FOLLOW THE SUN – Another Part of the Jungle - 1961
This is the 7th episode from the 1961-62 series, FOLLOW THE SUN. The series, which ran for 30 episodes, follows a trio of free-lance magazine writers. The three are played by Barry Coe, Gary Lockwood and Brett Halsey. The gimmick here is that they are based in Honolulu. Also with recurring roles are Gigi Perreau as their secretary, and Jay Lanin as their contact with the local Police. Of course the three newsmen are always getting involved with the usual assortment of nasty types.
Reporter Brett Halsey stumbles onto a possible big story. The wife, Patricia Owens, of a presumed lost at sea writer, has stopped over in Honolulu. The rumour is she is headed to Papua New Guinea to look for her lost husband. A writer based in the jungles of New Guinea has published a book. The book reads like something Owen would have written, same style etc.
Halsey takes the same flight as Owens and they both end up at Port Moresby on the coast of New Guinea. From there, they fly into the interior and travel by canoe and finally by foot to reach the village they seek. The man, who wrote the novel, is Michael Pate. He is put through a battery of questions by Miss Owens about the book. She just wants to be sure her husband is dead so she can move on with her life.
Owens seems to buy Pate's story of how he wrote the book. Halsey though does not buy a word of it. He approaches Pate on the side and asks why the cover-up. Is Owen's husband alive or not? Out of the dark pops David McLean. McLean is of course Owens' husband. He tells Halsey not to say anything to Owens. He was a poor husband and just wishes to be left alone to write. It would be better if Owens thought him dead. He uses Pate as a front for his writing work. Between them they come up with a plan to convince Owens that McLean did indeed die at sea.
This one comes off as a little bit on the silly side. Seems like an awful look to go through to hide from the wife. It looks more like an excuse to pad the episode runtime with studio footage from various jungle films. Some will recall David McLean as the MARLBORO MAN in a series of 1960's cigarette ads.
This is the 7th episode from the 1961-62 series, FOLLOW THE SUN. The series, which ran for 30 episodes, follows a trio of free-lance magazine writers. The three are played by Barry Coe, Gary Lockwood and Brett Halsey. The gimmick here is that they are based in Honolulu. Also with recurring roles are Gigi Perreau as their secretary, and Jay Lanin as their contact with the local Police. Of course the three newsmen are always getting involved with the usual assortment of nasty types.
Reporter Brett Halsey stumbles onto a possible big story. The wife, Patricia Owens, of a presumed lost at sea writer, has stopped over in Honolulu. The rumour is she is headed to Papua New Guinea to look for her lost husband. A writer based in the jungles of New Guinea has published a book. The book reads like something Owen would have written, same style etc.
Halsey takes the same flight as Owens and they both end up at Port Moresby on the coast of New Guinea. From there, they fly into the interior and travel by canoe and finally by foot to reach the village they seek. The man, who wrote the novel, is Michael Pate. He is put through a battery of questions by Miss Owens about the book. She just wants to be sure her husband is dead so she can move on with her life.
Owens seems to buy Pate's story of how he wrote the book. Halsey though does not buy a word of it. He approaches Pate on the side and asks why the cover-up. Is Owen's husband alive or not? Out of the dark pops David McLean. McLean is of course Owens' husband. He tells Halsey not to say anything to Owens. He was a poor husband and just wishes to be left alone to write. It would be better if Owens thought him dead. He uses Pate as a front for his writing work. Between them they come up with a plan to convince Owens that McLean did indeed die at sea.
This one comes off as a little bit on the silly side. Seems like an awful look to go through to hide from the wife. It looks more like an excuse to pad the episode runtime with studio footage from various jungle films. Some will recall David McLean as the MARLBORO MAN in a series of 1960's cigarette ads.