Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 2, Episode 9 - The Singapore File - full transcript

McGarrett receives a phone call from a woman in Singapore saying that she can witness against a local mobster. McGarret immediately flies to Singapore to retrieve her. The mobster in Hawaii knowing that the girl can finger him, has a contract put out on both McGarrett and the girl. Unable to get to the airport, they board a ship bound for the Philippines, where their lives are threatened again. As Chin Ho arrives in Manila, another hit man is waiting for them.

Hello, Singapore,
this is Honolulu.

Is your party ready to talk?

Mr. McGarrett.

Is this McGarrett?!

This is the operator.
We'll connect you now.

Please, hurry, please!

Yeah, love, what do you got?

Long distance from
Singapore. Singapore?

Okay, put it through.

Hello? Hello?

Mr. McGarrett?



Yes?

Is this McGarrett?!

Yes, this is McGarrett.
Who's this, please?

S-six months ago,
you tried to question me

about a man that was killed

uh, in, um, some hotel
near Kailua Beach.

Is this Nicole Wylie?

Yes.

Just a minute, please.

Danno, bring me the
Ravasco file, please.

Go ahead.

Can you hear me?

Hey, can you hear me?

Yes. Yes, clearly.



Yeah, well, you thought

that I saw Lee
Ravasco kill Joe Harvey.

I was sure of it six months
ago, I'm sure of it now.

You were with Ravasco at
the time. Why did you run?

I was scared!

Ravasco would
kill me if I talked.

Uh, Miss Wylie, we
still want Ravasco.

We want him badly.

Now, if you testify,
we can nail him.

If I'm alive to testify.

Look, Ravasco has
been looking for me.

Tonight, one of his hoods,

some guy named Victor, found me.

Now, please, I'm
scared to death!

Please come and get me.

I will testify. I promise.

That's what you said last time.

No. No, I swear. I
will testify this time.

They... They are gonna kill me!

Please.

Where do you live in Singapore?

Uh... 12 Fuchao Street.

12 Fuchao Street.

All right. Contact
the local police.

They'll protect
you till I get there.

McGarrett, I can't
call the police.

Why not?

Look, I've been
running and hiding.

Now... I'll have to
explain that later, okay?

Just, please hurry!

All right, stay where you are.
Don't go outside for anything.

You lock your doors.

Now, I should be there in...

Oh, about eight to ten hours.

Please hurry!

Just hurry!

McGarrett, McGarrett!

Jenny,

get me out on the
first flight to Singapore.

Chin, I want extradition
papers on one Nicole Wylie.

W-Y-L-I-E.

Kono, send a cable
to Singapore police.

Ask 'em to meet
me at the airport.

Steve, Lee Ravasco wants
you as badly as you want him.

He's said publicly
he'll kill you someday.

Yes, he did. So?
Maybe it's a setup.

Maybe he's using this
Nicole Wylie as bait

to get you out of the country
and set you up for the kill.

First thing that crossed
my mind, Danno.

But I got a chance to nail

the biggest hood in the
island for murder one.

I'm not gonna blow it. You
got everything? Let's go.

Supposing when
you get to Singapore,

she won't talk again
or runs away again.

I have a hunch to play,
Danno. She'll talk if she's alive.

If all goes well, I should
be back in about 36 hours.

While I'm away, squeeze
Ravasco. Sit on him.

I want him kept so busy I'll
have Nicole Wylie back here

before he knows I'm gone.

Good luck, Steve. Danno.

Watch the store.

Your reputation has spread

throughout the
Orient, Mr. McGarrett.

Your presence here honors us.

Thank you, inspector. Thank you.

What about the
extradition papers?

All in order.

This Fuchao Street,
number 12. Is it far from here?

At the other side of the city.

I'd like a car and a
driver assigned to me.

One of our best men.

And I'd like to go
directly to the airport

as soon as I pick up Miss Wylie.

Mr. McGarrett...

exotic Singapore is often called

the Jewel of the Orient
by you Americans.

But it is also
many other things.

It is a city of sinister
entanglements.

The night shadows
hide great dangers.

Thank you, inspector.
I'll be careful.

If you ever get to
the islands, call us.

Don't point, don't point.

McGarrett? Yes.

Wait a minute. Wait... Hold it!

