Fantasy Island The Searcher/The Way We Weren't (Season 4, Episode 18)
TV-G
TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

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Fantasy Island

The Searcher/The Way We Weren't (Season 4, Episode 18)

TV-G

TV Episode | 60 min | Adventure, Family, Fantasy

Young Karen Saunders-Holmes wants the truth about her absent father John; and long-married Fred and Dottie Cooper discover that you really can't go home again.

Director

Leslie H. Martinson

Writers

Alfie Bass (written by) (segments: The Searcher) (as A. Bass) | Ron Friedman (written by) (segments: The Way We Weren't) | Gene Levitt (creator)

Producer

Skip Webster

Composer

Charles Albertine

Cinematographer

Cliff Ralke (as Cliff D. Ralke)

Editor

William B. Stich

Casting Director

Claire Newell

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Edit Released

Updated Mar 7, 1981

Release date

Mar 7, 1981 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 7 Primetime Emmy Awards. Another 3 nominations

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Cast	+ Add Cast
12 cast members

Name	Known for
Ricardo Montalban Mr. Roarke Mr. Roarke See fewer	Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (1982)
Hervé Villechaize Tattoo Tattoo See fewer	The Man with the Golden Gun (1974)
Hermione Baddeley Aunt Bella Aunt Bella See fewer	The Secret of NIMH (1982)
Paul Burke Noah Jansen / John Saunders Noah Jansen / John Saunders See fewer	The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
Jack Carter Vic Fletcher Vic Fletcher See fewer	History of the World: Part I (1981)
James Darren Brian Holmes Brian Holmes See fewer	Gidget (1959)
Laurette Spang Karen Saunders-Holmes Karen Saunders-Holmes See fewer	Battlestar Galactica (1978)
Laraine Stephens Dorothy 'Dottie' Cooper Dorothy 'Dottie' Cooper See fewer	Police Woman (1974)
Jerry Van Dyke Fred Cooper Fred Cooper See fewer	Coach (1989)
Dawn Wells Myra Fletcher Myra Fletcher See fewer	Gilligan's Island (1964)
Leo Gordon Chief Guard Chief Guard See fewer	Maverick (1994)
Jenny Neumann Lisa Lisa See fewer	V (1983)