Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 1, Episode 6 - Twenty-Four Karat Kill - full transcript
Five-O investigates a gold-smuggling ring. One young woman is already dead as a result of the gold smuggling. Five-O and the U.S. Treasury Department devise a sting operation aimed at nabbing Johnny Fargo, a brash operator, and the wealthy attorney who is the brains behind the operation.
(chattering)
That one. No, that one.
Three dollars even.
(baby crying)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Fresh from the docks.
(screams)
(♪♪♪)
Phil.
Got the call from your office,
came right over,
Steve. What's up?
I got something here I
think might interest you.
You know Phil Grey, Treasury.
Sure. You made pretty good time.
When McGarrett calls,
there's usually a reason.
Tom.
Take a look at this, Phil.
Gold?
Pure mint.
Where was it found?
On the edge of a knife.
The murder weapon? No.
The knife was found
on the kitchen sink.
What have you got on the victim?
We ran a make on her. Nothing.
What about the husband?
He's a bookkeeper at
Daley's Department Store.
He's clean too.
Did you get anything
at all from the husband?
No.
Nothing?
What are you
gonna get from a guy
who just died inside?
McGarrett, when
I put out the word
that millions of dollars'
worth of illegal gold
were floating around the world,
and that a big size
chunk of it might be
heading this way from Japan...
Yeah, you weren't talking
about a little Chinese housewife.
Frankly, no.
Well, I'm afraid that's all
we have at the moment, Phil.
Well, then we'll just have
to continue the 24-hour alert
on anything and everything
moving in or out of the island.
Well, there's one
other thing we can do.
What's that?
Find the maniac who
butchered that little girl.
Hey, Danno, you
work with the Treasury.
Anything they come
up with, you feed to us.
We'll do the same thing.
Chin Ho, I want to
know all about the family.
Brothers, uncles, aunts,
nephews, everybody.
I want to know everything.
What do you hear
in the street, Kono?
None at all.
There's a price on the
guy who killed the girl.
Who put out the contract?
I don't know.
Maybe her family.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
(phone buzzes)
Yeah? Yeah, send him in.
Howard, what do you got?
On the front door
frame of the girl's house,
we lifted a hot print.
Belongs to Kim-Tung
Chang, male, Chinese, 31.
Weight, 210. Height, 6-foot-1.
Four arrests, no conviction.
All for gambling.
No, it doesn't figure.
Nothing ties the girl or the
husband in with gambling.
JOHNNY: Come on. Come on.
MAN: An eight.
The point is still six.
Let's go, boys. Give it a
six. A six. Come on, a six.
A six, come on.
(chattering)
Come on. Come on.
Roll that thing.
A nine.
This is the one.
This is the one.
MAN: It's a six!
Blow, baby, one time for luck.
How can I lose?
Seven.
Five-0, open. Kono.
On your feet. On
your feet. Line them up.
No Kim-Tung Chang here.
Looks like we have
to sweat him out.
We'd better make it fast.
Why?
He's got a price on his head.
What have we got?
The kind of fish that has to
hold his breath underwater.
Name, Kim-Tung Chang.
They beat us to him, huh?
What will it be, Steve?
Oh, water would be fine.
You don't care if my wife
and three kids starve, do you?
You're single, Al, remember?
Yeah, but my sister's
married and she's got five kids.
You didn't come in to
hear about my no-good
brother-in-law, did you?
I want to know about
Kim-Tung Chang.
Oh, that who you
fished out of the ocean?
Yeah. Who pushed him?
If I'd heard, I'd
have called you.
Sure.
What else, Al?
He came in a lot, usually broke.
He a gambler?
A born loser.
Where did he hole up?
I can't help you there.
What about his friends?
He was a loner.
Look, if I order the
super luau special,
do I get any more information?
I couldn't tell you any
more if you bought the joint.
Where did he get his money?
Worked the aku boats.
Anybody use him for muscle?
I wouldn't swear to it.
He came in a lot,
but... Wait a minute.
I cashed a paycheck for
him a couple of days ago.
Maybe it's still
in the register.
I guess he worked a couple
of days for Johnny Fargo.
Do you know him?
Yeah, just by name.
Ties up near here.
Keep it.
Oh, thanks, Al.
A funny thing about Chang...
He always came in at the end
of the month and paid his tab.
Got to give him a
couple of points for that.
He just killed the mother
of a 10-month-old baby.
How many points do
we give him for that?
Want a look at Chang before
we roll him into the icebox?
I've seen him.
What have you got?
Okay. The lieutenant
has the whole thing.
What makes him
so friendly, Howard?
Native haole charm, I guess.
He died of a broken
back, three crushed ribs,
one through the left lung.
He was dead before
he hit the water.
He had an appendectomy,
scar tissue on the left
shoulder and a prehensile toe.
