Hawaii Five-O (1968) s02e08 Episode Script

King Kamehameha Blues

This is Jack Lord, inviting you to be with us next week for "King Kamehameha Blues.
" The most daring theft ever staged.
The prize: The history of Hawaii itself.
In their hands, ten centuries of culture.
We've just pulled off the biggest robbery these islands have ever seen, right? In their hearts, hate.
Hey, look, we just knocked the establishment right on their status quo.
Brandon De Wilde, as the crown prince of evil.
I don't deal in amnesty, I don't think it works.
I think it's a license to steal.
Hey, your search warrant says "search," McGarrett.
You did that and you didn't come up with anything.
See you around, huh? Next week: "King Kamehameha Blues.
" A caper that shook a state.
Be here.
Aloha.
Capes and cloaks were a mark of social rank.
Only high-ranking chiefs or warriors of great ability You may use both stairways here.
Go on.
Had the right to wear this garments.
The feather garments were made and worn only by men.
In time of war, feather garments were worn into battle, and it was a great achievement for a warrior to overcome a chief and take his cloak.
Here we have the cloak of the greatest of all the Hawaiian kings, Kamehameha the first, Kamehameha the Great.
The cloak was generations in the making and was made from feathers of birds which are now extinct.
Even the art of making the cloak has disappeared.
It has been estimated that the cloak is worth millions of dollars, but something so rare is really priceless.
And only during Kamehameha week is the cloak taken from the case and displayed.
Now, if you'll just follow me, we'll take a look at the Pacific room.
Oh, I'm so sorry, we've run out of time.
Boy, they close this place right on the button.
But at least you've been able to see some of the greatest examples of ancient Hawaiian artifacts on exhibit anywhere in the world.
Good luck, Sam.
Sixty-four seconds.
Remember that.
Arnie, you know what? You never forget anything.
Even the catnip for Sam.
That sounded like two alarms, various in pitch.
Remember that.
What else, baby? The boys will fill us in.
Hey, you know? I think we've still got a few more hours of sun.
Chin, what have we got? The alarm was set off at 4:37.
They're checking now to see if anything is missing.
Who's that? Dr.
Charles Thorpe, the museum curator.
Nice but the nervous type.
He's got a lot to be nervous about.
Doctor.
McGarrett, Five-O.
Danny Williams.
Mr.
McGarrett, gentlemen.
Mr.
McGarrett, there's absolutely nothing missing.
- How can you be sure? - We've checked everywhere.
What triggered the alarm? I don't know.
The guards were here and they didn't see anything.
- We'll take a look anyway.
- Of course.
- Check exterior doors and windows - Steve.
Look, what I found behind Queen Emma's silverware.
And I thought I knew all the cats in the islands.
Still want us to check out who triggered the alarm? No.
Take him downtown and book him for trespassing.
Tell him his rights and give him some milk and catnip.
You hear what the boss said.
Book him.
There he goes.
Goes who? Steve McGarrett, Five-O.
He's Mr.
Cop from the mainland to Tokyo.
Have you ever got a surprise for him, eh, Arnie? Yeah.
Especially for him.
Hey, I think you've had a little too much sun.
Come on.
And now I know why they call it a dry run.
Because it makes you so thirsty.
I'll say.
And now they know how long it takes them to answer the alarm, right? If anything goes wrong, we got 60 seconds to disappear.
Hey, Eddie, you say there's a floor alarm, right? Extends about ten feet, but no guarantees when you use a little pussy cat for a tape measure.
But Sam did a good job.
He did.
I sure hope he didn't get busted.
Let's hear it for old Sam, huh? - Good old Sam.
- Hey, Sam.
Hey, Johnny, you sure you can take care of your end? Ten feet? - I could throw him that far if I had to.
- Oh, sure.
Hey, what about me? Don't you want to know if I can handle my end? He knows you can handle it.
When do we go, Arnie? Got anything on for tonight? Oh, I got exams.
