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Night of Thrombeldinbar

Night of Thrombeldinbar

1969TV Episode⏱️ 50m
Sci-Fi
7.6
IMDB Rating
89 votes

An orphan boy, Garna, takes Fitzhugh back to his orphanage while fleeing a gypsy with a monkey sidekick. Garna and his fellow orphan friend think Fitzhugh is an elf. They try to cope with a mean orphanage director with help from t...

Director
Sobey Martin
Writers
Bob Mitchell, Esther Mitchell
Stars
Gary Conway, Don Matheson, Stefan Arngrim
Release Date
February 16, 1969
Language
English
Country
United States
💬 2
Reviews
📽️ View on IMDB

🎭 Top Cast

Gary Conway
Gary Conway
as Capt. Steve Burton
Don Matheson
Don Matheson
as Mark Wilson
Stefan Arngrim
Stefan Arngrim
as Barry Lockridge
Don Marshall
Don Marshall
as Dan Erickson
Deanna Lund
Deanna Lund
as Valerie Scott
Heather Young
Heather Young
as Betty Hamilton
Kurt Kasznar
Kurt Kasznar
as Alexander B. Fitzhugh
Alfred Ryder
Alfred Ryder
as Parteg
Jay Novello
Jay Novello
as Okun
Teddy Quinn
Teddy Quinn
as Garna

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.33 : 1
Sound
Mono
Color
Color
Filming Location
20th Century Fox Studios - 10201 Pico Blvd., Century City, Los Angeles, California, USA
Production
Irwin Allen Productions, Kent Productions, 20th Century Fox Television

🎯 Categories

Sci-Fi

⭐ Featured Review

It All Comes Together In The Last Two Minutes
by StuOz2015-02-05

"Fitz is captured by two orphans. It took me 40 years to like this episode! This hour was forever considered by me as the very worst episode of Land Of The Giants. It would constantly appear in re-runs and when that opening cookie footage appeared I would run for cover in my TV room knowing "that episode" was on again. Thrombeldinbar begins with giggling little boys and Fitz behaving like a playful child...this is enough to turn off many viewers. The hour picks up when child guardian - Alfred Ryder - shows up. But it is actually the final words spoken in the hour (between Ryder and..."

💡 Did You Know?

Fitzhugh uses his fists to tear a hole in the paper bag he's being held prisoner in - a visual play on the expression, "He couldn't punch his way out of a paper bag."

📖 Synopsis

An orphan boy, Garna, takes Fitzhugh back to his orphanage while fleeing a gypsy with a monkey sidekick. Garna and his fellow orphan friend think Fitzhugh is an elf. They try to cope with a mean orphanage director with help from t...