First one of those
I've seen in years.
We asked him for
a complete autopsy.
He's getting even with us now.
I've been here for
two and a half hours.
He hasn't stopped talking once.
Yeah, but has he said
anything interesting?
Just one thing, McGarrett.
Underneath his fingernails, I
dug out some flecks of gold.
Good catch?
I'd get a better
price if everybody
wasn't catching them this size.
Johnny Fargo?
That's right.
McGarrett, Five-0.
I'd like to talk to you.
Sure.
Takes more than
that to get the stink off.
What can I do for you?
What do you know
about Kim-Tung Chang?
How do you play it,
with cards or dice?
He worked for you, Mr. Fargo.
He's the guy they
fished out of the drink.
He worked for me?
Yeah.
Hey, Walter, did
we ever have a guy
who worked for us named, uh...?
Kim-Tung Chang.
Kim-Tung Chang?
Couple of days ago, in
November, October too.
Sorry, Mr. McGarrett.
Must've hired 100 of those
beach bums the past ten months.
Only interested in one. Chang.
Well, I'll ask around.
Sometimes the guys will talk
to another guy, but not a cop.
Johnny.
Say, that was...
That was McGarrett of
Five-0 you were talking to.
He introduced himself.
Did he? Well, what did he want?
More than he got.
Johnny, you know,
my people are worried about you.
Is that so? That's so.
Yeah, like when McGarrett
broke up that gambling game
and you nearly got caught.
My people run that game, Johnny.
It's my money, Mr. Dennison.
Then spend it
someplace else, huh?
We don't want any
connection with you.
Don't push it, Mr. Dennison.
Johnny, you made
one small mistake
and you got away with it.
Don't make another one.
Are you done?
Why, you have something
to tell me, Johnny?
You go back to your people,
remind them of
their small mistake
and who had to bail them out
when they sent that
knucklehead Chang
to get their bar of gold back.
If it wasn't for me, McGarrett
or the feds would have them
out of their plush houses
and into small cells.
Now, you tell them that.
That temper of yours. That
could get you into trouble, Johnny.
But I'll tell them.
How is he?
They don't know yet.
Where did they find him?
In an alley back of
Maunakea Street.
Where we busted that
gambling joint? Yeah.
How long had he been there?
Don't know.
Who belted him? Don't know.
What do you know?
All I know, he's in room 321.
That's a big help.
And he's still alive.
That's great.
Dr. Chopra. Dr. Chopra.
McGarrett, Williams,
Five-0, doctor.
He's been asking for you.
How is he?
He's got a hairline
fracture of the skull.
I gave him a sedative.
What he needs now is rest.
I'd like one minute
with him, doctor.
All right.
Chin?
That you, boss?
Yeah, you okay, fatso?
That you, boss?
Easy, easy.
A combination of the
blow and the sedative.
What happened, Chin?
Followed lawyer... Dennison.
Followed...
Where to? Where did
you follow him, Chin?
Had meeting with... With Wong.
With Wong.
Wong? Wong Tou?
Gambling syndicate?
Followed lawyer.
Lights out.
Were you close
enough to hear anything?
Followed lawyer.
Lights out.
Mr. Dennison, please.
Mr. Dennison is busy.
I'm sorry, sir, you
can't go in there.
Stay out of this, honey.
One of my men
is on the critical list
and you put him there.
I did?
You did.
If he doesn't come out
of this a whole man...
A whole man, you understand?
Mm-hm.
Nothing will save you.
There must be some mistake.
No mistake.
He was on your tail
and somebody beat him
over the back of the head
and fractured his skull.
Well, why would one of
your men be following me?
Good question.
And when I get the answer,
don't be surprised if you're
in jail for the rest of your life.
You do know who
you're talking to?
Yeah, I know.
You'd better know that name.
Dennison.
Go.
Sharp operator.
Walks a tight line,
leaning on the shady side.
Defends pushers, prostitutes,
bagman for the number boys.
Principal client,
gambling syndicate.
Including Wong Tou's outfit?
Including.
Got the word on Johnny Fargo.
Let's have it.
Ex-GI, dishonorable
discharge, crooked gambling.
Spent three years in Tokyo,
black-market operations.
Big man with the ladies.
Came here one year ago.
Started tuna fishing
two months later.
Takes a couple hundred big ones
to start that kind
of an operation.
Who's got that kind of
loot hanging around loose?
You tell me.
Wong Tou.
Sit down.
Let's recap it.
Gambling syndicate's
got big money to invest.
Best buy in today's
market is gold.
Treasury tells us there's a
big shipment of yellow stuff
headed this way from Japan.
Okay. Who's got
contacts in Japan?
Who's got the facilities
for smuggling it in?
Who could act as a middleman
between Dennison and Wong Tou?