I'll be studying all night tonight.
Yeah, me too.
Okay.
How about tomorrow night? Wow, so soon? Why not? I mean, if anybody's getting shaky about this whole thing, maybe we can call it all off.
Yeah, maybe we can go to a movie instead.
Oh, come on Arnie.
Nobody's getting scared.
Besides, I've seen all the moving pictures in town.
Okay.
Tomorrow night's it.
- Oh, hello, Mr.
McGarrett.
- Hello, doctor.
What's the matter? More trouble? Oh, same thing.
That pussy cat.
How did a cat get inside a locked museum? I don't know.
I suppose it could have gotten in unnoticed when we were locking up.
If a cat could, so could a human being, right? Oh, that's what's bothering you, huh? All night, doctor.
All night.
Well, let me relieve your mind.
We have the finest security system in the islands.
- Systems can be beaten.
- Not ours, McGarrett.
I've heard that before.
Here, here's the floor plan of the entire museum.
- Let me show you - How it works.
Now first of all, they got four guards on the payroll.
Two while it's open.
Two on night duty.
Now the night duty crisscrosses on their rounds.
Here, here, and here.
Every section of the museum gets covered every four and a half minutes.
Which means you guys got to get in and out in less.
- No sweat, Arnie.
- Okay.
Now, the guards start their swing up here in the east wing.
One takes care of the Polynesian section, the other one covers the kahili section.
Now they crisscross over here in the west wing at exactly 12:14.
Now, that leaves only Four and a half minutes the theft would have to be completed.
- Fool proof, right? - It could be done.
But first they'd have to get past the exterior alarms Which are operated by a straight electric circuit-break covering all the doors, windows, and our target, the skylight.
And if the electrical circuit around the doors, windows, even the skylight is broken, the alarm is instantly triggered.
Not if they cut the power lines, or We jump the skylight without touching anything - that'll set off the alarm.
- And we get in and out as quiet as A mouse will even be stopped by my own special favorite.
It's an independent alarm system with its own generator built right down inside the basement of this building.
No power leads, no lines to cut, and it's automatically set every night at closing time when we lock the front doors.
Here, let me show you.
It starts right here at the edge of this exhibit and goes all the way around.
Now, any weight put on here after the alarm is set automatically triggers it.
Watch.
It's all right, fellows.
So you see, Mr.
McGarrett, nobody can get any closer Than ten feet or, zap, you set off the alarm.
Think you can handle it? Consider it handled.
Okay.
It's 12:10.
Okay.
You have exactly three minutes from now.
I was gonna ask you what you're doing here, but I don't guess I have to.
We're not doing anything, officer.
Honest.
Okay, as long as you're not doing anything, how about doing it on somebody else's beat.
Yes, sir.
I think it was about a quarter Thank you.
I think it was about a quarter of 7.
The museum closes at 4:30, and - Dan.
- It was tied just about here.
Make sure you get a reading in this area.
- Ben.
- How many guards you have on duty? Give me some up-shots below the priest.
Another good one over here.
- Any prints, Charley? - Not a print in the house.
- I'd have bet on that.
- There is something, though.
Floor.
Take a look.
Yeah, something scratched the marble.
Something very heavy.
Get me a reading on it, Charley.
You did it just like you said you would, Arnie.
Baby, you're beautiful.
Hey, Johnny, you're about the closest thing we got to Kamehameha.
Why don't you try it on? Hey, what's the matter? You scared? Just because you're part Hawaiian? - Hey, everybody, he's scared.
- Oh, come on, Johnny, enjoy.
We just pulled off the biggest robbery these islands have ever seen, right? There's nothing to be scared about.
It's not that.
It's just that - I don't know.
- Hey.
Look, we just knocked the establishment right on their status quo.
I mean, we did it so nice and clean.
Go on, put it on.
We didn't leave one thing that they could trace to us.
Not one rotten thing.
There, have a ball.
Lay it out.
