Little Island, Big Gun

Little Island, Big Gun is the seventeenth episode of the First Season. It aired January 23, 1965.

Plot
Bank robber Jackson Farrell is hiding out on The Island! In order to trick the authorites he takes Mary Ann hostage and has the other castaways dress up like "Natives" to convince investigators that he is not on the Island! Later when he makes his getaway he has Gilligan thrown him the anchor, which is tyed to the bank loot which is then chopped up by the boats propellor! Farrell and his gang are later arrested by the Coast Guard..but the Castaways are still stranded!

Trivia

 * Comedian Larry Storch is best known for the part of the dim whitted Corporal Agarn on the comedy-farce F troop as the side kick to Sgt O'Roarke {Forrest Tucker}. Iroinically Bob Denver played the sim ditted sidekick to the Wagon master {Forrest Tucker} in "Dusty's Trail" a kind of Gilligan's Island set in the Wild West
 * When Farrell tries to shoot Gilligan, his gun shoots only Water. Later, in the episode "The Hunter" When Kincaid tries to shoot Gilligan after falling into the water trough, his "rifle" also shoots water!}
 * The gag of a criminal hiding out on the Island and leaves the Castaways stranded was later re-done with Don Rickles as the guest villain.