And who did Kim-Tung Chang,
the flecks of gold under
his nail, who did he work for?
Johnny Fargo. Yeah.
The word from the dock says
that Johnny's been bragging
he's gonna have his
first million before he's 30.
You know something?
We might just give it to him.
A million dollars?
It's the kind of
bait he can't resist.
If you lose it, they
take it out of your salary.
What's a couple of hundred
years of peanut butter sandwiches?
Steve, I just came up with
the perfect
gift-wrap for that bait.
We're understaffed here,
but I know an agent who's
riding a desk in Washington.
Now, if we could spring
her on Johnny Fargo...
Her? Wait a minute. Wait a
minute. No dames, please.
But she's good. Absolutely not.
And made-to-order for
a lover boy like Fargo.
And she's worked
undercover before?
The Far East.
And she's good? How good?
She's still alive.
I wanna see A.C. Dupraix.
And your name?
Johnny Fargo.
Tell him I'm in the
import business.
I'm Dupraix.
What do you want, Mr. Fargo?
You're... Correct.
Andrea Claire Dupraix.
What do you want?
The world.
I was playing five card stud.
Somebody slipped
me a sixth card.
Well, embarrassing
questions could be asked
if my card was found
on the wrong person.
How can I be sure
you're the right person?
Well, you can't.
When did you get in?
9:01 this morning.
From where?
Saigon.
World Wide Airlines, please.
It's a nice place.
Oh, there's a sort of sameness
about all the hotel rooms.
Flight information, please.
Hello. I'm with
the Honolulu Star.
Did a plane arrive from
Saigon this morning?
What time? 9:01.
Was a, uh...?
Miss or Mrs.?
Miss.
Was a Miss Andrea
Claire Dupraix on that flight?
She was supposed to be
traveling with a business associate.
I can't remember the name.
Thanks.
You arrived from
Saigon, 9:01, alone.
Well, since I've
obviously already made
inquiries about you, Mr. Fargo,
do you have a sample of
the merchandise with you?
Uh-huh.
Then let's get down to business.
Sure.
This will only take a minute.
Take your time.
You'd be surprised
how very often my time
is wasted by amateurs.
It's 24-karat, mint pure.
And I presume that
all the merchandise
will be of this quality.
Mm-hm.
As you will notice, there
are three combinations,
a single number for each.
Perfect, baby, perfect.
Act your age.
Maybe that's what's
wrong with the deal.
You mean sending a
boy to do a man's job?
Something like that.
Try me.
No, thank you.
But I would suggest
you take your eyes off me
and examine this
case very carefully.
It's interlaced
with fine little wires,
all leading to a very
powerful explosive.
And if it's tampered with
in any way, it blows up.
Careful, aren't you?
Very.
You always travel with them?
I travel alone, remember?
Okay, let's talk price.
Can you handle a
million-dollar shipment?
I can handle it, if you're
willing to go $45 an ounce.
Don't be naive, Mr. Fargo.
You can re-peddle it
anywhere from 50 to 100.
Oh, can you?
No.
Then let's be reasonable.
I'm authorized to buy at the
going rate of $35 an ounce.
That's the legal price.
Do you know of
anyone who has license
to traffic in this
you can deal with?
Forty-two fifty an ounce.
Thirty-six.
Look, I've got other
buyers, you know.
Guys who are
willing to go to 42.
Oh, I know. Your financiers.
They'll only pay you
a small percentage
for handling the transaction.
I'll give you 36.50.
And it's all yours.
You're trying to steal it.
Oh, that, Mr. Fargo, is
something I let other people do.
Look, I figured on 41.
Thirty-seven
twenty-five. Final offer.
Well, maybe we can do
business and maybe we can't.
I'll call you either way.
Don't bother, Mr. Fargo,
unless you can deliver.
What do you think?
Well, I think if he can
get his hands on the gold,
he'll take the deal.
I agree, but I want more.
Fargo's small fry. I want
Dennison, Wong Tou, all of them.
Same bait? Same bait.
What do you have in mind?
Simple. Dennison
finds out that Fargo
is trying to cross
him on a deal.
He's a local attorney
and very smart.
What I'm counting on, that
he's too smart to let him.
The way I got in touch
with Fargo only works once.
Dennison has a
long list of clients.
We have pressure
points on most of them.
I'll pick a soft one.
The time has come to
dispose of Johnny Fargo.
Have a little
patience, Wong Tou.
Paul, you've known
me for a long time.
That is not one of my virtues.
But the golden
opportunity has knocked.
Don't talk in
platitudes. Talk sense.
You agreed to a million-dollar
shipment, immediately.
No argument.
I am not looking
for an argument.
I'm looking for a reason.
Wong Tou, now, you're
a sensitive gentleman,
a brilliant businessman.