Steel shavings, from the kind of pipe you could buy from any plumbing store.
You can buy the wire jumper anywhere.
Add to that strands of hemp from a piece of rope you can buy in any hardware store on the islands.
What about the foot prints? The plaster casts show that you could buy that type of shoe from any store.
So it comes up zero.
Williams.
Yeah.
It's the big man.
McGarrett.
Yes, governor.
Yes, sir.
You're kidding me.
You want the truth? I don't think much of it.
I don't deal in amnesty.
I don't think it works.
I think it's a license to steal.
Yes, sir.
Yes, sir.
I'm on my way.
By authority of the governor of the state of Hawaii, I've been instructed to offer any and all persons involved in this theft complete amnesty.
Return the Kamehameha cloak immediately and the state guarantees that no charges will be pressed against you.
Now, a word of caution.
The cloak is extremely old, extremely fragile.
It should never be placed in direct sunlight for any period of time.
It should never be creased or hung on a hanger.
Get a load of him.
- Hey, Arnie, come here, quick.
- By authority of the governor - of the state of Hawaii.
- What? Arnie, they're begging us to give it back.
Oh, no.
Do we have to? They're offering a free ride home, right? Hey, we're putting the squeeze on them, remember? I mean, that's what we started out to do, right? We wanted to put all the haircuts through a wringer.
It's working, right? I mean, we've even got the biggest cop on the island, McGarrett, climbing palm trees.
Can you see old man's face when he finds out? Boy, is he gonna sweat.
You know, I like to see him sweat.
I think it's a gas.
Hey, what's wrong with you? Nothing.
Come on, Hula, what's the bug? Maybe we ought to give it back.
You got to be kidding, huh? I want to make them crawl, baby.
I'll burn this thing before I give it back to them.
That's a good idea.
Let's burn it.
- Oh, wait.
- Hey, olé! Come on.
- And again.
- Once more.
Yes, you, female bull.
The scratches on the marble here show us exactly where they had the tripod.
Right here, outside the bugged area.
They used it as some kind of a base, resting a long pole on it, floating someone out over the alarm section of the floor.
It's the only way it adds.
They'd have needed one strong brother to handle that pole.
They had him.
Somebody light enough to be suspended from the pole.
- Maybe a midget.
- Or a jockey.
How about a monkey? Or a giraffe? - A giraffe? - A giraffe could reach over and get it.
But how do you get a giraffe down through the skylight? Maybe kids.
No, what would they want it for in the first place? Wait a minute, Danno.
Wait a minute.
Maybe it was kids.
Maybe there was no motive.
At least none we'd understand.
Maybe they did it just for kicks.
Maybe it's just to show the world that they could do it.
Kids needling the establishment? Steve, you know Larry Kai.
He has something to say that may be interesting.
Yeah.
Larry, how are you? You know everybody.
What do you got? Well, the night the museum was robbed, there was a couple of kids there.
They were in a car and were grabbing at each other.
What did the kids look like? It was pretty dark, but I could give you a description.
What about the car? It was a yellow sports job, foreign type.
There was a parking sticker on the window.
Parking at the university.
Good.
I just wish I had some film.
I'm sure the sergeant won't mind.
What do you got? The redhead in the green bathing suit.
Good.
Name's Diana Cole, junior.
Minds her own business, got no close girlfriends.
She's majoring in anthropology.
What else? His name is Arnold Potter III.
He's 20.
They've been going together this past term.
He's a straight-A student, senior, and majoring in mathematics.
Which will help him count the family money.
His family's in construction in Denver.
Very well-off.
No previous record.
Okay, turn that way and look at me.
Oh, that's it.
Good.
Good.
Smile.
If it's not too much trouble, will you get one picture of the kids, thanks.
All day long, by the thousands, from all over the islands.
To contribute to a reward fund.
Children of all ages and their parents and their grandparents.
All clutching pennies, dimes, dollars.
Whatever they can afford to help get Kamehameha's cloak back.
