Valley of Mystery (1967) part 1/9

aka Disappearance of Flight 603

Plane Crash In Jungle.A Criminal.Sand Vacuum.Indians.A lost Scientist.Anything else?

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See Leonard Nimoy in part 2,3,4,6

Screencaps avalible at http://ribbonrain.tumblr.com/

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• Richard Egan
• Peter Graves
• Joby Baker
• Lois Nettleton
• Harry Guardino
• Julie Adams
• Fernando Lamas
• Alfred Ryder
• Karen Sharpe
• Barbara Werle
• Lee Patterson
• Rodolfo Acosta
• Douglas Kennedy
• Don Stewart
• Leonard Nimoy
• nimoy
• Adventure
• Action

[fromthesidelines]

Believe it or not, this started out as an unsold (and unaired) hour-long pilot for a projected weekly series ["STRANDED"] starring Richard Egan, co-produced by his company, for NBC's 1966-'67 season. Universal expanded the pilot with additional footage featuring a different supporting cast {and changing the original ending, which would have led to a weekly version of "LOST" without the sci-fi, conspiracy and time travel elements}, and initially released this film in Europe in the fall of '67.

[ribbonrain]

@fromthesidelines Could you cite source? Thank in advance.

[frow9405]

When does Leonard appear?

[ribbonrain]

@frow9405 Leonard Nimoy appears in part 2 3.06-3.08 3.53-3.56 4.38-4.42 4.48-4.50 Leonard Nimoy appears in part 3 1.49-2.35 6.50-6.52 7.04-7.13 Leonard Nimoy appears in part 4 00.01-00.08 00.10-00.14 Leonard Nimoy appears in part 6 00.05-1.09 1.31-1.35 1.42-3.18

[fromthesidelines]

ABC's version, "THE NEW PEOPLE" (1969-'70) [young people surviving a plane crash on a deserted island designed for atomic testing], was created by Rod Serling (who wrote the pilot episode), produced by Aaron Spelling and Danny Thomas, and was a 45 minute series that lasted 17 episodes, 'Whistler'.

[TheWhistler3]

ABC did a series like this. It was an experiment, a 45 minute show. If I am correct I think they sued "LOST," when it came on the air. They lost.

[fromthesidelines]

Certainly, 'ribbon'- Lee Goldberg's book, "Unsold Television Pilots: 1955 through 1988" [McFarland & Co., 1990]. The "Television Obscurities" website has an article, "Building NBC's 1966-1967 Schedule", that mentions the original "STRANDED" pilot.

[frow9405]

@ribbonrain Thank you very much for this!