And I don't want flattery.
You tell me Johnny
Fargo is gonna cross us.
He's gonna steal the gold
and sell it to someone else.
That's his plan.
Then I see no advantage
in letting him live.
Look, may I give you two?
A million dollars in gold
and a million dollars in cash.
Any word on Chin?
Nothing yet, Steve.
They brought him down from
surgery an hour and a half ago.
He's in the recovery
room with the doctor now.
How long has he been in there?
About ten minutes.
Doctor give you anything
before he went in?
Yeah, a courteous nod.
Wife in there with him?
No. Still forbidden territory.
I told her to get
a cup of coffee.
How's she taking it?
Walking on egg shells,
like the rest of us.
Yeah.
Dr. Levenson. Dr. Levenson.
Gentlemen.
Doctor.
The bone chips
resulting from the fracture
have been successfully removed.
Mr. Kelly's out of danger
and resting comfortably.
Great. Can we see him?
Yes, but only for a few minutes.
You go ahead, Steve,
I'll tell Mrs. Kelley
and call May with the good news.
Dr. Jewel. Dr. Jewel.
(ringing)
Hawaii Five-0.
May? Danny.
We just got word.
Chin's out of danger.
Oh, what a relief.
That's wonderful.
Does the boss know?
Yeah, he's here with me.
Listen, any word
from Andrea Dupraix?
Nothing. The bait's still out,
but Johnny Fargo
hasn't gone for it yet.
Something's up, though.
Why?
Phil Grey called
in from Treasury.
He said that Fargo's tuna boat
left the dock
sometime last night.
Hasn't reported back.
Thinks maybe he's
starting his move.
You can bet on it.
Tell Phil we'll pick
up the stakeout,
relieve him as soon
as we leave here.
Will do. Something
else too, Danny.
The attorney general came by
and left a certified
copy of a search warrant.
You mean he's got the fix
on the home base of
the smuggling operation?
He sure did.
He said you're welcome to use
it any time, with his compliments.
A free pass to the fish
cannery owned by Wong Tou.
May, you're beautiful.
Now, just keep
your fingers crossed.
We'll check with
you soon. Bye-bye.
Bye, Danny. Good luck.
(rings)
Hello?
This is Fargo. Got
the shipment ready.
Pick me up at the
Kula-mao traffic island
on the road to fish harbor.
Repeat that again, slowly.
I said, I've got the
shipment ready.
Pick me up at the
Kula-mao traffic island
on the road to fish
harbor in 15 minutes.
I'll be there.
(beeping)
Communications, this is Five-0.
Receiving you, Five-0.
Our plant car is moving out.
Well, Dennison took our bait.
Tail car is blue sedan,
license number B89542.
Alert cars nine, 12 and six.
Come in, car nine.
Car nine here.
Come in, car 12.
Car 12 here.
Come in, car six.
Car six here.
Just passed, with
the car tailing her.
Come in, Five-0.
Five-0 receiving
you, loud and clear.
We're cutting off. Car
nine will pick him up.
Come in, car nine.
Come in, car nine.
Car nine here.
Car nine, pick them up and tail.
If they slow, pull by and
make it a lead surveillance.
Car 12, come in.
Car 12 here.
Good. They're
approaching your position.
Repeat, they are
approaching your position.
Okay and out.
Fargo just entered lead car.
(tires screeching)
Fargo just drove into the
Yelaki garage. Do we follow?
No. Cover the entrance
and exits and we'll take over.
Where are we going?
We were followed. You
passed out one too many cards.
All right, take it back down.
Out. Hold your hands up.
I wanted to kill Fargo, but
you were too smart for that.
They have nothing on us.
Okay, don't shoot.
Book 'em, Danno.
Fargo pulled a switch.
I've got to get out
of this concrete box
and see if I can
pick up that bleeper.
You know the routine.
Hands against the car.
The attorney general
will hear from me,
just as soon as I can
get to a telephone.
The line may be busy.
Some of our boys
raided a cannery
that you and Wong Tou own.
Guess what we found?
A room full of gold.
If I were you,
Mr. Dennison, I'd find myself
a real good lawyer.
(beeping)
Well, it looks as
though your delivery
of the merchandise
is satisfactory,
but I'll need
scales to weigh it.
This is where we
start to trust each other.
Oh, a double-cross
at this point, Johnny.
You're a dead man.
You're cool. You're really cool.
That gun in your hand hardly
calls for any trust on my part.
If you were a man, I'd
cut you in half right now.
Well, that would be
very stupid, Johnny.
Such a waste.
Open the case.
The combination is 8-0-8.
Not me, baby. You
wire it, you open it.
Okay, in there.
What happened to trust?
You stick out
your beautiful head
just once and I'll blow it off.
You all right?
Yeah.
