A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
A private investigator who works when he wants, lives in a beachfront estate in Hawaii, drives a posh Ferrari, runs up an unlimited tab at a swank bar, and charms attractive women in peril - that's the lifestyle of Thomas Magnum, aka Magnum, P.I.
Season 1 episodes
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When Thomas's childhood friend and Naval comrade Dan Cook turns up dead, Thomas is adamant that the official cause of death, a burst bag of smuggled cocaine, is bogus, and enlists the aid of Dan's sister Alice in taking on the Navy to uncover the true nature of the top-secret assignment Dan was working on before his death.
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Directed by Roger YoungWritten by Glen A. LarsonGuest stars Branscombe Richmond, Fritz Weaver, Pamela Susan Shoop, Robert Loggia, Jeff MacKay, W.K. Stratton, Allen Williams, Clyde Kusatsu
Magnum and Alice continue in their quest to find out the truth behind Lt. Dan Cook's death, and find themselves uncovering a case of gold smuggling, and a criminal mastermind whom Magnum and Dan once knew in Vietnam. But in trying to find out what really did happen to his deceased friend, Magnum puts his own life on the line as someone tries to stop him from investigating, using any means necessary...
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Directed by Roger YoungWritten by Glen A. LarsonGuest stars Branscombe Richmond, Fritz Weaver, Pamela Susan Shoop, Robert Loggia, Jeff MacKay, W.K. Stratton, Allen Williams, Clyde Kusatsu
Magnum is hired by a beautiful Chinese antiques dealer that he's making a play for to protect a precious ancient vase—The Soul of Sung—until its buyer arrives in Hawaii to collect it. But unbeknownst to him, the priceless ornament is wanted by a Tong gang from the girl's home country, and a deadly martial arts assassin who can kill in the blink of an eye is hot on the trail.
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Directed by Donald P. BellisarioWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars George Cheung, Susie Elene, Lee de Broux, Yankee Chang, Lee Woodd, Lee Gaber, Marvin Wong, Alice Lemon
It's the Christmas season, and against his better judgment, Magnum agrees to being hired by five young schoolgirls to find their teacher, who has seemingly gone missing after falling in love. While he's working on the case, Magnum manages to convince Higgins to let the young girls stay on the Masters estate, but he's unaware that he's being deceived in a scam over a valuable painting recently purchased by Robin Masters.
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Directed by Bruce Seth GreenWritten by Babs GreyhoskyGuest stars Al Harrington, Lauri Hendler, Katherine Cannon, Elizabeth Hoy, Shannon Brady, Erin Ostrem, Pamela Piper, Jim Demarest
Magnum returns from a case to find that Higgins' old Army commander is staying on the Masters estate, under tight security, until some I.R.A. members he helped capture are tried. Two secret intelligence agents hire Magnum to protect the brigadier and foil assassins out to kill him before the terrorists' trial, but the “need to know” basis the agents insist on operating by only serves to complicate matters for Magnum.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Frank LupoGuest stars Richard Johnson, Robin Dearden, Edward Grover, Mariko Van Kampen, Gene Hamilton, David O'Malley, Richard McPherson, John Allen
When a beautiful model-actress is killed by a shotgun blast in a scenario closely resembling a scene from the script of an upcoming film, it is seemingly suicide. Magnum is hired by her former producer and lover to investigate any other men that she may have been seeing before her death.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Ian McShane, Ron Masak, Cathie Shirriff, Remi Abellira, Tommy Fujiwara, Paul Martin, Reri Tava Jobe, Rodrick Martin
When Saul and Lena, an aging couple who run a local shop, abruptly make plans to leave town, suspicious Magnum and Rick, who are friends with the couple, investigate.
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Directed by Robert LoggiaWritten by Babs Greyhosky, Jim Carlson, Terrence McDonnellGuest stars Robert Ellenstein, Andy McDermott, Hanna Landy, Glenn Cannon, Earl Kingston, Todd Camenson, Joslyn Suan, Robert L. Silva
Higgins volunteers Magnum's services to guard a wealthy socialite's quarantined dog after the attempted dognapping of the canine. Sir Algernon Farnsworth soon finds himself to be the most wanted dog in Hawaii when his former owner, aging gangster Victor DiGiorgio, needs to get him back.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Allan Cole, Frank Lupo, Chris BunchGuest stars Paul Gale, Michael V. Gazzo, Kathleen Nolan, Michael Nader, Shawn Hoskins, Jake Hoopai, Wayne Oxford, Liwai Napuelua Jr.
