Episode
Fantasy Island: The Beachcomber / The Last Whodunnit
Overview
In ""The Beachcomber"" Charles Preston fed up with the pressures of his life gives it all up to become a carefree beachcomber and winds up in more trouble than he can handle. In ""The Last Whodunnit"" an avid mystery reader decides to solve the case of murder involving the death of her favorite writer.
Details
- Series
- Fantasy Island
- Season
- Season 2
- Episode
- Episode 3
- Air date
- 1978-09-30
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
The Beachcomber / The Last Whodunnit is Episode 3 in Season 2 of Fantasy Island. It aired on 1978-09-30. The runtime is 45 min.
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