Sure? Mm-hm.
Lover boy is dead.
(sighs)
I wonder how far
he would have gotten
with $1 million-worth
of phony money?
That one. No, that one.
Three dollars even.
(baby crying)
( suspenseful theme playing)
Fresh from the docks.
(screams)
(♪♪♪)
Phil.
Got the call from your office,
came right over,
Steve. What's up?
I got something here I
think might interest you.
You know Phil Grey, Treasury.
Sure. You made pretty good time.
When McGarrett calls,
there's usually a reason.
Tom.
Take a look at this, Phil.
Gold?
Pure mint.
Where was it found?
On the edge of a knife.
The murder weapon? No.
The knife was found
on the kitchen sink.
What have you got on the victim?
We ran a make on her. Nothing.
What about the husband?
He's a bookkeeper at
Daley's Department Store.
He's clean too.
Did you get anything
at all from the husband?
No.
Nothing?
What are you
gonna get from a guy
who just died inside?
McGarrett, when
I put out the word
that millions of dollars'
worth of illegal gold
were floating around the world,
and that a big size
chunk of it might be
heading this way from Japan...
Yeah, you weren't talking
about a little Chinese housewife.
Frankly, no.
Well, I'm afraid that's all
we have at the moment, Phil.
Well, then we'll just have
to continue the 24-hour alert
on anything and everything
moving in or out of the island.
Well, there's one
other thing we can do.
What's that?
Find the maniac who
butchered that little girl.
Hey, Danno, you
work with the Treasury.
Anything they come
up with, you feed to us.
We'll do the same thing.
Chin Ho, I want to
know all about the family.
Brothers, uncles, aunts,
nephews, everybody.
I want to know everything.
What do you hear
in the street, Kono?
None at all.
There's a price on the
guy who killed the girl.
Who put out the contract?
I don't know.
Maybe her family.
Maybe yes, maybe no.
(phone buzzes)
Yeah? Yeah, send him in.
Howard, what do you got?
On the front door
frame of the girl's house,
we lifted a hot print.
Belongs to Kim-Tung
Chang, male, Chinese, 31.
Weight, 210. Height, 6-foot-1.
Four arrests, no conviction.
All for gambling.
No, it doesn't figure.
Nothing ties the girl or the
husband in with gambling.
JOHNNY: Come on. Come on.
MAN: An eight.
The point is still six.
Let's go, boys. Give it a
six. A six. Come on, a six.
A six, come on.
(chattering)
Come on. Come on.
Roll that thing.
A nine.
This is the one.
This is the one.
MAN: It's a six!
Blow, baby, one time for luck.
How can I lose?
Seven.
Five-0, open. Kono.
On your feet. On
your feet. Line them up.
No Kim-Tung Chang here.
Looks like we have
to sweat him out.
We'd better make it fast.
Why?
He's got a price on his head.
What have we got?
The kind of fish that has to
hold his breath underwater.
Name, Kim-Tung Chang.
They beat us to him, huh?
What will it be, Steve?
Oh, water would be fine.
You don't care if my wife
and three kids starve, do you?
You're single, Al, remember?
Yeah, but my sister's
married and she's got five kids.
You didn't come in to
hear about my no-good
brother-in-law, did you?
I want to know about
Kim-Tung Chang.
Oh, that who you
fished out of the ocean?
Yeah. Who pushed him?
If I'd heard, I'd
have called you.
Sure.
What else, Al?
He came in a lot, usually broke.
He a gambler?
A born loser.
Where did he hole up?
I can't help you there.
What about his friends?
He was a loner.
Look, if I order the
super luau special,
do I get any more information?
I couldn't tell you any
more if you bought the joint.
Where did he get his money?
Worked the aku boats.
Anybody use him for muscle?
I wouldn't swear to it.
He came in a lot,
but... Wait a minute.
I cashed a paycheck for
him a couple of days ago.
Maybe it's still
in the register.
I guess he worked a couple
of days for Johnny Fargo.
Do you know him?
Yeah, just by name.
Ties up near here.
Keep it.
Oh, thanks, Al.
A funny thing about Chang...
He always came in at the end
of the month and paid his tab.
Got to give him a
couple of points for that.
He just killed the mother
of a 10-month-old baby.
How many points do
we give him for that?
Want a look at Chang before
we roll him into the icebox?
I've seen him.
What have you got?
Okay. The lieutenant
has the whole thing.
What makes him
so friendly, Howard?
Native haole charm, I guess.
He died of a broken
back, three crushed ribs,
one through the left lung.
He was dead before
he hit the water.
He had an appendectomy,
scar tissue on the left
shoulder and a prehensile toe.
First one of those
I've seen in years.
We asked him for
a complete autopsy.
He's getting even with us now.
I've been here for
two and a half hours.