Emil's Bar, do you know
where it is? Let's go.

Hi, honey.

What are you drinking, friend?

I'm not drinking, I'm lookin'.

Anyone in particular?

Yeah, in particular.

You McGarrett?

Where is she?

You ever hear of Emil's Law?

No, tell me.

First door on your left.

Hello, McGarrett.

Have I changed that much?

Well, it's a long way from
Honolulu to Singapore.

And every mile shows, right?

Well, at least
you tell the truth.

I told you to stay in your
apartment. What happened?

Well, Ravasco's hood found me.

As he was pounding
at my front door,

I was running
down the back stairs.

Why did you run away from
Honolulu six months ago?

I told you, I was scared.

You don't play games
with a guy like Ravasco.

And as for you, I was
never very close to cops.

I didn't have much choice.

You're unfinished
business, Miss Wylie,

and Ravasco
intends to finish it.

Now, help me get
him before he gets you.

What about this Victor?

Got a white suit
and a black stiletto.

And what else?

Got white hair, steely
blue eyes, and...

And he tried to kill me.

You said you couldn't
go to the Singapore police

for help. Why?

Let's cut the questions.

Let's just get out of
here, McGarrett. Okay?

Why? Why, Miss Wylie? Why
couldn't you go to the police?

I have had to make a
living here in Singapore...

some way.

And I try to forget
how I make that living.

Forget it, man,

'cause you
wouldn't... Come here.

Oh, not that, McGarrett.
Not yet, anyway.

Little booze
maybe, but not that.

What about behind the knees?

Check 'em out, cop.

Go ahead. Both of 'em!

I'm clean, right?

Sorry, honey, I had to be
sure who I was traveling with.

Sure.

Sure.

Now, you lay off me, okay?

Just lay off me.

McGarrett, I have
been running and hiding.

And I'm so tired
of being scared.

Please, just help me.

Get me out of here.

Okay, honey.

Come on. I'll take care of you.

Let's go.

McGarrett...

This is a tough
neighborhood, even for a cop.

Your driver's nervous.
Better go out the back way.

He drove around to the alley.

Okay. Beat it.

Let's get out of here.

Ready?

Yeah.

Let's go.

It is I, Mr. McGarrett.
Inspector Fong.

Please put your gun away.

What are you doing
here, inspector?

Merely a precaution.

When you did not reappear,
my officer called me.

After all, you are
our responsibility.

McGarrett... Easy.

Why the gun?

I warned you, Mr. McGarrett,

that our streets are
paved with treachery.

I'm beginning to
see what you mean.

Please take your hand
away from your revolver.

It will all be over in a moment.

You're Ravasco's man?

I'm anybody's man.

That is, anyone who
pays me $50,000.

And a dead witness
is no witness.

Exactly.

And I intend collecting
that handsome sum

here and now.

Believe me, Mr. McGarrett.

I would prefer to
just kill the woman,

but as a reasonable man,

you understand that I could
not possibly let you live.

Wallet's gone.

Come on.

Oh.

Funny.

What's funny?

Life's little ironies.

That siren's for you, McGarrett.

You just killed someone.

You're a fugitive.

You can't go to the police now.

By the time they
h-have an investigation,

and you answer all
those stupid questions,

what's gonna happen to me

with Victor running
around loose?

Don't worry.

I'll teach you how
to run and hide.

Okay,

I need you alive, and I
need you in a courtroom,

so we're in it together, huh?

Any idea how we're
gonna get out of Singapore?

Ravasco's hoods will
be watching the airport.

You got any money on you?

A few hundred dollars.

In case I couldn't make it
to the bank before it opens.

It'll help.

We need wheels too.

Sorry, I can't help you there.

I'll take care of that.

I think they've gone.

Come on. Easy.

Keep your eyes straight ahead.

If you see anything move,

get behind me. Understand?

Let's go.

McGARRETT: I think we're being
followed. Hold on while I lose 'em.

Did you see the captain?

Next stop, Philippines.

Well, cats have nine lives,
McGarrett, why not us?

Why not?

Except I wish I
could really believe

we're gonna make
it back to Honolulu.

Think positively.
You'll make it.

I'll try. I will try.

Oh, by the way, uh,

you're listed on the
passenger manifest

as, uh, Mrs. Henry Collins.

