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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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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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Episode 1
The Spindrift crashes on the Land of the Giants and its crew and passengers quickly find themselves in a struggle for survival.
Directed by Irwin AllenWritten by Irwin Allen, Anthony WilsonGuest stars Anne Dore, Don Watters, Pat Michenaud
Episode 2
The Earthlings find themselves trapped in an Earth-sized town run by a giant eccentric and his sadistic daughter.
Directed by Nathan JuranWritten by Gilbert Ralston, Anthony Wilson, William WelchGuest stars Percy Helton, Raymond Guth, Amber Flower
Episode 3
When a giant hobo is framed for murder, the Earthlings come to his aid.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Mann RubinGuest stars Doodles Weaver, Paul Carr, Dennis Cross, Baynes Barron
Episode 4
The Earthlings become involved in an underground resistance in the giant civilization.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Ellis St. JosephGuest stars Lance LeGault, John Abbott, Jerry Catron, Ivan Markota, Paul Trinka, Jim Gosa
Episode 5
Barry and Fitzhugh are captured by giant Gypsies.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Charles BennettGuest stars Arthur Batanides, Joseph Ruskin, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Arch Whiting
Episode 6
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.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Peter PackerGuest stars Myron Healey, John Pickard, Linden Chiles, William Bramley
Episode 7
A giant escaping convict takes the Spindrift but then wanders into quicksand, endangering everyone.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Robert Lees, Stanley H. SilvermanGuest stars John Napier
Episode 8
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.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Jack Turley, Anthony WilsonGuest stars Stewart Bradley, Morgan Jones
Episode 9
Barry is strick by appendicitis and the Earthlings have no choice but to turn to a giant doctor for assistance.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Esther Mitchell, Richard P. McDonagh, Bob MitchellGuest stars Wesley Lau, Harry Lauter, Henry Corden, Paul Fix, Grant Sullivan, Gary Tigerman
Episode 10
An amnesiac Fitzhugh falls in with two giant thieves and becomes their willing accomplice.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Howard Culver, Lane Bradford, Willard Sage, Joe Ryan, Ted Jordan
Episode 11
The Spindrift crew finds a paranoid survivor from Earth...but his suspicions endanger everyone.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Ellis St. Joseph, Anthony WilsonGuest stars Glenn Corbett, Don Gazzaniga
Episode 12
Mark falls for an attractive Earth girl - the survivor of a previous space flight.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Jack TurleyGuest stars Celeste Yarnall, Page Slattery
Episode 13
This time around, four punk kids from Earth run up against the Spindrift crew.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Zalman King, Tom Webb, Jack Chaplain, Lee J. Lambert, Dave Dunlop
Episode 14
The Giants have invented a chemical that forces those exposed to it to tell the truth, and plan to test it on the Earthlings.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by William WelchGuest stars Leonard Stone, Warren Stevens, Len Lesser, Robert Dowdell
Episode 15
When the giants increase their search efforts, the Earthlings must increase their salvage efforts and end up captured by a giant and his daughter.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Anthony Wilson, Daniel B. UllmanGuest stars Kimberly Beck, Paul Sorensen
Episode 16
The Earthlings become involved with an insane giant scientist who has infra-red goggles he can use to find them whenever he wants.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Anthony Wilson, Sheldon StarkGuest stars Michael Ansara
Episode 17
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.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by William L. StuartGuest stars Gene Dynarski, Sheila Allen, Kevin Hagen, Paul Fix, Bill Fletcher, Robert Emhardt
Episode 18
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 true.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Jay Novello, Alfred Ryder, Teddy Quinn, Michael Freeman, Miriam Schiller
Episode 19
Kobick uses a captured Chipper as bait in a trap to capture the entire Spindrift crew.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Wanda Duncan, Bob DuncanGuest stars Cliff Osmond, Kevin Hagen, Garry Walberg, Chris Alcaide, Rico Cattani, Erik L. Nelson
Episode 20
Mark is roped into helping two giant scientists build a spaceship that can return them all to Earth.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Arthur WeissGuest stars Arthur Franz, Kevin Hagen, Dee Hartford, Peter Mamakos, Denver Mattson, Ivan Markota, Ted Jordan
Episode 21
A giant boy-genius comes up with a pill that can enlarge an Earthling to Giant-size.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Vic Perrin, Kevin Hagen, Jacques Aubuchon, Ron Howard, Paul Trinka, Patrick Culliton, Rusty Jones
Episode 22
The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant magician.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Peter Haskell, Jack Albertson, Steven Marlo, Tony Benson, Jerry Davis
Episode 23
After the Earthlings are inadvertently responsible for two children becoming trapped in a well, they volunteer their servicse to rescue them.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Don Collier, Kevin Hagen, Lee Meriwether, Tom Reese, Michael Quinn, Buddy Foster, Blair Ashley, Roy Rowan
Episode 24
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.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Esther Mitchell, Bob MitchellGuest stars Elizabeth Rogers, John Marley, Robert Colbert, Parley Baer, Keith Taylor
Episode 25
The Earthlings come to the aid of a giant deaf boy and his poverty-stricken family.
Directed by Harry HarrisWritten by Esther Mitchell, William Welch, Bob MitchellGuest stars Tol Avery, Larry Ward, Gary Dubin, Jan Shepard
Episode 26
Inspector Kobick of the SID involves the Earthlings in a plan to track down counterfeiters.
Directed by Sobey MartinWritten by William Welch, Arthur WeissGuest stars Kevin Hagen, Norman Burton, Robert F. Lyons, Timothy Scott, Patrick Sullivan Burke, Erik L. Nelson
Episode information updated Sep 12, 2026
Don MarshallDan Erickson
Heather YoungBetty Hamilton
Don MathesonMark Wilson
Stefan ArngrimBarry Lockridge
Gary ConwaySteve Burton
Deanna LundValerie Scott
Kurt KasznarAlexander B. Fitzhugh
Mike MazurkiLoach
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