Danger Island (TV series)

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Danger Island is a live-action adventure serial produced by Hanna-Barbera and originally broadcast in 1968 as a segment on the Banana Splits Adventure Hour. It was directed by future Superman and Goonies director Richard Donner and featured Jan-Michael Vincent as Lincoln 'Link' Simmons.

Contents 1 Plot 2 Characters 2.1 Main characters 2.2 Villains

[edit] Plot

Intended as a live-action version of the animated Hanna-Barbera series Jonny Quest, Danger Island centered around the adventures of a trio of explorers in an unnamed tropical island group. Prof. Irwin Hayden, an archeologist; Lincoln "Link" Simmons, the professor's youthful assistant; and Leslie, the professor's blonde daughter, who serves as both a love interest for Link and the series' token damsel-in-distress.

Several years earlier, the professor's brother (also an archeologist) disappeared in the same island chain while searching for the mythical lost city of Tubania. They are joined on their quest by a huge black man named Morgan who is a shipwrecked merchant mariner, and his teenage sidekick Chongo, who speaks only in a series of monkey-like chatters and birdcalls. Pursued by both a group of bumbling, but heavily armed modern-day pirates lead by the murderous Captain Mu-Tan, as well as cannibalistic natives known as the Skeleton Men. The show spawned the popular catchphrase "Uh-oh, Chongo!" among children of that time.

[edit] Characters

[edit] Main characters

Lincoln 'Link' Simmons - Jan-Michael Vincent (as Michael Vincent)
Prof. Irwin Hayden - Frank Alleter
Leslie Hayden - Ronne Troup
Elihu Morgan - Rockne Tarkington
Chongo - Kim Kahana (as Kahana)

[edit] Villains

Captain Mu-Tan - Victor Eberg
Chu - Rodrigo Arrendondo