Fantasy Island Dying to Dance (Season 1, Episode 4)
TV-14
TV Episode | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Fantasy Island

Dying to Dance (Season 1, Episode 4)

TV-14

TV Episode | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

A reclusive horror novelist agrees to let a ghost who misses being alive borrow his body and live a little once again; an older woman wishes to learn to dance; Cal and Harry get marooned after trying to secretly leave the island in a boat.

Director

Rick Rosenthal

Writers

Diane Frolov (written by) | Andrew Schneider (written by)

Producers

Randy Anderson | John Perrin Flynn

Composer

Roger Neill

Cinematographer

Roy H. Wagner

Editor

David Strohmaier

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Edit Released

Updated Oct 17, 1998

Release date

Oct 17, 1998 (United States)

Awards

Series awards

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy Award. Another 6 nominations

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16 cast members

Name	Known for
Malcolm McDowell Mr. Roarke Mr. Roarke See fewer	A Clockwork Orange (1971)
Mädchen Amick Ariel Ariel See fewer	Dream Lover (1993)
Edward Hibbert Harry Harry See fewer	The Prestige (2006)
Louis Lombardi Cal Cal See fewer	24 (2001)
Sylvia Sidney Clia Clia See fewer	Beetlejuice (1988)
Fyvush Finkel Fisher Fisher See fewer	Picket Fences (1992)
John Ales Nathan O'Neil Nathan O'Neil See fewer	True Story (III) (2021)
Bill Smitrovich Ezra Ezra See fewer	Joker: Folie à Deux (2024)
Cynthia Geary Pamela Louis Pamela Louis See fewer	Going Home (2022)
Louise Fletcher Doris Leeman Doris Leeman See fewer	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975)
Allan Kolman Dr. Koslov Dr. Koslov See fewer	Pump Up the Volume (1990)
John Mabry Actor Actor See fewer	The Smiling Man (2007)
Cherisse Lamoureux 'Hotel employee' Pilot 'Hotel employee' Pilot See fewer	One West Waikiki (1994)
F. William Parker Actor Actor See fewer	Lost Highway (1997)
Kira Weber Dancer Dancer See fewer	A Boy a Girl and a Dead Cat (1999)
Janette Hooton Various (uncredited) Various (uncredited) See fewer	Halloween Night (X)