Hawaii Five-O (1968) s09e24 Episode Script
Practical Jokes Can Kill You
McGARRETT: All for the shipment of some infantry rifles.
There are 50,000 M16s on this rock, Abilleno.
Now are you gonna loosen some of them up, or am I gonna use someone else? How much is extra good? - Todd.
- Two grand.
Landing on warehouses isn't on our program.
Shove off, Joko.
We'll be lucky to make dinner.
The mess sergeant's an old friend of mine.
He'll scrape up something.
I was going into town tonight.
Been polishing a real pretty thing.
Hey, what's that? All right, hey.
Relax, soldier.
Come on down slow.
Don't do nothing, eh, brah.
Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
[GUNSHOT.]
The sergeant died a couple hours ago.
The driver's still critical with a chest wound.
McGARRETT: All for the shipment of some infantry rifles.
M16s, probably the most advanced infantry rifle in the world.
Liberation fronts and underground groups are paying up to a thousand dollars each on the black market.
So we can expect more of the same, can't we? Possibly.
What do you know about these hijackers, colonel? The driver got a look at one of them.
Maybe if he could see some photos, he could identify him.
Anything else? We pulled the slug that killed the sergeant.
It's.
38 caliber.
And that's it? That's it.
We don't get many truck hijackings out here in the middle of the Pacific.
I'll see what leads we can develop.
What kind of security does the Army have on these M16s? They're stored in five different arsenals with 24-hour armed guard, reinforced by roving jeeps.
Okay, colonel.
Get on it right away, thank you.
MARVIN: Technical difficulties beyond our control, Vince.
Look, give me another week.
If I don't scrounge up some American models, your whole down payment will come sailing right back to you.
Okay? You got a deal.
You know who that was? Vince Cablayan.
The biggest gun dealer in the Philippines.
Fortunately the papers out there didn't carry the story of your bungled ambush.
And I didn't tell him we used his whole down payment for it.
If you'd given me a couple of more men like I asked for Look, if you'd done it right in the first place, those rifles would be on a boat to Mindanao, we'd have $300,000, and you'd still be known as the guy who delivers.
- I've always delivered for you, Lou.
- Yeah, nickel ante games.
This was your chance to become a high roller.
We almost had those rifles.
I shouldn't have used that creep.
I don't know.
Next time, you'll learn to hire men you can count on.
What next time? Those guns are wrapped in guards now.
There are 50,000 M16s on this rock, Abilleno.
Now, are you gonna loosen some of them up, or am I gonna use someone else? There's one arsenal we might get into.
But if I'm gonna try that, I want half.
A third.
One hundred K's.
Double what you were gonna get.
And if you turn up some of those big machine guns, those 60s, I'll go halves with you on those at 8 grand each.
I'll see what I can figure out.
I know you will, Ab.
JOKO: I heard the Army sergeant bought the farm.
ABILLENO: Yeah.
I want you to stay out of sight.
That way you don't have to answer any questions, okay? How did the boss take it? He didn't like it.
He didn't like the way we handled the job, either.
- Has he given up on those M16s? - No.
But from now on, it's gonna be tough.
No more unescorted Army trucks.
How about hitting an armory? Well, we'd have to find a way to get past the guards.
And, uh, if I can do that? Then you get your share.
Come in.
Steve? Yeah, what do you got, Chin? The FBI reports that everybody's shopping for M16s.
Guerrilla armies all over the Far East, Central and South America.
Weren't there a couple of big bank jobs pulled on Mindanao in the Philippines, a couple of months ago? Yeah, a rebel group and some commies.
Well, they could afford M16s now.
DANNY: Steve? - Yeah, Danno.
Walter Bemsley of the museum called.
Someone stole King Kamehameha's royal cape.
Stole it from the museum? No, it was in a penthouse in the Honoliki Hotel.
It was part of a special cultural exhibit.
- When did this happen? DANNY: Some time last night.
Bemsley is really shook up.
That cape is one of the museum's prized possessions.
It sounds like an H.
P.
D.
Matter to me, Danno.
But why don't you go over and calm Bemsley down, anyway.
Go with him.
Let me know what you find out.
Gentlemen, this is a cultural disaster.
That cape is irreplaceable.
Walter, calm down.
There.
It was on display right there, last night at 11 when I left.
And when I arrived this morning, it was gone.
Who else has access to this room, besides you? No one.
I kept the key.
And there were guards outside the door all night.
Tom, any sign of forcible entry? If there was, we can't find it.
- You checked the windows? - All locked, from the inside.
Where was the security guard stationed? Right outside the door, with a view of the elevator, stairway.
One officer was there from 11 to 3.
Another relieved him until Mr.
Bemsley arrived.
And they saw nothing? Whoever broke in didn't get past them.
Whoever pulled this off is not making the most of his talents, passing up these necklaces.
Some of them are pearl.
Pearls are a lot more marketable than feathered capes.
That cape is 170 years old.
There's no other like it in the world.
Walter, we'll do everything we can.
Better get Che Fong down here.
If this was a cat burglar, he's major-league material and we'll need to know everything there is about him.
I saw you flying up at Waimanalo the other day.
You look like Tinker Bell up there in the sky.
It gave me a fine idea.
You gonna take lessons? - Are you gonna teach them? - Nope.
That's Todd's department.
I got these for tonight.
The Volcanic Rock.
You and me.
That concert's been sold out two weeks.
I got friends.
I know you do.
Thanks, anyway.
Oh, is it them or me you don't like? Maybe both.
Besides, I've got a boyfriend, who happens to be a partner here.
And who should be arriving any minute.
See you, Joko.
- You ready, Benjie? - Ready.
MOLLY: You have got to be kidding.
You actually did it.
