"Get Smart" Island of the Darned (1966)

Director:

Gary Nelson

Writers:

Buck Henry (teleplay) &
William Raynor (teleplay) ...

TV Series:

"Get Smart" (1965)

Original Air Date:

26 November 1966 (Season 2, Episode 11)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Mystery

Plot:

The CONTROL agents are trapped on a KAOS island. |

Plot Keywords:

Most Dangerous Game | Reference To J. Edgar Hoover | Agent | Secret Agent | Secret Organization

Cast

Don Adams	...	Maxwell Smart
Barbara Feldon	...	Agent 99
Edward Platt	...	Chief
Fabian Dean	...	Delivery Man
Stacy Keach Sr.	...	Carlson (as Stacy Keach)
Charles Horvath	...	Igor
Harold Gould	...	Hans Hunter

Runtime:

30 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Argentina:Atp

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Talent Associates

Quotes:

Maxwell Smart: We're gonna build a pitt. Then I'm gonna sharpen some stakes and put them in the bottom of the pitt. Then we'll cover the pitt over. Nobody'll know it's there. Then finally someone will jump into the pitt and be impaled on the stakes.
# 99: I've heard of that, Max. It's called a Malayan Man-trap
Maxwell Smart: It is?
# 99: Uhuh. Do you think it will work?
Maxwell Smart: Well it all depends, 99.
# 99: On what?
Maxwell Smart: On wether or not Hunter is a Malayan man.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs The Most Dangerous Game (1932)

The Deadliest Game

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

They spent some money on this episode, taking "Get Smart" out on location as Max and 99 row to an island in search of a KAOS killer, played by Harold Gould. Unfortunately he gets them first. Rather than just kill them, he decides to hunt the CONTROL agents and even gives them a head start. If they can survive until sundown, he'll let them go (99 has a standing offer to stay alive and live with the KAOS killer). Thus begins an exciting chase across the island involving punji sticks, and an "Indiana Jones" like bridge across a gorge (in retrospect, this may have been a leftover set from the NBC "Tarzan" series that aired at the time). Gary Nelson outdoes himself directing, making this episode both thrilling and funny. There's also a great gag when Max and 99 are getting their secret weapons. Carlson shows them a device that makes a lot of motion but has no apparent function. When Max asks what it does, Carlson explains that it merely distracts the enemy as they try and figure out what it does, leaving Max and 99 to escape.