Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

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Eleven years after the network cancellation of Gilligan's Island, the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S. S. Minnow returned to the small screen in Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The cast remains the same, with one significant change. Bob Denver plays inveterate bumbler Gilligan, Alan Hale is… More Eleven years after the network cancellation of Gilligan's Island, the crew and passengers of the ill-fated S. S. Minnow returned to the small screen in Rescue from Gilligan's Island. The cast remains the same, with one significant change. Bob Denver plays inveterate bumbler Gilligan, Alan Hale is the long-suffering Skipper, Jim Backus and Natalie Schafer are the fabulously wealthy Mr. and Mrs. Thurston Howell III, Russell Johnson is the resourceful Professor, and Dawn Wells, as perky as ever, is Mary Ann. Tina Louise wanted no part of any Gilligan's Island reunion, so her role-perennial starlet Ginger Grant-is filled by Judith Baldwyn. The premise: a huge tidal wave transports the seven castaways back to civilization. While they're thrilled to be back in the real world, none of the seven are able to adjust to life outside the island....least of all Gilligan, who on top of all his other problems must contend with a pair of enemy agents (Vincent Schiavelli and Art LeFleur). Conceived as a two-hour pilot film for a weekly revival that never materialized, Rescue from Gilligan's Island was originally telecast in two ratings-grabbing 60 minute installments, shown on October 14 and 21, 1978. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

Rating, Runtime: Unrated, 1 hr. 40 min.
Directed By: Leslie H. Martinson
Genres: Television, Comedy

In Theaters: Oct 14, 1978 Wide
On DVD: Mar 15, 2005

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A classic tie-up to the goofy "Gilligan's Island" TV series. It's great seeing them finally being rescued and tossed back into their troublesome lives. It's a lot of fun with an awesome finale.

Cast

            Lewis Arquette as Judge

            Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III

            Judith Baldwin as Ginger Grant

            Norman Bartold as Producer

            Bob Denver as Gilligan

            Michael Flanagan as Director

            Mary Gregory as Mrs. Devonshire

            Russell Johnson as Professor Hinkley

            Art La Fleur as Ivan

            Mario Machado as Reporter (uncredited)

            Michael Macready as FBI Man #2

            Barbara Mallory as Cindy Smith

            Don Marshall as FBI Man #1

            Alisa Powell as Pom Pom Girl

            Alex Rodine as 1st Officer

            Victor Rogers as Mr. Fellows

            Martin Rudy as Dean

            Natalie Schafer as Lovey Howell

            Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers

            John Wheeler as Studio Guard

            Robert Wood as Tony

            Alan Hale Jr. as Skipper

            Vincent Schiavelli as Dimitri

            Snag Werris as Camera Man

            Art LaFleur
            
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Rescue from Gilligan's Island (1978)

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