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Serpico
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Which Way Did They Go?**
Original air date: 12/24/69 -- Opening Credits -- End Credits
William Windom is Connors, a career criminal who pulls off the robbery of a currency exchange (Deak & Co. -- a real name) while duping McGarrett and the Five-O crew to think that the caper will be at a bank across the street. Years before, Connors pulled off a similar robbery in Pittsburgh and when he arrived in Hawaii, he was McGarrett's "first big arrest." Philip Pine plays Toshi Nomuru, boss of the exchange -- his Oriental makeup is ghastly. (It's more likely his name would be "Nomura"; in fact, both McGarrett and Jenny say "Nomura" at least once.) Harry Endo, soon to be Che Fong, plays Kaspar, the bank president, complete with a Che Fong-like pointer! (Maybe "Kaspar" is his first name, since McGarrett calls him "Mr. Kiyoki" when McGarrett meets him (sleeping!) in his office.) Connors says that "all cops are boobs" and when confronted by a frustrated McGarrett says "you could use a bit more of the aloha spirit." McGarrett tells Connors he will put him away so long that "10 years will seem like a coffee break." The robbery gets nasty when Nomuru's wife is taken hostage and raped (the coroner says she was "criminally assaulted") and then murdered by one of Connors' two associates. When Connors knocks off both his pals, their car is later fished out of the drink by a crane. This entire sequence is lifted from #7, The Ways of Love, with some subtle editing. Pay attention when Nomuru and Connors are approaching the currency exchange parking lot -- they are driving the wrong way down a one-way street. When Danno is sitting at a bank desk, waiting for the robbers who never show up, a sign in front of him suggests the rate for Japanese yen is 370 to the dollar. How times have changed! Danno persists in using the 1940's slang expression "gunsel" ("gunman"). Connors is tracked down using a trace on a pay phone number -- 287-1299. After McGarrett uses his phone at one point, he hangs up and it falls out of its cradle. The ending, with McGarrett making a trip to Hong Kong, is a bit too fast. The final scene, supposedly taking place in a Hong Kong currency exchange, has some bad editing. As Connors is seen talking to the owner, behind him are ads promoting the use of ZIP codes -- this whole scene is "flopped" (everything is reversed). Then in a subsequent shot, where Connors has turned at a 90 degree angle, the same background is seen with everything correct (and one side of Connors' collar higher, the opposite of the previous shot). A poster for U.S. Savings Stamps is also seen (it looks like this was filmed in a sub-post office.) One scene with McGarrett arriving at the palace and running up the steps is from the beginning of #22, Six Kilos. Jackie Coogan makes a brief appearance as the informer Jerry Howe, who dies during the teaser.
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Danny Williams wird ein Tipp ber einen Bankraub zugespielt. Der Tipp erweist sich als falsch: Whrend McGarrett die betreffende Bank berwachen lsst, nimmt der Gangster Connors seelenruhig eine andere Bank aus. Mit einem raffinierten Trick legt er dann eine falsche Spur, wozu auch gehrt, dass er sich seiner Komplizen entledigt. Doch ein zweites Mal geht ihm McGarrett nicht auf den Leim. Connors whnt sich schon in Sicherheit, als das Team von Hawaii 5 - 0 zuschlgt.
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