He hasn't stopped talking once.
Yeah, but has he said
anything interesting?
Just one thing, McGarrett.
Underneath his fingernails, I
dug out some flecks of gold.
Good catch?
I'd get a better
price if everybody
wasn't catching them this size.
Johnny Fargo?
That's right.
McGarrett, Five-0.
I'd like to talk to you.
Sure.
Takes more than
that to get the stink off.
What can I do for you?
What do you know
about Kim-Tung Chang?
How do you play it,
with cards or dice?
He worked for you, Mr. Fargo.
He's the guy they
fished out of the drink.
He worked for me?
Yeah.
Hey, Walter, did
we ever have a guy
who worked for us named, uh...?
Kim-Tung Chang.
Kim-Tung Chang?
Couple of days ago, in
November, October too.
Sorry, Mr. McGarrett.
Must've hired 100 of those
beach bums the past ten months.
Only interested in one. Chang.
Well, I'll ask around.
Sometimes the guys will talk
to another guy, but not a cop.
Johnny.
Say, that was...
That was McGarrett of
Five-0 you were talking to.
He introduced himself.
Did he? Well, what did he want?
More than he got.
Johnny, you know,
my people are worried about you.
Is that so? That's so.
Yeah, like when McGarrett
broke up that gambling game
and you nearly got caught.
My people run that game, Johnny.
It's my money, Mr. Dennison.
Then spend it
someplace else, huh?
We don't want any
connection with you.
Don't push it, Mr. Dennison.
Johnny, you made
one small mistake
and you got away with it.
Don't make another one.
Are you done?
Why, you have something
to tell me, Johnny?
You go back to your people,
remind them of
their small mistake
and who had to bail them out
when they sent that
knucklehead Chang
to get their bar of gold back.
If it wasn't for me, McGarrett
or the feds would have them
out of their plush houses
and into small cells.
Now, you tell them that.
That temper of yours. That
could get you into trouble, Johnny.
But I'll tell them.
How is he?
They don't know yet.
Where did they find him?
In an alley back of
Maunakea Street.
Where we busted that
gambling joint? Yeah.
How long had he been there?
Don't know.
Who belted him? Don't know.
What do you know?
All I know, he's in room 321.
That's a big help.
And he's still alive.
That's great.
Dr. Chopra. Dr. Chopra.
McGarrett, Williams,
Five-0, doctor.
He's been asking for you.
How is he?
He's got a hairline
fracture of the skull.
I gave him a sedative.
What he needs now is rest.
I'd like one minute
with him, doctor.
All right.
Chin?
That you, boss?
Yeah, you okay, fatso?
That you, boss?
Easy, easy.
A combination of the
blow and the sedative.
What happened, Chin?
Followed lawyer... Dennison.
Followed...
Where to? Where did
you follow him, Chin?
Had meeting with... With Wong.
With Wong.
Wong? Wong Tou?
Gambling syndicate?
Followed lawyer.
Lights out.
Were you close
enough to hear anything?
Followed lawyer.
Lights out.
Mr. Dennison, please.
Mr. Dennison is busy.
I'm sorry, sir, you
can't go in there.
Stay out of this, honey.
One of my men
is on the critical list
and you put him there.
I did?
You did.
If he doesn't come out
of this a whole man...
A whole man, you understand?
Mm-hm.
Nothing will save you.
There must be some mistake.
No mistake.
He was on your tail
and somebody beat him
over the back of the head
and fractured his skull.
Well, why would one of
your men be following me?
Good question.
And when I get the answer,
don't be surprised if you're
in jail for the rest of your life.
You do know who
you're talking to?
Yeah, I know.
You'd better know that name.
Dennison.
Go.
Sharp operator.
Walks a tight line,
leaning on the shady side.
Defends pushers, prostitutes,
bagman for the number boys.
Principal client,
gambling syndicate.
Including Wong Tou's outfit?
Including.
Got the word on Johnny Fargo.
Let's have it.
Ex-GI, dishonorable
discharge, crooked gambling.
Spent three years in Tokyo,
black-market operations.
Big man with the ladies.
Came here one year ago.
Started tuna fishing
two months later.
Takes a couple hundred big ones
to start that kind
of an operation.
Who's got that kind of
loot hanging around loose?
You tell me.
Wong Tou.
Sit down.
Let's recap it.
Gambling syndicate's
got big money to invest.
Best buy in today's
market is gold.
Treasury tells us there's a
big shipment of yellow stuff
headed this way from Japan.
Okay. Who's got
contacts in Japan?
Who's got the facilities
for smuggling it in?
Who could act as a middleman
between Dennison and Wong Tou?
And who did Kim-Tung Chang,
the flecks of gold under
his nail, who did he work for?
Johnny Fargo. Yeah.
