136. Der Surfer und der Mrder

Banzai Pipeline***
Original air date: 1/1/74

Credibility is stretched by some of the "camera techniques" in this episode. If Rick McDivitt (Perry King) is on the beach filming surfers, how can he take a shot of them from the side while they are riding the wave? Why does Rick pan up to the sky and then over to the beach where the killer is hiding? Seems a little artsy-fartsy. And the way that McGarrett zooms in with the projector to isolate the killer in Rick's film later is totally bogus -- the quality of the image remains sharp. One of the bad guys refers to the unknown Rick who was near the murder scene at the beginning as "some little puker up there having his own dope party." Rick steals the wallet of the murdered Edward J. Huffman containing Global Express National Credit Card number 317 9090 842 -- it has the same colours as Chargex/Visa. McGarrett tells Ben and Duke to "check all fences and hock shops" after Rick uses the card to buy expensive goods and then tries to pawn them. A primitive credit card approval machine is shown. As the Five-O team search for clues, some of the music from "The Finishing Touch" is reused, as is a shot of Ben talking to an old bald guy. The babely Elissa Dulce as Leila, petite girlfriend of menacing thug Andrew Koa (Rudy Diaz), tells McGarrett in his office "Let's cut the bull!" and gives McGarrett a lot of mouth. The number on Rudy's mug shot is 95483 -- there is no date. When McGarrett arrives and finds the wounded Rick and his surfing friend Roger (Nicholas Hammond) on the beach, he tells Danno: "Get an ambulance and HPD backup -- they've been shot!" (Seems rather obvious...) In the hospital, it sounds like Seth Sakai's voice on the soundtrack giving orders, though Sakai is nowhere to be seen. Rick's driver's license is shown in detail. His address is 14899 Tupukei Road, North Shore, Hawaii. It expires on 4/30/76. His birthday is 4/30/48, he has brown hair, weighs 170 pounds, is 6 feet tall and has blue eyes. The number of the license is 546 10 8740. There is a picture of President Nixon on the wall in the photo studio. Numerous Five-O stock actors are featured, including Bob Basso, Terry Plunkett, Josie Over, George Herman, Dick Fair and Bob Costa.

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Im Auftrag des Gangsters Greggs ermordet der Berufskiller Koa den Gangster Huffman am Strand. Dort dreht zu diesem Zeitpunkt der junge Kameramann Rick zusammen mit seinem Bruder Roger einen Film. McGarrett findet bei der Leiche keine Papiere, weil Rick und Roger diese zuvor aus Huffmans Wagen gestohlen haben. Sie ahnen nicht, dass der Killer Rick dabei gesehen hat - und das wird ihm und seinem Bruder zum Verhngnis. Diesmal scheinen McGarrett und seine Mnner zu spt zu kommen.