CELEBRATING 70 YEARS! : GIBBSVILLE .. COLUMBIA TELEVISION .. USA 1976 ..

 COLUMBIA PICTURES TELEVISION

Presents

GIBBSVILLE

Starring 
GIG YOUNG as Ray Whitehead 
JOHN SAVAGE as Jim Malloy 
PEGGY MCCAY as Mrs Malloy 
BIFF MCGUIRE as DR Michael Malloy 
BERT REMSEN as Pell 
KENNETH TOBEY as Chief Edmundson 
JACK ARANSON as Banigan 
FRANK CAMPANELLA as Giordano 

'' ANDREA ''

(  Season 1 - Episode 5 )

Guests..
JOAN COLLINS as Andrea Cooper
DAN O'HERILHY as Walter Culligan
DIANA SCARWID as Kathleen
RUSSELL ARMS as Senator Styler

Directed by Marc Daniels

Judge Walter Culligan has a fight on his hands as his latest case sees his witnesses being bribed by the mining company to lie to the safety commission.. In personal matters his fiancee has started seeing an old flame, news reporter Ray Whitehead.. Lies and betrayal surround Andrea!

Joan with Gig Young

This short lived series ran for 13 episodes and starred Oscar winning actor Gig Young as an alcoholic news reporter, who was once a big shot reporter for the foreign press. But now due to his drink problem has resorted to working for his local small town paper, "Gibbsville Gazette". Ironically Young was also an alcoholic in his own personal life and his Hollywood career hit the skids, "Gibbsville" his last major role, apart from small roles in the TV movie "Spectre" and the martial arts film "Game of Death". On this film he met his final wife, who he shot along with himself a few weeks after the wedding. Ruled as suicide, they were both found dead in his Manhattan apartment. The series "Gibbsville" focused on Jim Malloy, who was a reporter on the "Gibbsville Gazette" and was set in a small Pennsylvania mining town called of course "Gibbsville!" in the 40's.. I don't have much background details on the series, apart from the rare photos included in this post..

Joan on set with Gig Young & crew!

The series is so rare I can't recall a rescreening at anytime and of the 13 episodes filmed, only 7 were ever broadcast including Joan's episode.. I have seen a cuople of episodes and the series was similar to 'The Waltons' set in a  busier town setting, than was seen in the more quiet surroundings of Walton's mountain.. Hopefully the series might sometime be released on dvd, as I am sure it can be enjoyed today..