Details

Release year: 1977

Storyline

The mysterious Mr. Roarke runs a unique resort island in the Pacific Ocean that can fulfill any fantasy, but they rarely turn out as expected.

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Cast

Ricardo Montalban — Mr. Roarke
Hervé Villechaize — Tattoo, Black Beard, Quasimodo
Wendy Schaal — Julie, Jennie Rowlands, Ruth Ann McAllister
Christopher Hewett — Lawrence

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Awards

0 wins & 7 nominations

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Did you know

• The waterfall seen during the opening sequences is the Wailua Falls in Kauai, Hawaii.

• The network wanted Orson Welles for Mr. Roarke, but Spelling rejected him, knowing of his irritable nature on sets. He also rejected the idea of a sexy female sidekick to join Roarke and Tattoo.

• Aaron Spelling admitted the original pitch was a joke. Spelling and production partner Leonard Goldberg were pitching ideas to ABC executive Brandon Stoddard. After the executive rejected all of their plans, at least six in all, Spelling blurted out: "What do you want? An island that people can go to and all of their sexual fantasies will be realized?" Stoddard loved the idea.