Kevin Hagen, Doc Baker in Little House on the Prairie, was deliciously evil on Land of the Giants. His character, Inspector Kolbek, was the nemesis of the passengers and crew of the Spindrift. He wasn't above blackmailing them to help him. The passengers of the Spindrift, Don, an engineer, Veronica, a spoiled heiress, Barry, an orphan, his dog, Chipper, and Alexander Fitzhugh, supposedly a commander in the Navy, always had a briefcase handcuffed to his wrist. Was he carrying top secret documents? No, he was carrying a million dollars in cash which he'd stolen from a bank in Los Angeles. The Spindrift's stewardess, (what we'd call a flight attendant today,) was Betty Hamilton. Her pilot and copilot were Steve Burton and Mark Wilson. Besides Kevin Hagen, who was billed as a guest star, others included Jonathan Harris as the Peid Piper of Hamelin, and Ron Howard. There are some similarities to the ABC series Lost. There are also a few exceptions. For example, the pilots of Oceanic Flight 815, its flight attendants, and other personnel, didn't survive.
Review of Land of the Giants