You had your doubts? Well, you said the wind currents over Waikiki were too squirrelly, too dangerous.
They were.
You know, I made three passes before landing.
The sheer terror of it.
You can't beat it.
You mean you just walked in that penthouse and took it? Yeah.
Yeah.
You should've seen the valuables I could have had if I were a crook.
Try and tell the police you're not.
You read the paper yet? The cops are going crazy.
Oh, no.
Okay.
Okay, you've both had your gloating.
And I am impressed.
I am very impressed.
But let's just pack that cape up and just get it back to the hotel.
- Uh-uh, I'm not done with it yet.
- Oh, yes, you are.
Bets to be settled.
- People owe him money.
- Lobster dinner for 2 at Michelle's.
They wanna see the cape.
Proof.
Think of the advertising value.
Molly.
Let me tell you something.
History's gonna show that man first soared from the Honoliki Hotel on a Windsong Limited design.
How are you going to advertise that without getting arrested? It's no big crime.
It's traffic-ticket stuff.
- You wanna bet? - Yeah, how much? - Would you believe five years? - Oh, Molly, come on.
Danny.
Look at this.
It's from the cape.
A feather from a mamo bird, now extinct.
Who would do this? Why? Yeah, why? - Chin.
- Yeah, Danny? Got a thought.
[PHONE RINGS.]
- Hello, Abi? - Yeah? Joko.
Hey, I thought I told you to hole up.
Don't worry.
It's cool, Abi.
Listen, stupid.
Hawaii Five-O is looking everywhere for you and for me.
You still interested in getting your hands on some M16s? Go on.
If so, I can tell you a way we can get to them, smooth and easy.
Meet me at the Regent in half an hour.
CHIN: Are you trying to tell me a cat burglar used one of those things? Just saying it's conceivable with the right man in the harness.
Those truncated gliders can take off and return to that summit.
The guy knows his 360s, even a smaller kite can touch down on a dime.
DANNY: Nice landing, friend.
Molly.
I didn't realize it was the proud bird with the golden tail.
Knock it off, Danny.
What's Five-O doing out here? Oh, a little bird watching.
- You wouldn't happen to know - Excuse me.
I want to make another run while the wind is right.
Molly.
Molly.
Molly, never mind.
I won't keep you.
She's a friend? She used to be.
I'm telling you, it's a piece of cake, Abi.
No problems.
It sounds crazy to me.
If you have the right equipment and the right man, it's a breeze.
Where'd you spot those kids? I keep my eyes open.
But these characters might need a little persuading.
Well, leave that to me.
I told you I'd come through Abi, didn't I? You mean to tell me that one of those kids could land on a hotel roof at night? It's just a hunch, Steve.
But not anyone could do it.
It would take guts and experience.
[McGARRETT SNAPPING FINGERS.]
You know those kite people pretty well, Danno.
You got any idea who it could be? Well, why don't you give me a little time off, I can try to find out.
We're dealing with a felony, Danno.
Grand theft.
Grand theft of a sacred Hawaiian artifact.
I know that's how the warrant would read.
But I have a feeling this wasn't robbery.
You mean, a stunt? Or prank? That's what I'm hoping.
It's still grand theft.
And they may be realizing that now, with all this publicity.
I just hope that I just hope that they don't panic.
You mean, throw the cape down a trash chute, or worse, an incinerator.
Okay, Danno, assuming that some jerk swiped the cape for fun, huh? I'll forgo the warrants, but I want that cape back here undamaged.
I'll see what I can do.
Hey, that's some fine wahine air, brah.
Let's get moving, Joko.
Come on, we got business.
Hey, how's the flying? Nerve-wracking.
- I had an audience.
- Who? Dan Williams and some other Dick Tracy type.
BENJIE: Five-O? - Uh-huh.
They wouldn't be after us.
- It's only a cape.
BENJIE: Yeah.
It's the only cape of its kind in the whole world.
TODD: Well DANNY: Hi, Todd.
How's business? Hi, Danny.
Danny.
How you been? DANNY: Good.
- Good.
Hello again, Molly.
Hi.
Can I get you some coffee? No.
No, thank you.
Just, uh, shopping for a new set of wings.
MOLLY & TODD: Ah.
MOLLY: Hey.
- What style? Oh, a nice big floater.
Something, uh, light as a feather.
[MOUTHING.]
As a feather.
DANNY: With good control so, uh, I could land on a hotel roof, maybe.
Like those guys did at the Honoliki.
What guys at the Honoliki? Good question.
You really think that was a hang-glider number? - That cape thing? - Well, the thought did occur.
But there are only a few Red Barons skilled enough to land on top of a hotel, and flaky enough to risk five years inside prison for a little, uh, college humor.
[CHUCKLES.]
Did Steve McGarrett send you here? You might say he's a little, uh, upset.
About an old cape? Well, he figures these jokers might try to peddle it.
I told him that this could be just a new version of the old panty raid.
Some high-spirited American youths getting their jollies in the friendly skies.
- Yeah, that'd be my guess.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
What did he say to that? While it may have been fun, he said it was, uh, still grand larceny.
But I've the feeling if the cape is returned in perfect shape, he'll be willing to write this whole thing off as a silly prank.
- Aha! - What? I had a premonition that that cape will be returned tomorrow.
L I just had the same one.
I sure hope so.
Making license plates, uh, gets awfully boring.
- Ha, ha, it must, yeah.
- See you around.
TODD: Okay, Danny.
Okay.
Are you guys going to drop that cape in the mailbox, or do I? What, trust the post office? Uh-uh.
That cape has to be returned undamaged and in style.
Steve, here are the photos of the known truck hijackers.
Apparently, that Army driver couldn't identify any of them.
A couple looked familiar.
