Land of the Giants
Land of the Giants
TV ShowEnded

Land of the Giants

6.8 / 10
1968
2 seasons
51 episodes
Sci-Fi & FantasyAction & AdventureDrama

Set fifteen years in the then-future year 1983, the series tells the tale of the crew and passengers of a sub-orbital transport ship named Spindrift. In the pilot episode, the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London, on an ultra-fast sub-orbital flight. Just beyond Earth's boundary with space, the Spindrift encounters a magnetic space storm, and is dragged through a space warp to a mysterious planet where everything is twelve times larger than on Earth, whose inhabitants the Earthlings nickname "the Giants". The Spindrift crash-lands, and the damage renders it inoperable.

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Trailer

ABC Land of the Giants promo 1968

Cast

Seasons

  • The Crash

    1.The Crash

    7.0
    22-09-196860m

    The Spindrift crashes on the Land of the Giants and its crew and passengers quickly find themselves in a struggle for survival.

  • Ghost Town

    2.Ghost Town

    8.0
    29-09-196860m

    The Earthlings find themselves trapped in an Earth-sized town run by a giant eccentric and his sadistic daughter.

  • Framed

    3.Framed

    06-10-196860m

    When a giant hobo is framed for murder, the Earthlings come to his aid.

  • Underground

    4.Underground

    20-10-196860m

    The Earthlings become involved in an underground resistance in the giant civilization.

  • Terror-Go-Round

    5.Terror-Go-Round

    5.0
    03-11-196860m

    Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.

  • The Flight Plan

    6.The Flight Plan

    10-11-196860m

    The Spindrift crew find an amnesiac Earthling, Joe, but it turns out to be a ploy by giant crooks to get hold of the ship's power supply.

  • Manhunt

    7.Manhunt

    17-11-196860m

    A giant escaping convict takes the Spindrift but then wanders into quicksand, endangering everyone.

  • The Trap

    8.The Trap

    24-11-196860m

    The Earthlings try to salvage radium from a clock but find themselves at the mercy of giant scientists using a sound detector to home in on them.

  • The Creed

    9.The Creed

    01-12-196860m

    Barry is strick by appendicitis and the Earthlings have no choice but to turn to a giant doctor for assistance.

  • Double-Cross

    10.Double-Cross

    08-12-196860m

    An amnesiac Fitzhugh falls in with two giant thieves and becomes their willing accomplice.

  • The Weird World

    11.The Weird World

    22-12-196860m

    The Spindrift crew finds a paranoid survivor from Earth...but his suspicions endanger everyone.

  • The Golden Cage

    12.The Golden Cage

    29-12-196860m

    Mark falls for an attractive Earth girl - the survivor of a previous space flight.

  • The Lost Ones

    13.The Lost Ones

    6.0
    05-01-196960m

    This time around, four punk kids from Earth run up against the Spindrift crew.

  • Brainwash

    14.Brainwash

    12-01-196960m

    The Giants have invented a chemical that forces those exposed to it to tell the truth, and plan to test it on the Earthlings.

  • The Bounty Hunter

    15.The Bounty Hunter

    19-01-196960m

    When the giants increase their search efforts, the Earthlings must increase their salvage efforts and end up captured by a giant and his daughter.

  • On a Clear Night You Can See Earth

    16.On a Clear Night You Can See Earth

    26-01-196960m

    The Earthlings become involved with an insane giant scientist who has infra-red goggles he can use to find them whenever he wants.

  • Deadly Lodestone

    17.Deadly Lodestone

    02-02-196960m

    The Giants have invented a detector that can home in on Earth-based metals, and Dan puts the entire group at risk due to the surgical pin in his leg.

  • Night of Thrombeldinbar

    18.Night of Thrombeldinbar

    16-02-196960m

    Fitzhugh pretends to be an elf to entertain two orphan children, but things turn deadly when it's revealed that traditionally the children sacrifice the elf to make a wish come tru...

  • Seven Little Indians

    19.Seven Little Indians

    23-02-196960m

    Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.

  • Target: Earth

    20.Target: Earth

    5.0
    02-03-196960m

    Mark is roped into helping two giant scientists build a spaceship that can return them all to Earth.

  • Genius at Work

    21.Genius at Work

    09-03-196960m

    A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.

  • Return of Inidu

    22.Return of Inidu

    16-03-196960m

    The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant magician.

  • Rescue

    23.Rescue

    23-03-196960m

    After the Earthlings are inadvertently responsible for two children becoming trapped in a well, they volunteer their servicse to rescue them.

  • Sabotage

    24.Sabotage

    6.0
    30-03-196960m

    The Spindrift crew must deal with the head of Police Security, who is attempting to undermine a Senator who believes in their cause and frame the Earthlings for sabotage.

  • Shell Game

    25.Shell Game

    13-04-196960m

    The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant deaf boy and his poverty-stricken family.

  • The Chase

    26.The Chase

    20-04-196960m

    Inspector Kobick of the SID involves the Earthlings in a plan to track down counterfeiters.

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