TV series
Tales of the Gold Monkey
Overview
In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane.
Details
- First air date
- 1982-09-22
- Status
- Ended
- Seasons
- 1 season
- Episodes
- 22 episodes
- Genres
- Action & Adventure, Drama
- Network
- ABC
- Country
- US
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Stephen Collins as Jake Cutter
- Caitlin O'Heaney as Sarah Stickney White
- Jeff MacKay as Corky
- Roddy McDowall as "Bon Chance" Louie
- Marta DuBois as Koji
- John Fujioka as Todo
- John Calvin as Willie Tenboom
- Ron Moody
- Norbert Weisser
- Cliff Potts
- William Lucking
- William Forsythe
Creators and crew
- Donald P. Bellisario - Creator
- Donald P. Bellisario - Producer
- James Frawley - Director
- Ray Austin - Director
- Winrich Kolbe - Director
- Ivan Dixon - Director
Episodes
Episode 1: Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Episode 2: Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Episode 3: Shanghaied
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
Episode 4: Black Pearl
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
Episode 5: Legends Are Forever
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
Episode 6: Escape From Death Island
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
Episode 7: Trunk From the Past
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
Episode 8: Once a Tiger...
Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.
Episode 9: Honor Thy Brother
Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.
Episode 10: The Lady and the Tiger
Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.
Episode 11: The Late Sarah White
Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.
Episode 12: The Sultan of Swat
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
Episode 13: Ape Boy
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
Episode 14: God Save the Queen
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
Episode 15: High Stakes Lady
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
Episode 16: Force of Habit
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
Episode 17: Cooked Goose
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.
Episode 18: Last Chance Louie
Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.
Episode 19: Naka Jima Kill
An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.
Episode 20: Boragora or Bust
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
Episode 21: A Distant Shout of Thunder
Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.
Episode 22: Mourning Becomes Matuka
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
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