- Which ones? CHIN: Well, the three on top.
Klamner, Pasquez and Abilleno.
Driver's not too sure.
Happened too fast.
Okay, Chin.
Check these three names.
[INTERCOM BUZZES.]
- McGarrett.
MALIA: Steve, there's a call for Danny.
Phone call, Mr.
Williams.
Williams.
TODD [OVER PHONE.]
: Hello, Danny.
This is Todd.
If you look outside your window today, it's a beautiful day.
It's all gold.
Or is it bronze? It's too early in the morning to break a code, Todd.
What are you trying to say? You have a view of the judiciary building from that palace of yours, don't you? He wants to know about our view.
Yeah? Well, Danny, on a clear day you can see all the way to the statue of our beloved former king, right? BENJIE: "Numerous county employees walked past the precious cape on their way to work this morning, believing it was a replica on display as part of the current, cultural museum festival.
" What about the note? Does it say anything about the note? "Pinned to the cape was a greeting card with the inscription: 'Compliments of Captain Fantastic and his fine-feathered friends.
"' [TODD LAUGHS.]
If you two crazies ever do anything like this again, I'll have you certified.
Oh, Moll, don't worry.
I've learned my lesson.
No more feather capes.
I mean it.
I mean it.
Next time I'll turn you in myself.
We have a business to run here.
Yes? Todd Seymour? Yeah.
How long you been standing here? I've got this friend with a fat billfold.
He likes gags.
Practical jokes turn him on.
- You know what I mean? TODD: A dying art.
Right, and he's looking for somebody to land on a roof of a warehouse, throw a switch to open an electric gate.
And he pays extra good.
Yeah? How much is extra good? Two grand.
For five minutes work, that's not bad, huh? It's more than a plumber makes.
Ha, ha.
Two grand.
- Any guards? Watchmen? - Todd.
There's one guard and at 6 a.
m.
On a Sunday morning.
Uh, I don't think he'll be up looking at the stars, you know? Uh-uh.
Sorry, mister.
Landing on warehouses isn't on our program.
Just hotels, huh? Well, I wonder what the cops stamp on your records when I tell them you copped the king's cape.
Of course, there wouldn't be any reason to tell them, if you went along with my friend's proposal.
If I tell my friend how dangerous it is to land on the roof of a warehouse, he might come up in price, maybe double it.
Four thousand dollars? ABILLENO: Tax free.
Hey, this guy could be talking about a warehouse full of drugs.
You open it up, he stamps sucker on you.
No drugs.
Just a practical joke.
Think about it.
We have.
Think some more.
Interesting.
I've never been blackmailed before.
And you don't have to be now.
You know what $4,000 would do for our shop? More equipment, more space.
Double our production and fill those back orders.
Well, drop me a line if you do it, because I won't be here.
[SIGHS.]
I think I need some more space now.
I got your message, Abi.
You got a job for me? Yeah.
Your friends at the hang-glide shop are not being very cooperative.
I told you they need persuading.
Yeah.
Well, money won't do it.
We gotta go a different way.
What do you have in mind? How well do you know the girl? Well.
That wahine is no good.
Well, she's the one causing the trouble.
We gotta take care of her.
Joko would find that a pleasure.
- You, what are you looking for? - My shirt.
- The one you tore? - Yeah.
It's over there in your duffel bag.
I sewed it.
Thanks.
I'm gonna tag on to some wind.
Float a while.
Do some thinking.
- About us? - About your Midwestern morality.
It just doesn't track in this situation.
Neither does your compulsion for blowing people's minds.
You know that guy isn't talking about any kind of prank.
How do you know? - Maybe it is a practical joke.
- You know it isn't.
What you don't seem to realize is that Five-O pulled you out of that mess so smoothly that you never even knew how bad it was.
Molly, come on.
Now you're considering something even worse.
This is no joke, Todd.
I am not going to visit you on the weekends when you're in the slammer.
You wouldn't bake me a cake with a file in it.
MOLLY: Very funny.
You know I don't cook with additives.
Molly, I was going flying.
Yeah, later.
Hm? I'm sorry, Mr.
Williams isn't here.
He should be back shortly.
Uh, we'll wait.
- Quite a place.
BENJIE: If you're a cop.
We gonna tell Danny everything? Yeah, I think we should.
He was straight with us.
Come on, will you take it easy? MARVIN: Did you try more money? ABILLENO: Four big ones.
They almost went for it.
The girl kept closing me out.
We ain't got time to horse around, Abilleno.
We have to go the other way, Lou.
Well, what are you waiting for? You waiting to see someone? Uh, Dan Williams.
May be awhile.
Anything I could help with? We'd rather talk to him if you don't mind.
- It's a matter he's familiar with.
- All right.
Make yourselves comfortable.
Chin, you remember those two young guys with the credit-card scam? Yeah, college boys.
The judge put them in for two years.
Well, that's kind of stiff.
Prior offenses.
One was on probation.
Let's get out of here.
Um, excuse me.
Would you tell Mr.
Williams to call Todd at Windsong Limited? It could be important.
As soon as he comes in.
Hello, Tinker Bell.
Shove off, Joko.
Steve, those three men you wanted me to check out.
Klamner moved to the mainland six months ago, Pasquez is in the slammer, Abilleno dropped out of sight three days ago.
Three days ago.
That's interesting.
Right after that Army truck was hijacked.
Yeah, and he's got a record as long as a coconut tree.
Everything from pimping to suspicion of murder.
Shall we put out an APB? No.
No, not yet, Chin.
Check your street sources.
Let's find out his connections.
If he's involved in this gun smuggling, somebody's gotta be giving him orders.
That's quite an entrance.
- Are we surrounded? - Your message sounded urgent.
