Fantasy Island Best Seller/The Tomb (Season 2, Episode 4)
TV-G
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Fantasy Island

Best Seller/The Tomb (Season 2, Episode 4)

TV-G

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Book store clerk Barney Hunter wants to write a best-selling book, which turns out to be an obstacle to a new romance; and archaeologist Neville Marlowe is determined to uncover the secrets of a long-buried Egyptian tomb -- which is cursed.

Creator

Gene Levitt (creator)

Director

George McCowan

Writers

Daniel B. Ullman (written by) (segment "The Tomb") (as Dan Ullman) | Skip Webster (written by) (segment "The Best Seller")

Producer

Arthur Rowe (producer)

Composer

Charles Albertine

Cinematographer

Emmett Bergholz (director of photography)

Editor

Richard Van Enger Jr. (film editor) (as Dick Van Enger Jr.)

Casting Director

Pat Harris

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 14, 1978

Release date

Oct 14, 1978 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Ricardo Montalban Mr. Roarke (as Ricardo Montalbán) Mr. Roarke (as Ricardo Montalbán) See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Hervé Villechaize Tattoo Tattoo See fewer	The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Desi Arnaz Jr. Barney Hunter Barney Hunter See fewer	House of the Long Shadows (1983)
Gloria DeHaven Mrs. Brennan Mrs. Brennan See fewer	The Thin Man Goes Home (1944)
Shelley Fabares Jill Marlowe Jill Marlowe See fewer	The Donna Reed Show (1958)
Maureen McCormick Angela Brennan Angela Brennan See fewer	The Brady Bunch (1969)
David Opatoshu Abdul Kameel Abdul Kameel See fewer	Exodus (1960)
Barry Sullivan Prof. Neville Marlowe Prof. Neville Marlowe See fewer	The Bad and the Beautiful (1952)
Janice Heiden Audrey Audrey See fewer	99 and 44/100% Dead! (1974)
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Alice Frost Carlotta Carlotta See fewer	The Twilight Zone (1959)
Tamar Cooper Lucretia Lucretia See fewer	Guns Don't Argue! (1957)
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George Simmons Restaurant Patron (uncredited) Restaurant Patron (uncredited) See fewer	MAS*H (1972)