Less-than-hunky teacher Edgar Breen wants to have a harem, and replaces a real sheik who's marked for assassination; and presumed-dead Vietnam vet Alan Boardman wants his now-remarried wife and his son back.
Pickpocket Pete Raymond and his daughter pose as farmers to hide from authorities, who want to put the girl in foster care; and painter Ted Cavanaugh becomes a pirate to win back his ex-wife Mary before she remarries.
Under tremendous pressure from his job and family, Charles Preston chucks it all to be a beachcomber; and devoted fan Mabel Jarvis of a mystery writer tries to find out who killed her, acting out the writer's final unfinished manuscript.
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.
Pennsylvania librarian Cindy Barker is set to have her wedding on Fantasy Island - all she needs is the groom; and manufacturer Jordan Montgomery hopes to pull off one major heist as a cat burglar. Tattoo runs a greeting card business.
Vietnam vet Ted Garmon finds that a reunion with his former Sergeant Joe Beck is actually a quest for revenge; and roller-derby skater Drusilla Roberts wants to become a refined lady so that her daughter's fiancé's family will accept her.
Buddies Duke Manducci and Ernie Kowalski relive the good old days of the late 60s; Janine Sanford experiences a recurring nightmare to the end to find out what it means; and game hunter Victor Duncan tracks an elusive dangerous tiger.
Roarke falls in love with New Yorker Helena Marsh who is returning to the island after four years. Engineer and self-professed wimp Tony Emerson wants the strength to stand up for mild-mannered people like himself.
San Francisco doctor John Carlson pursues a large monetary grant to build a hospital; Tattoo helps Las Vegas chorus girls Didi Verona and Evelyn Kastenbaum, who want to meet and marry millionaires.
Sailor Barney Shore wants to spend the weekend on a mythical island with nothing but beautiful women; and adventurer Eddie Malone searches for Sasquatch and hopes to finally prove the creature's existence to the world.
Secretary Dorothy Weller wants to know if her affair with Tom Parnell on vacation was real or just a dream; and old-timer Charlie Parks hopes to revive his vaudeville act with his partner Will Fields.
Three insurance secretaries want to solve a crime by emulating their idols on "Charlie's Angels" (1976) and a quartet of World War II veterans reunite in the hope of recovering a treasure stolen by the Nazis.
Method actor Leo Drake prepares for his next role by becoming said role - a vampire; and cosmetics queen Vera Templeton must marry for money in order to shore up her failing business.
Young Claire Conti takes part in seance's to find out how her twin brother died; and California fisherman Joe Capos dreams of finding a treasure that will solve his financial problems but neglects his wife Eva in the process.
Texan Brian Kehoe wants to keep his son from discovering that he's not the star of the rodeo, but a clown instead; and hypochondriac Nadine Winslow seeks a cure for her imaginary ailments.
Photographer Nancy Weston seeks an explanation for the appearance of the same little girl in all her pictures of a European trip; and poker player Johnny Court wants to win big against the best poker players of the time.
Heiress Maureen Banning tries to escape an arranged marriage and finds herself the replacement for a stripper in a traveling vaudeville company; and boxer Billy Blake wants to win a match despite the fact that it will probably kill him.
TV reporter Jane Garwood seeks help in finding out why her boyfriends keep dying. Sister Mary Theresa suffers a crisis of faith after a fellow nun's premature death. Felix Birdsong becomes the casting director of a Hollywood film.
Sally Glover and Esther Bolling are given half a million dollars but have trouble spending it. Thrill-seeking hunter Charles Wesley unexpectedly becomes the prey of General Lin Sun.
Carol Gates gave up her twins for adoption and now wants to be present for their birthday; and librarian Elliot Fielding can't get his ghost-busting guide published so he wants to exorcise a real ghost to prove his skills.
Siblings send their divorcing parents Charles and Peggy Atwood to the island hoping they'll rediscover love. Wealthy, dying J. D. Pettigrew pays one million dollars to Captain Jeff Bailey to lead a search for the fabled Fountain of Youth.
Gag writer Jerry Burton, about to be fired by his famous-comedian boss Danny Baker, wants to become a star comic himself; and invalid Sandy Larson meets her prison-bound pen pal Mike Banning face to face for the first time.
Ne'er-do-well Cornelius Kelly and his accomplice Alphonse kidnap Tattoo in an attempt to get revenge on Roarke for firing him years earlier; and orphaned siblings Mark and Rebecca want the chance to choose their own adoptive parents.
Mediocre bowler Lou Fielding of Minnesota wants to compete against professionals; and former circus owner Naomi Gittings reunites her performers to find out who's trying to kill her.
Young Darius Scott's wish to run an amusement park hides his real hope of reuniting him with his father; and the four orphaned Collins siblings want to be rock stars to keep a social worker from splitting them up.
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By what name was Fantasy Island (1977) officially released in India in Hindi?