What can I do for you, Todd? Uh, Danny, some guy came into the shop and he had this zany idea that I land on the roof of a warehouse and do a number.
That only Captain Fantastic could swing.
You're not the only one that figured out the royal caper.
What'd he have in mind? [PHONE RINGS.]
TODD: Sorry.
Windsong Limited.
Is this Captain Fantastic? Yeah, what do you want? Have you got your minds changed yet? Uh, no, I'm still thinking about it.
That's what I called about.
I wanna help you with that thinking.
Now, listen.
- Todd.
- Molly.
Where are you? Don't do it.
They're trying to break into a I better translate that.
What she said was, you're flying the sunrise special tomorrow, or your cute little partner will be delivered in an airtight plastic bag.
You got it? [PHONE HANGS UP.]
He got Molly.
We've got trouble.
CHIN HO: You sure about the name? All right.
Good work, Benny.
No, I won't forget where I got the information.
Ah, Danny.
Yeah? Ever heard of a guy named Lou Marvin? It rings a bell somewhere.
I gotta see Steve.
But this is important, Danny.
I've got a source who says Abilleno works for this Lou Marvin.
- Abilleno? - Yeah.
Marvin.
Marvin was involved in some kind of smuggling operation last year, uh The Seatrain caper.
That's it.
He was the guy behind it, but we couldn't pin the rap on him.
Yeah.
Do you think he's the guy behind that attempted hijacking? Have Duke get a court order from Manicote.
[PHONE RINGS.]
Check with the phone company.
We'll need a printout on all his phone bills.
Five-O.
Oh, Danny.
Williams.
Did they tell you any more? Okay.
Meet as arranged.
That was Todd.
- He's heard from Abilleno? - Yeah.
I've gotta lay this on Steve.
Have Duke get to work on Marvin.
Steve McGarrett.
Todd.
- Benjie.
- Hi.
We don't have much time.
We're supposed to meet our contacts in half an hour.
Have they told you where they want you to land? Just when and where to meet them.
Okay.
This is a powerful transmitter.
I want you to keep it with you at all times.
We can pick up your location on our radar.
There's a magnet inside.
Right.
Know any of these guys? This is the guy.
He set this whole thing up.
He's got Molly.
Be careful.
He's dangerous.
Bet he is.
Make sure Molly is safe before you let them in.
Now, we won't move until we hear from you.
All right, let's go.
TODD: I don't know whether I can cut it.
You can make it.
[BEEPS.]
[BEEPING.]
The signal is clean and strong, Steve.
Seem to be headed toward the Kohala Range.
Very well.
Let me know if they stop anywhere.
Chin, get me a weather report.
Wind velocity and direction for the next 24 hours.
Duke, alert H.
P.
D.
We want a tactical squad standing by.
DANNY: Steve? - Yeah, Danno? One of our informers says Abilleno's been working with an importer name of Lou Marvin.
No record, but we got a printout on his phone calls.
Yeah, "Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao, Taipei, Thailand, Manila.
" - The feds are checking the numbers.
- Good.
Let me know if you find anything.
They've got a hostage, colonel.
A girl named Molly Taggart.
If you alert your guards anytime, anywhere, they won't hesitate to kill her.
How many of these arsenals hold M16s? All of them.
Two up north.
Three on this side of the island.
They all have fences and guard booths.
McGARRETT: Yeah.
We don't know which direction they're heading until that transmitter I gave Todd tells us.
Well, what do we do now? It's a waiting game, colonel.
We wait.
And we worry.
MARVIN: You're late.
- I had to stop and check out the kite.
- It's not as easy as you think.
MARVIN: Stop complaining.
You're gonna make a bundle on this, kid.
TODD: What about Molly? - What about her? - When are you gonna release her? - When you open the pearly gates, pal.
Don't worry, I'll hold up my end of the bargain.
- Now where is this place? - Jeff here is gonna explain it to you.
He's going with you, to see that you get off okay.
Any guards? [MARVIN SCOFFS.]
Here.
- It's empty.
- You think I'm nuts? Hey, kid.
Just make sure that you and this flying machine don't bungle.
You hear? Come on.
We lost the signal.
Somewhere around Palolo Valley.
Steve.
The signal just stopped.
Here, where they were supposed to meet.
Well, from there they could get on the H-1 Freeway, over to Schofield Barracks or across the island to Kaneohe.
I don't think so.
The wind is too unpredictable over there.
What about Diamond Head? It's a natural for hang-gliders.
Fresh coffee from your favorite Chinese restaurant.
Oh, thank you, Chin.
Yeah, thanks.
It's tea.
What do you expect from a Chinese restaurant? Manila just came through on Lou Marvin, Steve.
Marvin has been talking to a Vince Cablayan.
A gun connection.
Who does Cablayan buy for? Guerilla factions.
They're paying up to a thousand dollars for M16s.
That's, uh, plenty pesos.
Diamond Head's heavily supplied with M16s.
I don't feel right about Diamond Head, colonel.
Too many entrances, too many exits, you have your helicopters crossing there.
What about the storage depot at Makapuu? That's within range of some cliffs.
McGARRETT: Makapuu.
Yeah.
Makapuu.
Not many people around there on a Sunday morning, are there? Okay.
Okay, we go.
We go.
Now, this is what we're gonna do.
SOLDIER: See you later, Larry.
[GUN COCKS.]
Hold it.
Drop your gun.
Give me your keys.
Let's go.
Come on, move it.
TODD: Turn her loose.
Or this gate doesn't open.
Get over there, Molly.
DANNY: Freeze.
Drop it.
Drop it.
Hands up high.
Steve, Marvin just made a break for it, he's heading your way.
Yeah, Danno.
I'll get him.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
Hold it.