The word from the dock says
that Johnny's been bragging
he's gonna have his
first million before he's 30.
You know something?
We might just give it to him.
A million dollars?
It's the kind of
bait he can't resist.
If you lose it, they
take it out of your salary.
What's a couple of hundred
years of peanut butter sandwiches?
Steve, I just came up with
the perfect
gift-wrap for that bait.
We're understaffed here,
but I know an agent who's
riding a desk in Washington.
Now, if we could spring
her on Johnny Fargo...
Her? Wait a minute. Wait a
minute. No dames, please.
But she's good. Absolutely not.
And made-to-order for
a lover boy like Fargo.
And she's worked
undercover before?
The Far East.
And she's good? How good?
She's still alive.
I wanna see A.C. Dupraix.
And your name?
Johnny Fargo.
Tell him I'm in the
import business.
I'm Dupraix.
What do you want, Mr. Fargo?
You're... Correct.
Andrea Claire Dupraix.
What do you want?
The world.
I was playing five card stud.
Somebody slipped
me a sixth card.
Well, embarrassing
questions could be asked
if my card was found
on the wrong person.
How can I be sure
you're the right person?
Well, you can't.
When did you get in?
9:01 this morning.
From where?
Saigon.
World Wide Airlines, please.
It's a nice place.
Oh, there's a sort of sameness
about all the hotel rooms.
Flight information, please.
Hello. I'm with
the Honolulu Star.
Did a plane arrive from
Saigon this morning?
What time? 9:01.
Was a, uh...?
Miss or Mrs.?
Miss.
Was a Miss Andrea
Claire Dupraix on that flight?
She was supposed to be
traveling with a business associate.
I can't remember the name.
Thanks.
You arrived from
Saigon, 9:01, alone.
Well, since I've
obviously already made
inquiries about you, Mr. Fargo,
do you have a sample of
the merchandise with you?
Uh-huh.
Then let's get down to business.
Sure.
This will only take a minute.
Take your time.
You'd be surprised
how very often my time
is wasted by amateurs.
It's 24-karat, mint pure.
And I presume that
all the merchandise
will be of this quality.
Mm-hm.
As you will notice, there
are three combinations,
a single number for each.
Perfect, baby, perfect.
Act your age.
Maybe that's what's
wrong with the deal.
You mean sending a
boy to do a man's job?
Something like that.
Try me.
No, thank you.
But I would suggest
you take your eyes off me
and examine this
case very carefully.
It's interlaced
with fine little wires,
all leading to a very
powerful explosive.
And if it's tampered with
in any way, it blows up.
Careful, aren't you?
Very.
You always travel with them?
I travel alone, remember?
Okay, let's talk price.
Can you handle a
million-dollar shipment?
I can handle it, if you're
willing to go $45 an ounce.
Don't be naive, Mr. Fargo.
You can re-peddle it
anywhere from 50 to 100.
Oh, can you?
No.
Then let's be reasonable.
I'm authorized to buy at the
going rate of $35 an ounce.
That's the legal price.
Do you know of
anyone who has license
to traffic in this
you can deal with?
Forty-two fifty an ounce.
Thirty-six.
Look, I've got other
buyers, you know.
Guys who are
willing to go to 42.
Oh, I know. Your financiers.
They'll only pay you
a small percentage
for handling the transaction.
I'll give you 36.50.
And it's all yours.
You're trying to steal it.
Oh, that, Mr. Fargo, is
something I let other people do.
Look, I figured on 41.
Thirty-seven
twenty-five. Final offer.
Well, maybe we can do
business and maybe we can't.
I'll call you either way.
Don't bother, Mr. Fargo,
unless you can deliver.
What do you think?
Well, I think if he can
get his hands on the gold,
he'll take the deal.
I agree, but I want more.
Fargo's small fry. I want
Dennison, Wong Tou, all of them.
Same bait? Same bait.
What do you have in mind?
Simple. Dennison
finds out that Fargo
is trying to cross
him on a deal.
He's a local attorney
and very smart.
What I'm counting on, that
he's too smart to let him.
The way I got in touch
with Fargo only works once.
Dennison has a
long list of clients.
We have pressure
points on most of them.
I'll pick a soft one.
The time has come to
dispose of Johnny Fargo.
Have a little
patience, Wong Tou.
Paul, you've known
me for a long time.
That is not one of my virtues.
But the golden
opportunity has knocked.
Don't talk in
platitudes. Talk sense.
You agreed to a million-dollar
shipment, immediately.
No argument.
I am not looking
for an argument.
I'm looking for a reason.
Wong Tou, now, you're
a sensitive gentleman,
a brilliant businessman.
And I don't want flattery.
You tell me Johnny
Fargo is gonna cross us.
He's gonna steal the gold
and sell it to someone else.
