Return to Fantasy Island (1978) (TV)

Director:

George McCowan

Writer:

Marc Brandell (writer)

Release Date:

20 January 1978 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Cast

Ricardo Montalban	...	Mr. Roarke
Adrienne Barbeau	...	Margo Dean
Horst Buchholz	...	Charles Fleming
Joseph Campanella	...	Brian Faber
George Chakiris	...	Pierre
Joseph Cotten	...	Mr. Grant
Pat Crowley	...	Lucy Faber
Laraine Day	...	Mrs. Grant
George Maharis	...	Benson
Cameron Mitchell	...	Raoul
France Nuyen	...	Kito
Karen Valentine	...	Janet Fleming
Hervé Villechaize	...	Tattoo (as Herve Villechaize)
John Zaremba	...	Dr. Croyden
Kevi Kendall	...	Pat
Kristine Ritzke	...	Carol
Nancy McKeon	...	Ann
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Larry Moran	...	Runner #2 (uncredited)

Directed by
George McCowan

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Marc Brandell		writer

Produced by
Michael Fisher	....	producer
Leonard Goldberg	....	executive producer
Shelley Hull	....	associate producer
Aaron Spelling	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Laurence Rosenthal

Cinematography by
Archie R. Dalzell

Film Editing by
John Woodcock

Art Direction by
Alfeo Bocchicchio

Art Department
Charles R. Lipscomb	....	lead man

Sound Department
Lionel Strutt	....	adr mixer

Stunts
Charlie Picerni	....	stunt double (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Ron Veto	....	grip

Editorial Department
Virgil E. Hammond III	....	post-production

Production Companies

• Columbia Pictures Television
• Spelling-Goldberg Productions

Distributors

• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1978) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Direct Source (2000) (USA) (VHS)
• Sony Pictures Television (2002-) (USA) (TV) (syndication)
• AFA Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
• Columbia TriStar Domestic Television

Also Known As:

Fantasy Island II (USA)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Columbia Pictures Television

Movie Connections:

Followed by "Fantasy Island" (1978)

A poor TV movie from a fun series.

This,the second TV movie of Fantasy Island series suffers from many of the symptoms that made the first series such a drag at times.The heart of the series were Tattoo and Mr Rourke but they just don't get the screen time.Instead we are made to sit through guest actors going through the motions in banal plot exercises that have dated badly.Whenever the screen is filled with our charming hosts however,the film comes to life.The chemistry shared between them is undeniable and cheekily funny.I expect future episodes and features to give a lot more screen time to the main characters otherwise it wouldn't have run for as long as it did. I enjoy the tone of the series and think it is enormous fun.This however,is the most certainly not.