Although Eric Tobin was reported missing in action over eight years ago, his fiancee, Laura Fraser, endowed with ESP, doesn't believe it. Magnum befriends her and, in finding out the truth about Tobin, discovers that he was a highly trained and effective government agent working under the control of a man known only as Delta One.
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Directed by Robert LoggiaWritten by Craig Buck, Ken PettusGuest stars Rebecca Holden, Lance LeGault, Patrick Bishop, Remi Abellira, Francisco Lagueruela, Jeff MacKay
Magnum is hired by a Supreme Court nominee to find the woman he married on the eve of the raid on Pearl Harbor.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Miguel Ferrer, Scatman Crothers, Remi Abellira, Reri Tava Jobe, June Lockhart, Anne Lockhart, José Ferrer, Elizabeth Lindsey
Rick is organizing a surf-ski competition to be held at the King Kamehameha Club (much to the disapproval of co-committee member Higgins) when a Kahuna appears and places a "curse" on the club and all who use it.
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Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Babs GreyhoskyGuest stars Herman Wedemeyer, Lew Ayres, Manu Tupou, Gretchen Corbett, Remi Abellira, Sol K. Bright, Elizabeth Smith
T.C. makes a late-night flight to land on a tanker, but on the journey back he is cornered and arrested by the Coast Guard for transporting drugs. Magnum and Rick are certain of their friend's innocence, but are shocked when he intends to accept the charges and refuses their help.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Michael Spilotro, Alan Caillou, Jeff MacKay, Vincent Caristi, Charles Lucia, Andre Philippe, James Hildenbrand, Michael Dennis
A bubbly young woman hires Magnum to find her father who, after being missing for over ten years, had sent her a postcard from Hawaii. But her father is involved in some rather shady business, and Magnum isn't the only one looking for him.
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Directed by Ron SatlofWritten by Babs Greyhosky, Rogers TurrentineGuest stars Noah Beery Jr., Georgia Schmidt, Anne Bloom, Red West, Andy Romano, Seth Sakai, Deborah Hedquist, Elissa Dulce Hoopai
A woman hires Magnum to protect Norman, who is facing kidnap unless she pays a ransom; but the case has some unexpected twists.
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Directed by Lawrence DohenyWritten by Robert HamiltonGuest stars Cameron Mitchell, Christine Belford, Don Lamond, Allan Kucin, Gray Gleason, Tremaine Tamayose, Deborah Takushi
Having once been hired by wealthy, blind Agatha Kimball to find her missing granddaughter, Amy, Magnum's services are once again called upon by his elderly friend after she has been contacted by a blackmailer claiming to have some important information about Amy.
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Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Babs Greyhosky, T.J. MilesGuest stars Andrea Marcovicci, Mercedes McCambridge, Ted Danson, Jim Reynolds, Wallace W. Landford, Kanani Choy, Shirley Rogers, Harry Chang
Magnum has been hired by a woman to act out some of her rich, bored sister's fantasy dramas, concocted from 1930s Dashiell Hammett films. Although growing to enjoy the world of fantasy, Magnum has a hard time keeping up with the eccentric woman, and when he finds out that her husband is a wealthy, infamously jealous and bad-tempered business man, he decides to cut his losses and end the arrangement.
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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Robert HamiltonGuest stars Judith Chapman, Ray Austin, Kathryn Leigh Scott, John Ireland, Robert Apisa, Robert F. Hoy, Rich Johnson
Magnum tries to impress a beautiful 'fan' of Robin's by showing her the Robin Masters estate, only to learn that she is actually a top security expert hired by Robin to test the estate's security.
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Directed by Winrich KolbeWritten by Donald P. BellisarioGuest stars Erin Gray, Stewart Moss, Ric Marlow, Jacqueline Ray, Orson Welles, Dean Wein, Philip Bancel, Patrick Bishop
Magnum is hired by Barbara Terranova, a financially broke woman who can only afford his services for one day, to find her missing fiancé Roger. But the case has several tangles in store when Magnum finds there are others searching for Roger, too.
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Directed by Ray AustinWritten by Robert HamiltonGuest stars Darby Hinton, Marcia Wallace, Jeff MacKay, Curtis Credel, Jim Weston, Louise Lewis, Walt Davis
