Gilligan's Island
The Big Gold Strike
Season 1, Episode 9 · Aired 1964-11-28
Synopsis
While doing work for Mr. Howell, Gilligan falls in a hole and discovers one of the island's valuable resources; meanwhile, the girls are fishing and latch onto a possible way off the island for the castaways.
In the series
This episode is part of Gilligan's Island (1964–1967) on CBS.
A three-hour tour that never ends — castaways as pure syndication candy.
Key cast
- Bob Denver as Gilligan
- Alan Hale Jr. as Jonas 'The Skipper' Grumby
- Jim Backus as Thurston Howell III
- Tina Louise as Ginger Grant
- Dawn Wells as Mary Ann Summers