I wouldn't try that without a kite, pal.
Book him.
There are 50,000 M16s on this rock, Abilleno.
Now are you gonna loosen some of them up, or am I gonna use someone else? How much is extra good? - Todd.
- Two grand.
Landing on warehouses isn't on our program.
Shove off, Joko.
We'll be lucky to make dinner.
The mess sergeant's an old friend of mine.
He'll scrape up something.
I was going into town tonight.
Been polishing a real pretty thing.
Hey, what's that? All right, hey.
Relax, soldier.
Come on down slow.
Don't do nothing, eh, brah.
Come on.
Come on, come on, come on.
[GUNSHOT.]
The sergeant died a couple hours ago.
The driver's still critical with a chest wound.
McGARRETT: All for the shipment of some infantry rifles.
M16s, probably the most advanced infantry rifle in the world.
Liberation fronts and underground groups are paying up to a thousand dollars each on the black market.
So we can expect more of the same, can't we? Possibly.
What do you know about these hijackers, colonel? The driver got a look at one of them.
Maybe if he could see some photos, he could identify him.
Anything else? We pulled the slug that killed the sergeant.
It's.
38 caliber.
And that's it? That's it.
We don't get many truck hijackings out here in the middle of the Pacific.
I'll see what leads we can develop.
What kind of security does the Army have on these M16s? They're stored in five different arsenals with 24-hour armed guard, reinforced by roving jeeps.
Okay, colonel.
Get on it right away, thank you.
MARVIN: Technical difficulties beyond our control, Vince.
Look, give me another week.
If I don't scrounge up some American models, your whole down payment will come sailing right back to you.
Okay? You got a deal.
You know who that was? Vince Cablayan.
The biggest gun dealer in the Philippines.
Fortunately the papers out there didn't carry the story of your bungled ambush.
And I didn't tell him we used his whole down payment for it.
If you'd given me a couple of more men like I asked for Look, if you'd done it right in the first place, those rifles would be on a boat to Mindanao, we'd have $300,000, and you'd still be known as the guy who delivers.
- I've always delivered for you, Lou.
- Yeah, nickel ante games.
This was your chance to become a high roller.
We almost had those rifles.
I shouldn't have used that creep.
I don't know.
Next time, you'll learn to hire men you can count on.
What next time? Those guns are wrapped in guards now.
There are 50,000 M16s on this rock, Abilleno.
Now, are you gonna loosen some of them up, or am I gonna use someone else? There's one arsenal we might get into.
But if I'm gonna try that, I want half.
A third.
One hundred K's.
Double what you were gonna get.
And if you turn up some of those big machine guns, those 60s, I'll go halves with you on those at 8 grand each.
I'll see what I can figure out.
I know you will, Ab.
JOKO: I heard the Army sergeant bought the farm.
ABILLENO: Yeah.
I want you to stay out of sight.
That way you don't have to answer any questions, okay? How did the boss take it? He didn't like it.
He didn't like the way we handled the job, either.
- Has he given up on those M16s? - No.
But from now on, it's gonna be tough.
No more unescorted Army trucks.
How about hitting an armory? Well, we'd have to find a way to get past the guards.
And, uh, if I can do that? Then you get your share.
Come in.
Steve? Yeah, what do you got, Chin? The FBI reports that everybody's shopping for M16s.
Guerrilla armies all over the Far East, Central and South America.
Weren't there a couple of big bank jobs pulled on Mindanao in the Philippines, a couple of months ago? Yeah, a rebel group and some commies.
Well, they could afford M16s now.
DANNY: Steve? - Yeah, Danno.
Walter Bemsley of the museum called.
Someone stole King Kamehameha's royal cape.
Stole it from the museum? No, it was in a penthouse in the Honoliki Hotel.
It was part of a special cultural exhibit.
- When did this happen? DANNY: Some time last night.
Bemsley is really shook up.
That cape is one of the museum's prized possessions.
It sounds like an H.
P.
D.
Matter to me, Danno.
But why don't you go over and calm Bemsley down, anyway.
Go with him.
Let me know what you find out.
Gentlemen, this is a cultural disaster.
That cape is irreplaceable.
Walter, calm down.
There.
It was on display right there, last night at 11 when I left.
And when I arrived this morning, it was gone.
Who else has access to this room, besides you? No one.
I kept the key.
And there were guards outside the door all night.
Tom, any sign of forcible entry? If there was, we can't find it.
- You checked the windows? - All locked, from the inside.
Where was the security guard stationed? Right outside the door, with a view of the elevator, stairway.
One officer was there from 11 to 3.
Another relieved him until Mr.
Bemsley arrived.
And they saw nothing? Whoever broke in didn't get past them.
Whoever pulled this off is not making the most of his talents, passing up these necklaces.
Some of them are pearl.
Pearls are a lot more marketable than feathered capes.
That cape is 170 years old.
There's no other like it in the world.
Walter, we'll do everything we can.
Better get Che Fong down here.
If this was a cat burglar, he's major-league material and we'll need to know everything there is about him.
I saw you flying up at Waimanalo the other day.
You look like Tinker Bell up there in the sky.
It gave me a fine idea.
You gonna take lessons? - Are you gonna teach them? - Nope.
That's Todd's department.
I got these for tonight.
The Volcanic Rock.
You and me.
That concert's been sold out two weeks.
I got friends.
I know you do.
Thanks, anyway.
Oh, is it them or me you don't like? Maybe both.
Besides, I've got a boyfriend, who happens to be a partner here.
And who should be arriving any minute.
See you, Joko.
- You ready, Benjie? - Ready.
MOLLY: You have got to be kidding.
You actually did it.
You had your doubts? Well, you said the wind currents over Waikiki were too squirrelly, too dangerous.