A spontaneous efforts on the part of the people of the 50th state.
Yeah.
Fifty.
Thank you.
Aloha.
- Hi there.
- Hello.
You're a pretty little girl.
What's your name? Jeannie Kamamalu.
- Do you know who I am? - Yes, Papa Aku.
Kiss me right here.
- Now what do you got in your hand? - One dollar and sixty cents.
I was saving it for a new dress for my doll.
And what are you going to do with it now? Give to the governor so he can get Kamehameha's cloak back.
Oh, wonderful.
Go ahead, sweetheart.
And that's the way it's been, pouring in from all over the islands, dimes, dollars, from people trying to get back a part of their heritage.
Why don't you folks come down, bring your kids.
The Bishop Museum.
Say hello to old Aku and What? Do you want to go back to the museum? What, you want to go back there? - We've been there, right? - Right.
- Little bit, yeah.
- Kind of.
Well that's it for me.
Oh, hi there, friends.
This is Ralph Rover here, your roving reporter here out on the beach.
And we have thousands of people around here.
I see a little girl.
Come here, little girl.
Would you like to talk - into the microphone? - Yeah.
- What's your name, little girl? - My name is Shirley Nicklenaka.
Shirley.
Give it to them, Shirley.
And I have saved 75 cents to go all the way to Hollywood.
- Not bad.
- I'm gonna give back to the bad men so that then they'll give the cloak back.
Oh, oh, that's great.
There's a little man over here.
What do you think, little man? Do you think they're going to give the cloak back to those bad mans? - I don't know.
But if they don't - Okay, we've all had our fun.
We've made our point, now let's give the cloak back.
Oh, come on, Johnny.
The gentlemen in the blue wedgies has something to say too.
Speak right in to the tulips, sir.
Why? I said why? Arnie, I don't like what we did.
What it's done to people.
Oh, ladies and gentlemen, this man is truly bugged about something.
It's all that hot Hawaiian blood running through his veins.
All those ancient taboos pounding up to the surface, - bubbling away.
Yes.
- Bubble, bubble, bubble.
This is the 20th century, man.
Get into it.
What's suppose to happen to us anyway for missing with Kameha-what's-his-name's bathrobe? I mean, does the earth open up and swallow us? Or maybe all the volcanoes start popping at once, huh? Yeah, and maybe it's none of that, huh? Maybe it's just about time we started using some common sense.
- Let's give it back, huh? - No.
It's too groovy.
I think you've just been outvoted, man.
We keep it.
Yeah, and for how long? Who knows? I do.
I like the way it feels.
It's nice.
You do? So get it on.
Go ahead.
Yeah, go ahead.
Dance.
Dance.
Faster.
Faster, baby.
Yeah, get into it, come on.
Faster.
Faster.
Yeah.
McGarrett, Five-O.
Come on in, boys.
Hey, McGarrett, you didn't have to go to all the trouble of getting a search warrant.
If you want to look at something, go ahead and look.
You know what we're looking for? Sure, what everybody else is looking for, Kamehameha's cloak, right? Only, what makes you think that four upstanding college kids like us would pull a caper like that? Maybe because it's the one big symbol of Hawaiian history.
Oh, I see.
In a world where one-sixth of the population is starving and guys like me are being knocked off in a little war here, a little war there, you're worried about symbols, about the past? Oh, I'm not worried about symbols and the past.
I'm worried about a world without law and justice.
A jungle where no one is free and no one is safe.
Where no one gives a damn about anything.
Oh, wow.
You dig down deep enough into a cop and you find a real philosopher.
Okay, McGarrett.
You think we stole the cloak? Well, you tell me how.
Okay.
I figure you're the monkey.
And you're the muscle.
And you're Never mind.
So you must be the big brains.
Oh, thank you.
Nope, not there.
Look, if we were smart enough to steal the cloak, you think we'd be dumb enough to put it in a place where you could put your hands on it? I don't know, would you? Hey, brother.