And I take it you're
Mr. Henry Collins?

That's right, Mrs. Collins.

Dandy. Just dandy.

You know, it's funny,
McGarrett, but...

when I'm close to you, I'm okay.

I mean, I'm not scared.

While you were
inside with the captain

and I was out
here all alone, I...

I don't know why I care
about living so much,

but all of a sudden I do.

You'll live.

You'll go back, you'll
testify against Ravasco,

and after it's all
over... you'll live.

Promises, promises.

I never made one
I can't keep, honey.

Really?

Really.

I believe you.

Come on, let's get some sleep.

Would you like me to carry you

across the
threshold, Miss Wylie?

Not much.

This is the living end.

Traveling fourth class
on a third-class freighter.

Well, we could have done a
lot better with more money,

but, uh, your papers are phony,

and I don't have any at
all, so that upped the ante.

Excuse me.

I see that you are
taking the lower bunk.

Mm-hm. The lower.

You'd like me to take the upper?

That's right, the upper,

unless you want to sit up
all night, or sleep on the deck.

McGarrett, whatever
else you may be,

you are not a gentleman.

You've got a date in
a Honolulu courtroom.

I want you to be
alive to keep that date.

Okay, what has that got to
do with an upper-lower bunk?

If anybody comes
through this door over here

with a gun, the
first thing they fire at

is the body in the lower bunk.

Now, I didn't want
that to be your body.

Ow.

You okay up there?

Yeah.

McGarrett?

Yeah.

Would you do me a favor?

I just came 5800
miles to save your life.

What do you call that?

What's on your mind, Miss Wylie?

Would you mind not
going to sleep until I do?

Okay.

Yeah?

One more thing.

Would you call me Nicole?

I mean, if you called
me by my first name,

it might help or something.

Okay, Nicole.

Good night, Nicole.

Know this.

McGarrett and that
girl get back here,

it's me that's dead!

Me, Ravasco.

And so is the organization.

And so are you,
you, you and you.

We finally get
McGarrett out of the state,

get him on strange turf,

put a $50,000 price on his head,

and we still can't kill
that cop! Why, huh?

Tell me why!

Mr. Ravasco.

You're interrupting. What?

Another message from Victor.

Another message from Victor.

He wants me to
fix a traffic ticket.

He's managed to trace
the girl and McGarrett.

They left Singapore
aboard a freighter

bound for the Philippines.

Good. At least we've got
him in our sights again.

We got better than that.

The freighter
stopped in Singora,

and Victor's got a man on.

This, uh, man, he good?

Victor says he's one of
the best guns in the Orient.

What's Victor waiting for?

Same price?

And a $10,000 bonus

for the gun if he gets
the girl and McGarrett.

Be with you in a minute. Good.

Sorry, I... I made a mistake.

Could you send this for me?

Sure thing. Thank you.

Hawaii Five-O?

Danny, cablegram. Yeah.

Hello? Yeah. Yeah, go ahead.

"Arriving... "...Manila...

"freighter... "...Jeremy
Bay, "48 hours.

"Need assistance.

"Wife... sends best.

"Signed, Henry Collins."

Steve's in trouble.

Yeah, worse than
you know. Tell him.

Just talked to my cousin.
Word's out on the streets

Ravasco's upped the price
for Steve and Miss Wylie.

Fifty thousand and a 10-G bonus.

Every hophead, hood and
two-bit crook in the Orient

will be gunning for them.

Chin, you're on the
next flight to Manila.

On my way.

Wait a minute.

If that man needs help,
I'm on that flight too.

Un-uh. Steve said to lay
on Ravasco. Squeeze him.

And that's what
we're gonna do, Kono.

We're gonna squeeze him hard.

Get going, brother.

And bring me back
a souvenir, huh?

What would you like?
Ravasco's head on a plate?

That's what I want.

Who is it?

McGARRETT: Me, Collins. Open up.

I bought these from
the ship's supplies.

His-and-her toothbrushes,
his-and-her combs.

His-and-her soaps.

Give me your jacket.
I'll sew it for you.

I found a sewing kit.

Didn't close your eyes
all night last night, did you?

How would you know?

Steve... Yeah?

I've got such terrible
knots in my stomach.

It's gonna be like this
all the way to Hawaii?

