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Serpico
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The Gunrunner***
Original air date: 2/10/71
The wife of arms dealer Ben Cunningham (Paul Burke) is kidnapped by separatist revolutionaries from the island of Arasunda who want the guns diverted from their intended destination, the Republic of Malanesia (shades of "Savage Sunday"). But it turns out that Cunningham arranged the kidnapping himself in order to generate sympathy from the Malanesian consul in the form of extra bucks to compensate him for the loss of his spouse. The result of this double-dealing is ultimately very unpleasant for Cunningham. McGarrett asks the Five-O team to "check all shipping companies, air freight cargo lines, everything..." to find a shipment of guns. As in #37, Which Way Did They Go, Philip Pine plays another "foreigner", not very well. As Pine leaves the Five-O office and McGarrett turns to his desk, there is the shadow of what looks like a microphone book on the back of his suit. When Arthur Batanides as the Malanesian Consul General is abusing McGarrett for interference, you can see him literally spitting at McGarrett. Robert Luck is seen on a photo as one of the revolutionary suspects, and Beau Van Den Ecker plays "1st Separatist," on screen for about 15 seconds! Daniel Kamekona is a slimy general from Arasunda wearing sunglasses, Kwan Him Lim a "Cleric." There are several stock shots: above the Iolani Palace as Five-O cars pull out onto the street, McGarrett running up the palace steps, Winston Char and Kam Fong tracing a phone call. In one sequence, McGarrett visits Doc (Robert Costa) wearing a grey suit. In the next scene he is going up the palace steps in a blue suit. During a chase near the end, Kono radios to McGarrett, but his voice seems altered. Chin Ho follows a suspect during this chase. As the suspect turns, there is a residential house with a wall in front of it on the corner, but when Chin turns, the house is nowhere to be seen! The "marimba theme" is heard several times.
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Ben Cunningham ist ein Waffenhndler, der international operiert. Als eines seiner groen Geschfte in Sdamerika platzt, ist er auf einen Schlag ruiniert. Doch Ben Cunningham gibt so schnell nicht auf: Um sich zu sanieren, lsst er seine Frau kidnappen. Anschlieend bringt er die Entfhrung mit den Forderungen seiner Geschftspartner in Zusammenhang. Er setzt damit seine Frau skrupellos grter Gefahr aus, doch McGarrett kann sie im letzten Augenblick befreien.
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