They were.
You know, I made three passes before landing.
The sheer terror of it.
You can't beat it.
You mean you just walked in that penthouse and took it? Yeah.
Yeah.
You should've seen the valuables I could have had if I were a crook.
Try and tell the police you're not.
You read the paper yet? The cops are going crazy.
Oh, no.
Okay.
Okay, you've both had your gloating.
And I am impressed.
I am very impressed.
But let's just pack that cape up and just get it back to the hotel.
- Uh-uh, I'm not done with it yet.
- Oh, yes, you are.
Bets to be settled.
- People owe him money.
- Lobster dinner for 2 at Michelle's.
They wanna see the cape.
Proof.
Think of the advertising value.
Molly.
Let me tell you something.
History's gonna show that man first soared from the Honoliki Hotel on a Windsong Limited design.
How are you going to advertise that without getting arrested? It's no big crime.
It's traffic-ticket stuff.
- You wanna bet? - Yeah, how much? - Would you believe five years? - Oh, Molly, come on.
Danny.
Look at this.
It's from the cape.
A feather from a mamo bird, now extinct.
Who would do this? Why? Yeah, why? - Chin.
- Yeah, Danny? Got a thought.
[PHONE RINGS.]
- Hello, Abi? - Yeah? Joko.
Hey, I thought I told you to hole up.
Don't worry.
It's cool, Abi.
Listen, stupid.
Hawaii Five-O is looking everywhere for you and for me.
You still interested in getting your hands on some M16s? Go on.
If so, I can tell you a way we can get to them, smooth and easy.
Meet me at the Regent in half an hour.
CHIN: Are you trying to tell me a cat burglar used one of those things? Just saying it's conceivable with the right man in the harness.
Those truncated gliders can take off and return to that summit.
The guy knows his 360s, even a smaller kite can touch down on a dime.
DANNY: Nice landing, friend.
Molly.
I didn't realize it was the proud bird with the golden tail.
Knock it off, Danny.
What's Five-O doing out here? Oh, a little bird watching.
- You wouldn't happen to know - Excuse me.
I want to make another run while the wind is right.
Molly.
Molly.
Molly, never mind.
I won't keep you.
She's a friend? She used to be.
I'm telling you, it's a piece of cake, Abi.
No problems.
It sounds crazy to me.
If you have the right equipment and the right man, it's a breeze.
Where'd you spot those kids? I keep my eyes open.
But these characters might need a little persuading.
Well, leave that to me.
I told you I'd come through Abi, didn't I? You mean to tell me that one of those kids could land on a hotel roof at night? It's just a hunch, Steve.
But not anyone could do it.
It would take guts and experience.
[McGARRETT SNAPPING FINGERS.]
You know those kite people pretty well, Danno.
You got any idea who it could be? Well, why don't you give me a little time off, I can try to find out.
We're dealing with a felony, Danno.
Grand theft.
Grand theft of a sacred Hawaiian artifact.
I know that's how the warrant would read.
But I have a feeling this wasn't robbery.
You mean, a stunt? Or prank? That's what I'm hoping.
It's still grand theft.
And they may be realizing that now, with all this publicity.
I just hope that I just hope that they don't panic.
You mean, throw the cape down a trash chute, or worse, an incinerator.
Okay, Danno, assuming that some jerk swiped the cape for fun, huh? I'll forgo the warrants, but I want that cape back here undamaged.
I'll see what I can do.
Hey, that's some fine wahine air, brah.
Let's get moving, Joko.
Come on, we got business.
Hey, how's the flying? Nerve-wracking.
- I had an audience.
- Who? Dan Williams and some other Dick Tracy type.
BENJIE: Five-O? - Uh-huh.
They wouldn't be after us.
- It's only a cape.
BENJIE: Yeah.
It's the only cape of its kind in the whole world.
TODD: Well DANNY: Hi, Todd.
How's business? Hi, Danny.
Danny.
How you been? DANNY: Good.
- Good.
Hello again, Molly.
Hi.
Can I get you some coffee? No.
No, thank you.
Just, uh, shopping for a new set of wings.
MOLLY & TODD: Ah.
MOLLY: Hey.
- What style? Oh, a nice big floater.
Something, uh, light as a feather.
[MOUTHING.]
As a feather.
DANNY: With good control so, uh, I could land on a hotel roof, maybe.
Like those guys did at the Honoliki.
What guys at the Honoliki? Good question.
You really think that was a hang-glider number? - That cape thing? - Well, the thought did occur.
But there are only a few Red Barons skilled enough to land on top of a hotel, and flaky enough to risk five years inside prison for a little, uh, college humor.
[CHUCKLES.]
Did Steve McGarrett send you here? You might say he's a little, uh, upset.
About an old cape? Well, he figures these jokers might try to peddle it.
I told him that this could be just a new version of the old panty raid.
Some high-spirited American youths getting their jollies in the friendly skies.
- Yeah, that'd be my guess.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
What did he say to that? While it may have been fun, he said it was, uh, still grand larceny.
But I've the feeling if the cape is returned in perfect shape, he'll be willing to write this whole thing off as a silly prank.
- Aha! - What? I had a premonition that that cape will be returned tomorrow.
L I just had the same one.
I sure hope so.
Making license plates, uh, gets awfully boring.
- Ha, ha, it must, yeah.
- See you around.
TODD: Okay, Danny.
Okay.
Are you guys going to drop that cape in the mailbox, or do I? What, trust the post office? Uh-uh.
That cape has to be returned undamaged and in style.
Steve, here are the photos of the known truck hijackers.
Apparently, that Army driver couldn't identify any of them.
A couple looked familiar.
- Which ones? CHIN: Well, the three on top.
Klamner, Pasquez and Abilleno.
