The Inside Rail

The Inside Rail is the second episode of Season Two of Land of the Giants and the 29th episode overall. It aired October 5, 1969.

Plot
While at a horseracing track, Fitzhugh finds a winning ticket on the ground and makes a deal with a giant racetrack bum named Moley to split the winnings fifty-fifty. Moley cashes the ticket, but a security guard becomes suspicious and arrests him. Moley leads the guard back to Fitzhugh who manages to get away, but Mark, Valerie and Betty are captured by a second guard who secures them in a desk drawer. While Steve and Dan attempt to rescue the others, Fitzhugh discovers a giant thug who is trying to drug the favorite, Mannequin, so he will lose in the next race.

Cast

 * Gary Conway as Captain Steve Burton
 * Don Marshall as Dan Erickson
 * Heather Young as Betty Hamilton
 * Don Matheson as Mark Wilson
 * Deanna Lund as Valerie Scott
 * Stefan Arngrim as Barry Lockridge
 * Kurt Kasznar as Alexander Fitzhugh

Supporting Cast

 * Ben Blue as Moley
 * Arch Johnson as Chief Rivers
 * Joe Turkel as Sergeant
 * Vic Tayback as Hood
 * John Harmon as Groom

Notes & Trivia

 * Joe Turkel is better known as Lloyd the Bartender in the 1980 film "The Shining."
 * Vic Tayback later played Mel Sharples in the TV series "Alice."