Tales of the Gold Monkey

7.5
19821h

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.

Seasons

22 Episodes • Premiered 1982

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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.

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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.

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3. Shanghaied

Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.

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4. Black Pearl

Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.

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5. Legends Are Forever

A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.

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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.

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7. Trunk From the Past

Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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12. The Sultan of Swat

Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.

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13. Ape Boy

Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.

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14. God Save the Queen

Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.

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15. High Stakes Lady

Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.

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16. Force of Habit

An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.

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17. Cooked Goose

A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.

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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.

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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.

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20. Boragora or Bust

Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.

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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.

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22. Mourning Becomes Matuka

Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.

Cast

Photo of Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins

Jake Cutter

Photo of Caitlin O'Heaney

Caitlin O'Heaney

Sarah Stickney White

Photo of Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

"Bon Chance" Louie

Photo of John Calvin

John Calvin

Willie Tenboom

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