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CBS
Dec 11, 1980

CBS
Dec 11, 1980

Summary Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security, but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jon...

Created By: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

CBS
Dec 11, 1980

CBS
Dec 11, 1980

Season 1

8 Seasons

Season Premiere: Dec 11, 1980

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Summary Former Naval Intelligence officer Thomas Magnum resigns his commission to become a private investigator on the north shore of Oahu, Hawaii. He lands a home in the guest house on the estate of millionaire author Robin Masters in exchange for testing the estate's security, but is forced to work under the strict and ever watchful eye of Jon...

Created By: Donald P. Bellisario, Glen A. Larson

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Episode 1 • Dec 11, 1980 • 46 m

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii

Magnum's old Navy buddy is dead and the Navy says he was a cocaine smuggler. Magnum sets out to prove his buddy was framed.

Episode 2 • Dec 11, 1980 • 45 m

Don't Eat the Snow in Hawaii: Part 2

Magnum continues to learn about the framing of his dead Naval pal. He looks for a female drug dealer, an Arab gold buyer and a mobster.

Episode 3 • Dec 18, 1980 • 50 m

Magnum is hired to protect "The Soul of Soong," an ancient Chinese vase, until it can be delivered to its owner.

Episode 4 • Dec 25, 1980 • 50 m

Thank Heaven for Little Girls and Big Ones Too

Five little schoolgirls from Vermont ask Magnum to find their missing teacher.

Episode 5 • Jan 8, 1981 • 48 m

No Need to Know

Magnum is hired to protect a British Brigadier who is hunted by the IRA.

Episode 6 • Jan 15, 1981 • 50 m

Magnum investigates the suicide of a beautiful actress who killed herself with a shotgun.

Episode 7 • Jan 22, 1981 • 50 m

Never Again... Never Again

Magnum helps two elderly Jewish Holocaust survivors who are being pursued by Nazis.

Episode 8 • Jan 29, 1981 • 50 m

The Ugliest Dog in Hawaii

Magnum is tasked with guarding "Sir Algernon Farnsworth," a wealthy socialite's dog.

Episode 9 • Feb 5, 1981 • 50 m

Missing in Action

Magnum is hired by a new singer at the King Kamehameha Club to find her fiancé who is listed as MIA during the Vietnam War. She not only believes he's still alive, she keeps having visions of him being killed.

Episode 10 • Feb 12, 1981 • 50 m

A man nominated to be a Justice on the U.S. Supreme Court asks Magnum to find a woman he last saw on December 6, 1941.

Episode 11 • Feb 19, 1981 • 50 m

The Curse of the King Kamehameha Club

A Kahuna places a curse on Rick and the King Kamehameha Club. Soon people get sick and die and a TV reporter sensationalizes what is happening and antagonizes Magnum.

Episode 12 • Feb 26, 1981 • 50 m

Thicker Than Blood

TC flies out to a freighter at sea during the night to smuggle a Marine deserter back to the U.S.

Episode 13 • Mar 12, 1981 • 1 h

All Roads Lead to Floyd

Magnum is hired by a woman from Kansas to find her father who she has not seen for ten years.

Episode 14 • Mar 19, 1981 • 50 m

A woman hires Magnum to protect "Norman," a prized show horse who may be kidnapped.

Episode 15 • Mar 26, 1981 • 49 m

Don't Say Goodbye

Agatha Kimball, a wealthy blind woman, is being blackmailed and she hires Magnum to pay the blackmailer.

Episode 16 • Apr 2, 1981 • 50 m

The Black Orchid

A rich, bored woman, married to one of the richest men in Hawaii, hires Magnum to act out some of her "games," but then the "games" become reality.

Episode 17 • Apr 9, 1981 • 50 m

J. "Digger" Doyle

Thieves are attempting to steal tapes of Robin Masters' new book. Magnum joins forces with security expert J. "Digger" Doyle to prevent the theft.

Episode 18 • Apr 16, 1981 • 49 m

Beauty Knows No Pain

A woman from Bayonne, New Jersey hires Magnum for one day to find her fiancé.

8 Seasons

Top Cast

Tom Selleck

Thomas Magnum, Magnum, Dashiell Hammett

John Hillerman

Jonathan Quayle Higgins, Higgins, Father Paddy McGuinness

Roger E. Mosley

Theodore 'TC' Calvin, Brutus Jones, Paul Robeson

Larry Manetti

Orville 'Rick' Wright, Charlie Chaplin, Reverend Myron Bentley

Gillian Dobb

Agatha Chumley, Mabel, Nona Barnes

Kwan Hi Lim

Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka

Jeff MacKay

Lieutenant McReynolds, Jim 'Mac' Bonnick, Ski

Kathleen Lloyd

Carol Baldwin, Bridget Archer

Glenn Cannon

Dr. Ibold, Dr. Bernard Kessler

Patrick Bishop

Keoki, Attendant, Pat, King Kamehameha Club Attendant

Elisha Cook Jr.

Francis 'Ice Pick' Hofstetler, Harold W. Farber, Wilmer

Lance LeGault

Colonel Buck Greene, Agent John W. Newton

Jean Bruce Scott

Lt. Cmdr. Maggie Poole, USN, Lieutenant Maggie Poole, USN

Elissa Dulce Hoopai

Rosine, Tiffany, Vicki (Waitress)

Esmond Chung

Police Sergeant Kenny Chung, George - Security Guard, Honolulu Police Officer, Peter (Tour Guide)

James Grant Benton

Kika, Cop, Dave, Harry Meacham, Police Officer, Outside Restaurant, Ralph the Bartender

Clyde Kusatsu

Colonel Ki, Dr. Long Tang, Naval Medical Examiner, Police Detective Lt. Gordon Katsumoto

Phyllis Davis

Cleo Mitchell, Magnum's 1940's Secretary, Mrs. John Smith, Tiffy, Magnum's Secretary

Tina Machado

1st Nurse, Bartender, Big Ed's Date, Lady in Corvette, Lady in Jeep, Lady in red at the Party, Lady on Beach, Nurse #1

Robert L. Silva

Police Jailer, Officer, Officer Gilbert, Police Officer, Police Officer #1, Policeman #2, in Hotel Room

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