Driver's not too sure.
Happened too fast.
Okay, Chin.
Check these three names.
[INTERCOM BUZZES.]
- McGarrett.
MALIA: Steve, there's a call for Danny.
Phone call, Mr.
Williams.
Williams.
TODD [OVER PHONE.]
: Hello, Danny.
This is Todd.
If you look outside your window today, it's a beautiful day.
It's all gold.
Or is it bronze? It's too early in the morning to break a code, Todd.
What are you trying to say? You have a view of the judiciary building from that palace of yours, don't you? He wants to know about our view.
Yeah? Well, Danny, on a clear day you can see all the way to the statue of our beloved former king, right? BENJIE: "Numerous county employees walked past the precious cape on their way to work this morning, believing it was a replica on display as part of the current, cultural museum festival.
" What about the note? Does it say anything about the note? "Pinned to the cape was a greeting card with the inscription: 'Compliments of Captain Fantastic and his fine-feathered friends.
"' [TODD LAUGHS.]
If you two crazies ever do anything like this again, I'll have you certified.
Oh, Moll, don't worry.
I've learned my lesson.
No more feather capes.
I mean it.
I mean it.
Next time I'll turn you in myself.
We have a business to run here.
Yes? Todd Seymour? Yeah.
How long you been standing here? I've got this friend with a fat billfold.
He likes gags.
Practical jokes turn him on.
- You know what I mean? TODD: A dying art.
Right, and he's looking for somebody to land on a roof of a warehouse, throw a switch to open an electric gate.
And he pays extra good.
Yeah? How much is extra good? Two grand.
For five minutes work, that's not bad, huh? It's more than a plumber makes.
Ha, ha.
Two grand.
- Any guards? Watchmen? - Todd.
There's one guard and at 6 a.
m.
On a Sunday morning.
Uh, I don't think he'll be up looking at the stars, you know? Uh-uh.
Sorry, mister.
Landing on warehouses isn't on our program.
Just hotels, huh? Well, I wonder what the cops stamp on your records when I tell them you copped the king's cape.
Of course, there wouldn't be any reason to tell them, if you went along with my friend's proposal.
If I tell my friend how dangerous it is to land on the roof of a warehouse, he might come up in price, maybe double it.
Four thousand dollars? ABILLENO: Tax free.
Hey, this guy could be talking about a warehouse full of drugs.
You open it up, he stamps sucker on you.
No drugs.
Just a practical joke.
Think about it.
We have.
Think some more.
Interesting.
I've never been blackmailed before.
And you don't have to be now.
You know what $4,000 would do for our shop? More equipment, more space.
Double our production and fill those back orders.
Well, drop me a line if you do it, because I won't be here.
[SIGHS.]
I think I need some more space now.
I got your message, Abi.
You got a job for me? Yeah.
Your friends at the hang-glide shop are not being very cooperative.
I told you they need persuading.
Yeah.
Well, money won't do it.
We gotta go a different way.
What do you have in mind? How well do you know the girl? Well.
That wahine is no good.
Well, she's the one causing the trouble.
We gotta take care of her.
Joko would find that a pleasure.
- You, what are you looking for? - My shirt.
- The one you tore? - Yeah.
It's over there in your duffel bag.
I sewed it.
Thanks.
I'm gonna tag on to some wind.
Float a while.
Do some thinking.
- About us? - About your Midwestern morality.
It just doesn't track in this situation.
Neither does your compulsion for blowing people's minds.
You know that guy isn't talking about any kind of prank.
How do you know? - Maybe it is a practical joke.
- You know it isn't.
What you don't seem to realize is that Five-O pulled you out of that mess so smoothly that you never even knew how bad it was.
Molly, come on.
Now you're considering something even worse.
This is no joke, Todd.
I am not going to visit you on the weekends when you're in the slammer.
You wouldn't bake me a cake with a file in it.
MOLLY: Very funny.
You know I don't cook with additives.
Molly, I was going flying.
Yeah, later.
Hm? I'm sorry, Mr.
Williams isn't here.
He should be back shortly.
Uh, we'll wait.
- Quite a place.
BENJIE: If you're a cop.
We gonna tell Danny everything? Yeah, I think we should.
He was straight with us.
Come on, will you take it easy? MARVIN: Did you try more money? ABILLENO: Four big ones.
They almost went for it.
The girl kept closing me out.
We ain't got time to horse around, Abilleno.
We have to go the other way, Lou.
Well, what are you waiting for? You waiting to see someone? Uh, Dan Williams.
May be awhile.
Anything I could help with? We'd rather talk to him if you don't mind.
- It's a matter he's familiar with.
- All right.
Make yourselves comfortable.
Chin, you remember those two young guys with the credit-card scam? Yeah, college boys.
The judge put them in for two years.
Well, that's kind of stiff.
Prior offenses.
One was on probation.
Let's get out of here.
Um, excuse me.
Would you tell Mr.
Williams to call Todd at Windsong Limited? It could be important.
As soon as he comes in.
Hello, Tinker Bell.
Shove off, Joko.
Steve, those three men you wanted me to check out.
Klamner moved to the mainland six months ago, Pasquez is in the slammer, Abilleno dropped out of sight three days ago.
Three days ago.
That's interesting.
Right after that Army truck was hijacked.
Yeah, and he's got a record as long as a coconut tree.
Everything from pimping to suspicion of murder.
Shall we put out an APB? No.
No, not yet, Chin.
Check your street sources.
Let's find out his connections.
If he's involved in this gun smuggling, somebody's gotta be giving him orders.
That's quite an entrance.
- Are we surrounded? - Your message sounded urgent.
What can I do for you, Todd? Uh, Danny, some guy came into the shop and he had this zany idea that I land on the roof of a warehouse and do a number.
