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World of Giants
Information
Title: World of Giants
Format: Live-action
country: USA
Network: CBS
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Production
Production company: United Artists Television; ZIV Television Programs
Producers: Otto Lang
Principal cast: Marshall Thompson; Arthur Franz; Marcia Henderson; John Gallaudet
Air dates
First aired: September 5th, 1959
Last aired: November 28th, 1959

World of Giants was an American action/drama television series with elements of science fiction. It was produced by United Artists Television and ZIV Television Programs and was broadcast on CBS from September to November of 1959, spanning a total of only thirteen episodes. Though it's duration was brief, World of Giants is one of the earliest examples of a serialized sci-fi television series. It's contemporaries include Men Into Space and Rod Serling's popular anthology series The Twilight Zone. World of Giants starred Marshall Thompson as Mel Hunter, a six-inch American spy trapped in a "world of giants".

Episodes[]

Episode Title Airdate
1x1 Special Agent September 5th, 1959
1x2 Time Bomb September 12th, 1959
1x3 Teeth of the Watchdog September 19th, 1959
1x4 Death Trap September 26th, 1959
1x5 Gambling Story October 3rd, 1959
1x6 Chemical Story October 10th, 1959
1x7 Feathered Foe October 17th, 1959
1x8 The Pool October 24th, 1959
1x9 Rainbow of Fire October 31st, 1959
1x10 The Smugglers November 7th, 1959
1x11 Unexpected Murder November 14th, 1959
1x12 Panic in 3-B November 21st, 1959
1x13 Off Beat November 28th, 1959

Notes & Trivia[]

  • Notable directors on World of Giants include Nathan Juran, Jack Arnold, Harry Horner and Otto Lang. Series writers include Meyer Dolinsky, Donald Duncan, Irwin Winehouse and A. Sanford Wolfe.

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