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« am: 19. Juli 2006, 13:30:18 » |
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The Diamond That Nobody Stole *
Original air date: 3/6/73
A crappy episode, mainly because of the lack of character development of the two leads, the "international trade broker"/counter-intelligence agent Djebara (Eric Braeden, in his last Five-O appearance) and "one of the last of the royal families of Indochina," Madame Souvang (Beulah Quo, whose accent is very hokey). The first act is exceptionally boring. When McGarrett meets Djebara's young daughter, he says "Hi, honey." This show is the source of the shot of Ben jumping over the fence in the main titles. There is a stock shot of driving in downtown Honolulu and the violin theme is heard a couple of times as well as the fade-in/fade out trumpets theme. Djebara's house is at 2861 Manoa Road. Pawnbroker Willard Allen's (Melvin Cobb) house number is 4105 and although his shop looks like it's on Hotel Street, he lives in a pretty classy neighborhood (the house seems familiar from a previous show). Djebara's station wagon has an unusual license number -- 3A-82. A good quote from McGarrett regarding a crook who has arthritis: "He couldn't open a can of cat food." McGarrett snaps his fingers eight times in one scene! When he and Danno find the body of cat burglar Sam York (a pretty agile old geezer, judging from his work at the show's beginning), there is a very subtle change in focus between the two when Danno is on the phone trying to call the lab. (Che Fong is in the end credits despite the fact he isn't seen in the show.) McGarrett promptly whips out his magnifying glass for the second time to check out the contact print hidden in the phone's mouthpiece. Bernie's Cab has the 732-5577 phone number. When McGarrett and Danno are on the radio in their cars, their lips sometimes don't match what they're saying. A sign in Japanese in the Ala Moana Shopping Center at the end says, "Don't hesitate to speak casual Japanese" (it's hard to translate!). The end is very confusing. When and where did Mme. Souvang get the film (supposedly stolen back from York by Djebara) which she turns over to the Russian agent (John Stalker, "Pale Man" in the credits)?
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McGarrett will dem Hehler Allen endlich das Handwerk legen. Bei einer Hausdurchsuchung wird eine kostbare Kette gefunden, deren Spur sich bis zu den Eigentmern verfolgen lsst. Merkwrdig ist nur deren Behauptung, dass nichts gestohlen worden sei. Tatschlich geht es um viel mehr: Aus dem Haus von Madame Souvang ist nmlich nicht nur die Kette, sondern auch ein Mikrofilm von geheimen Staatsakten gestohlen worden. Und das kostet schlielich einige Menschen das Leben.
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