That only Captain Fantastic could swing.
You're not the only one that figured out the royal caper.
What'd he have in mind? [PHONE RINGS.]
TODD: Sorry.
Windsong Limited.
Is this Captain Fantastic? Yeah, what do you want? Have you got your minds changed yet? Uh, no, I'm still thinking about it.
That's what I called about.
I wanna help you with that thinking.
Now, listen.
- Todd.
- Molly.
Where are you? Don't do it.
They're trying to break into a I better translate that.
What she said was, you're flying the sunrise special tomorrow, or your cute little partner will be delivered in an airtight plastic bag.
You got it? [PHONE HANGS UP.]
He got Molly.
We've got trouble.
CHIN HO: You sure about the name? All right.
Good work, Benny.
No, I won't forget where I got the information.
Ah, Danny.
Yeah? Ever heard of a guy named Lou Marvin? It rings a bell somewhere.
I gotta see Steve.
But this is important, Danny.
I've got a source who says Abilleno works for this Lou Marvin.
- Abilleno? - Yeah.
Marvin.
Marvin was involved in some kind of smuggling operation last year, uh The Seatrain caper.
That's it.
He was the guy behind it, but we couldn't pin the rap on him.
Yeah.
Do you think he's the guy behind that attempted hijacking? Have Duke get a court order from Manicote.
[PHONE RINGS.]
Check with the phone company.
We'll need a printout on all his phone bills.
Five-O.
Oh, Danny.
Williams.
Did they tell you any more? Okay.
Meet as arranged.
That was Todd.
- He's heard from Abilleno? - Yeah.
I've gotta lay this on Steve.
Have Duke get to work on Marvin.
Steve McGarrett.
Todd.
- Benjie.
- Hi.
We don't have much time.
We're supposed to meet our contacts in half an hour.
Have they told you where they want you to land? Just when and where to meet them.
Okay.
This is a powerful transmitter.
I want you to keep it with you at all times.
We can pick up your location on our radar.
There's a magnet inside.
Right.
Know any of these guys? This is the guy.
He set this whole thing up.
He's got Molly.
Be careful.
He's dangerous.
Bet he is.
Make sure Molly is safe before you let them in.
Now, we won't move until we hear from you.
All right, let's go.
TODD: I don't know whether I can cut it.
You can make it.
[BEEPS.]
[BEEPING.]
The signal is clean and strong, Steve.
Seem to be headed toward the Kohala Range.
Very well.
Let me know if they stop anywhere.
Chin, get me a weather report.
Wind velocity and direction for the next 24 hours.
Duke, alert H.
P.
D.
We want a tactical squad standing by.
DANNY: Steve? - Yeah, Danno? One of our informers says Abilleno's been working with an importer name of Lou Marvin.
No record, but we got a printout on his phone calls.
Yeah, "Hong Kong, Singapore, Macao, Taipei, Thailand, Manila.
" - The feds are checking the numbers.
- Good.
Let me know if you find anything.
They've got a hostage, colonel.
A girl named Molly Taggart.
If you alert your guards anytime, anywhere, they won't hesitate to kill her.
How many of these arsenals hold M16s? All of them.
Two up north.
Three on this side of the island.
They all have fences and guard booths.
McGARRETT: Yeah.
We don't know which direction they're heading until that transmitter I gave Todd tells us.
Well, what do we do now? It's a waiting game, colonel.
We wait.
And we worry.
MARVIN: You're late.
- I had to stop and check out the kite.
- It's not as easy as you think.
MARVIN: Stop complaining.
You're gonna make a bundle on this, kid.
TODD: What about Molly? - What about her? - When are you gonna release her? - When you open the pearly gates, pal.
Don't worry, I'll hold up my end of the bargain.
- Now where is this place? - Jeff here is gonna explain it to you.
He's going with you, to see that you get off okay.
Any guards? [MARVIN SCOFFS.]
Here.
- It's empty.
- You think I'm nuts? Hey, kid.
Just make sure that you and this flying machine don't bungle.
You hear? Come on.
We lost the signal.
Somewhere around Palolo Valley.
Steve.
The signal just stopped.
Here, where they were supposed to meet.
Well, from there they could get on the H-1 Freeway, over to Schofield Barracks or across the island to Kaneohe.
I don't think so.
The wind is too unpredictable over there.
What about Diamond Head? It's a natural for hang-gliders.
Fresh coffee from your favorite Chinese restaurant.
Oh, thank you, Chin.
Yeah, thanks.
It's tea.
What do you expect from a Chinese restaurant? Manila just came through on Lou Marvin, Steve.
Marvin has been talking to a Vince Cablayan.
A gun connection.
Who does Cablayan buy for? Guerilla factions.
They're paying up to a thousand dollars for M16s.
That's, uh, plenty pesos.
Diamond Head's heavily supplied with M16s.
I don't feel right about Diamond Head, colonel.
Too many entrances, too many exits, you have your helicopters crossing there.
What about the storage depot at Makapuu? That's within range of some cliffs.
McGARRETT: Makapuu.
Yeah.
Makapuu.
Not many people around there on a Sunday morning, are there? Okay.
Okay, we go.
We go.
Now, this is what we're gonna do.
SOLDIER: See you later, Larry.
[GUN COCKS.]
Hold it.
Drop your gun.
Give me your keys.
Let's go.
Come on, move it.
TODD: Turn her loose.
Or this gate doesn't open.
Get over there, Molly.
DANNY: Freeze.
Drop it.
Drop it.
Hands up high.
Steve, Marvin just made a break for it, he's heading your way.
Yeah, Danno.
I'll get him.
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
Hold it.
I wouldn't try that without a kite, pal.
Book him.