You and me the only ones in this place with Hawaiian blood.
Bet we got relatives who came over in the same canoe from Tahiti a thousand years ago.
You building something, brother? We ain't haoles.
Kamehameha was our king.
Stealing his cloak was like spitting on him.
Now where's it at? I tried, boss.
Nothing.
Here comes the fuzz.
Where is it? Sorry, McGarrett.
You just knocked on the wrong door.
- I'd like to help you, but - Where's the cloak? Hey, what's he talking about? I don't know.
What's he talking about? I don't know.
What's he talking about.
I don't know.
But I sure love the way he asks all those cute questions.
Okay, kids.
I think you're cute too.
Too cute.
Now, the fun and games are over.
From now on, I'm gonna lay it on you all the way.
Yeah, well suppose we lay it on you too with a charge something like police brutality? - How's that grab you, huh? - Oh, I'm shaking all over.
You got to have something to arrest us.
- You need proof, right? - And I'll get it.
I'll get it.
Every move you make, and that means you and you and you, from now on is under 24-hour surveillance.
So you might as well give the cloak back to the Bishop Museum and go and collect the reward money, because if you don't, all bets are off.
That means reward, amnesty, everything.
You dig? You know, your search warrant says "search," McGarrett.
You did that and you didn't come up with anything.
See you around, huh? Aloha oink Aloha oink All together now.
Aloha oink Aloha oink Okay, boat time.
Can we have counter-surveillance, please? - Okay? - Clear.
All right.
What are the propositions before us, speaker of the house? Well, we got two choices now.
One is follow the original plan and keep the cloak, or turn it in and get a nice pat on the head.
Well, I'm with you either way, Arnie, babe.
How about you, Eddie? You know, Arnie, that reward money is getting awful fat.
Maybe even 50,000 just for turning it in.
Yeah, well suppose I turn you in.
I mean, you can't pass an exam without me giving you the answers, right? Okay.
Okay.
Don't get uptight, Arnie.
I'm with you.
And we already know where you're at.
Majority rules.
You're outvoted.
We get rid of the cloak.
You going somewhere? Yeah, what about it? Oh, nothing, nothing.
It's just Be very careful, Johnny.
I mean, we're all in the same bag.
If we go, you go, right? Yeah, what happened? They were traveling on Kalakaua, just cruising, and we were following a few cars behind.
Then all of a sudden they jumped a light, turned a corner, and there we are boxed in behind two cars.
Oh, beautiful.
Beautiful.
Continue to drag the area and see if you can pick them up.
Danno, put out an APB on those college kids.
Pick up and hold.
I want them.
Got a visitor.
Hello, Johnny.
What can I do for you? Mr.
McGarrett.
Did you come to talk about the cloak? I've been walking around all night.
Well, I'm listening, Johnny.
Kono was right.
- He said I couldn't live with it.
- Live with what? Johnny, the cloak.
The cloak, where is it? They're going for it right now.
They're going out to sea and gonna drop the cloak overboard.
- Where are they? - Ala Wai Yacht Basin.
- Arnie's father's got a boat there.
- Let's go.
Wait for me! Hurry up, Diana.
Okay, let's ready the captain's quarters.
- Okay.
- Oh, it's so pretty.
Do we really have to dump it? Oh, sure.
Why not? Who knows? You still got me.
We may even go for the crown jewels next time.
Crew, attention! Okay, well, let's get this dinghy moving out.
Hit the stern lines.
Hey, first mate.
Up on the bridge, huh? Let's get it started.
Hey, you landlubber.
Loosen that stern line, huh? Hey, it's McGarrett.
Hurry up.
Go on, move it! Okay, boys.
In we go.
- I wanna call my father.
- Get him topside.
Okay, genius, the party's over.
I wanna call my father.
Yeah, I figured you would, even though he is an establishment square.
Take him.
Cape's up there.
Amnesty.
You said amnesty.
If you turned it in.
Lf.
Take him.

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