrived to a land of giants.

Plot Keywords:

Giant | Repair | Giant Hand | Caged Human | Giant Animal

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Gary Conway	...	Capt. Steve Burton (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Don Matheson	...	Mark Wilson (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Stefan Arngrim	...	Barry Lockridge (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Don Marshall	...	Dan Erickson (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Deanna Lund	...	Valerie Scott (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Heather Young	...	Betty Hamilton (51 episodes, 1968-1970)
Kurt Kasznar	...	Alexander B. Fitzhugh (51 episodes, 1968-1970)

Runtime:

Argentina:60 min | USA:60 min (51 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Trivia:

In one of the last episodes of the series ("Wild Journey"), Steve and Dan travel back through space and time to before they left Earth, and they attempt to change history by persuading any one of their passengers not to take the fateful flight. Actor Stefan Arngrim, who played Barry Lockridge, had entered puberty and could not reprise his younger self, so a body double (with face obscured) was used.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first episode, the Spindrift departed from New York on its flight to London. In later episodes, the departing city is changed to Los Angeles.

Movie Connections:

Featured in Influences: From Yesterday to Today (1999) (TV)

A Big Hand For The Little People!

Scientists may not approve ( I don't think it was aimed at them anyway! ) but in the U.K. in 1969 'Land Of The Giants' was a smash hit. At school on Monday mornings, the number one talking point in the playground was the latest episode of 'Land'. I would try to steer the conversation towards the ongoing saga of 'Dr.Who' in 'The War Games', but it was no use. 'Land' had Britain's children ensnared in its grip. It was kind of like 'Planet Of The Apes' in that it too featured a group of humans who, after passing through a 'space warp', find themselves marooned on a strange world where evolution has taken a different turn. As you'd expect from an Irwin Allen series, characterisation was barely in evidence, but the show boasted some amazing S.F.X. sequences, intriguing story lines such as 'Ghost Town', and the excellent Kevin Hagen as the sinister Inspector Kobick of the S.I.D. As was the case with a lot of U.S. sci-fi shows, the novelty soon wore off - 'Land' was cancelled after two seasons.