That's his plan.
Then I see no advantage
in letting him live.
Look, may I give you two?
A million dollars in gold
and a million dollars in cash.
Any word on Chin?
Nothing yet, Steve.
They brought him down from
surgery an hour and a half ago.
He's in the recovery
room with the doctor now.
How long has he been in there?
About ten minutes.
Doctor give you anything
before he went in?
Yeah, a courteous nod.
Wife in there with him?
No. Still forbidden territory.
I told her to get
a cup of coffee.
How's she taking it?
Walking on egg shells,
like the rest of us.
Yeah.
Dr. Levenson. Dr. Levenson.
Gentlemen.
Doctor.
The bone chips
resulting from the fracture
have been successfully removed.
Mr. Kelly's out of danger
and resting comfortably.
Great. Can we see him?
Yes, but only for a few minutes.
You go ahead, Steve,
I'll tell Mrs. Kelley
and call May with the good news.
Dr. Jewel. Dr. Jewel.
(ringing)
Hawaii Five-0.
May? Danny.
We just got word.
Chin's out of danger.
Oh, what a relief.
That's wonderful.
Does the boss know?
Yeah, he's here with me.
Listen, any word
from Andrea Dupraix?
Nothing. The bait's still out,
but Johnny Fargo
hasn't gone for it yet.
Something's up, though.
Why?
Phil Grey called
in from Treasury.
He said that Fargo's tuna boat
left the dock
sometime last night.
Hasn't reported back.
Thinks maybe he's
starting his move.
You can bet on it.
Tell Phil we'll pick
up the stakeout,
relieve him as soon
as we leave here.
Will do. Something
else too, Danny.
The attorney general came by
and left a certified
copy of a search warrant.
You mean he's got the fix
on the home base of
the smuggling operation?
He sure did.
He said you're welcome to use
it any time, with his compliments.
A free pass to the fish
cannery owned by Wong Tou.
May, you're beautiful.
Now, just keep
your fingers crossed.
We'll check with
you soon. Bye-bye.
Bye, Danny. Good luck.
(rings)
Hello?
This is Fargo. Got
the shipment ready.
Pick me up at the
Kula-mao traffic island
on the road to fish harbor.
Repeat that again, slowly.
I said, I've got the
shipment ready.
Pick me up at the
Kula-mao traffic island
on the road to fish
harbor in 15 minutes.
I'll be there.
(beeping)
Communications, this is Five-0.
Receiving you, Five-0.
Our plant car is moving out.
Well, Dennison took our bait.
Tail car is blue sedan,
license number B89542.
Alert cars nine, 12 and six.
Come in, car nine.
Car nine here.
Come in, car 12.
Car 12 here.
Come in, car six.
Car six here.
Just passed, with
the car tailing her.
Come in, Five-0.
Five-0 receiving
you, loud and clear.
We're cutting off. Car
nine will pick him up.
Come in, car nine.
Come in, car nine.
Car nine here.
Car nine, pick them up and tail.
If they slow, pull by and
make it a lead surveillance.
Car 12, come in.
Car 12 here.
Good. They're
approaching your position.
Repeat, they are
approaching your position.
Okay and out.
Fargo just entered lead car.
(tires screeching)
Fargo just drove into the
Yelaki garage. Do we follow?
No. Cover the entrance
and exits and we'll take over.
Where are we going?
We were followed. You
passed out one too many cards.
All right, take it back down.
Out. Hold your hands up.
I wanted to kill Fargo, but
you were too smart for that.
They have nothing on us.
Okay, don't shoot.
Book 'em, Danno.
Fargo pulled a switch.
I've got to get out
of this concrete box
and see if I can
pick up that bleeper.
You know the routine.
Hands against the car.
The attorney general
will hear from me,
just as soon as I can
get to a telephone.
The line may be busy.
Some of our boys
raided a cannery
that you and Wong Tou own.
Guess what we found?
A room full of gold.
If I were you,
Mr. Dennison, I'd find myself
a real good lawyer.
(beeping)
Well, it looks as
though your delivery
of the merchandise
is satisfactory,
but I'll need
scales to weigh it.
This is where we
start to trust each other.
Oh, a double-cross
at this point, Johnny.
You're a dead man.
You're cool. You're really cool.
That gun in your hand hardly
calls for any trust on my part.
If you were a man, I'd
cut you in half right now.
Well, that would be
very stupid, Johnny.
Such a waste.
Open the case.
The combination is 8-0-8.
Not me, baby. You
wire it, you open it.
Okay, in there.
What happened to trust?
You stick out
your beautiful head
just once and I'll blow it off.
You all right?
Yeah.
Sure? Mm-hm.
Lover boy is dead.
(sighs)
I wonder how far
he would have gotten
with $1 million-worth
of phony money?