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"The Crash"
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LotG episode
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1x01 / 1st of 51 aired
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First aired
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Summary[]
Captain Steve Burton (Gary Conway) at the controls of the Spindrift.
A sub-orbital aircraft named the Spindrift flying from Los Angeles to London is pulled into a space warp which transports its crew and passengers to a planet where everything is 12 times larger than normal. In their first night on the planet they are attacked by a giant cat and two of their party, Captain Steve Burton and passenger Valerie Scott, are captured by a pair of giant scientists but are eventually rescued by the rest of the castaways. Unfortunately, they soon realize that for the time being they are stuck on this strange world.
Background information[]
- The Spindrift encounters the space-warp on June 12, 1983. June 12 was Irwin Allen's birthday.
- There are two alternative versions of The Crash. The original unaired version has a different musical score and more character scenes. The version that eventually aired has the familiar musical cues, but many earlier scenes were trimmed for the inclusion of more action scenes (Steve's encounter with a giant spider and the climactic battle with the giant dog were added later). The unaired version is on the DVD release.
A rough landing for the passengers aboard the ill-fated Spindrift.
Cast[]
- Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton
- Don Matheson as Mark Wilson
- Stefan Arngrim as Barry Lockridge
- Don Marshall as Dan Erickson
- Deanna Lund as Valerie Scott
- Heather Young as Betty Hamilton
- Kurt Kasznar as Alexander B. Fitzhugh
Links[]
- The Crash at the Internet Movie Database