Trying to figure out if
there's someone on board

trying to kill us?

Well, it could be worse.

How?

We could be dead already.

Something troubling you?

Well, what is it?

Do you really want to know?

Yes. It's my life too. I
have a right to know.

Okay.

There's a killer aboard.

How do you know?

When I was in the radio shack
sending a message to Five-O,

Sparks was sending another one.

I took it down.

Well, what did it say?

It's right there.

Coat pocket.

"Confirm buy order on
Collins and company stock

for 50 plus 10 commission."

What does that mean?

It means the price

went up to 50,000 on
Mr. and Mrs. Collins,

plus 10,000 bonus
for both of us dead.

Anything else?

Yeah.

Ravasco's probably made
the offer to every hood

from Singapore to Hawaii.

Steve, if there is
a killer on this ship,

how do we find him?

Don't worry, he'll find us.

You missed a spot.

Permit me to introduce
your fellow passengers.

Mr. Sudraka, Mrs. Gladden,

Mr. Collins, Mrs. Collins,

Mr. Higbee, Major Gladden.

Ah, here's our other
passenger at last.

We were beginning to worry
about you, Mr. Halloway.

Then it's good that I
have put in an appearance.

I shouldn't want anyone
to worry about me.

This is the first
opportunity I've had

to welcome all of you
aboard the Jeremy Bay.

She may not look it,

but she's as fine a freighter
as sails these waters.

Our cargo this time is
mostly canned foodstuffs.

As a matter of fact, you're
about to taste some of it.

The chef is somewhat indisposed
after managing to smuggle

a bottle of
Singapore gin aboard.

McGARRETT: I've got to go
outside for a while. Now, stay here.

Where are you going? Why? Shh.

Cool it, cool it, cool it.
Here comes the major.

May I cut in, please?

Thank you.

Mrs. Gladden?

Oh, Mr. Collins.

Thank you for coming.

You... You must
be utterly mystified.

What is it Mrs. Gladden?

Oh, dear, this is...

This is harder than I
thought it would be.

I... I don't know
how to tell you.

Well, straight out is
usually the best way.

Yes, I know, but
I'm a terrible coward.

I've always avoided
facing the truth,

but I can't any longer.

I have to warn you
about my husband.

What about him?

It would be fatal to
underestimate him.

Remember, I'm his wife.

I've seen the other side of him,

and I know what he is.

What is he?

It's a disease, Mr. Collins.

He's a shameless woman chaser.

I've learned to
recognize the symptoms,

and I know he has
designs on your wife.

Thank you. Thank
you, Mrs. Gladden.

Easy, Nicole. Easy.

Oh, I can't. Oh!

Oh, I thought that was you.

I thought that was
you that went over.

No, it was Reverend Halloway.

Oh. Oh.

Oh, I can't.

He couldn't swim.
He just disappeared.

How many more people
are gonna try and kill us?

How many?

I can't, I can't... I
can't go back there.

I just can't stop it.

Now, stop it. Stop it.

I can't.

I can't do this anymore.

You did this to yourself.

You could have
testified, but you ran.

You would have
been safe in Honolulu.

Now, listen to me. Listen to me.

We'll make it.

We'll outrun anyone
Ravasco sends against us.

Trust me.

I do trust you.

Believe me, I do honest.

I've never said that
to any other man.

No more crying. No more crying.

No more.

Steve.

Another time...

another place, Nicole.

Yeah, I forgot you're on duty.

Well, what next?

Ravasco's men will be
waiting for us in Manila.

You can bet on that.

They'll kill us on sight.

Yeah.

If we go to Manila.

Where can I find
Mr. and Mrs. Collins?

The Collinses? Are
they friends of yours?

Yes, sir.

Then I'm sorry to tell
you, but they're not aboard.

They disappeared
last night. Disappeared?

Up in Lingayen.

We thought they
were in their stateroom,

but, uh, apparently they
decided to go ashore

while we anchored for an hour.

They never showed up again.

Neither did Reverend Halloway.

Left his clothes and
baggage. Most unusual.

Did you know him? No.

We had a schedule to keep.

We sailed on time. I'm sorry.

Jerry. You seen anything of
a Chin Ho, whatever that is?

It's a cop. Me.

I'm sorry, sir. I am
the harbormaster.

A man named Collins called.

Asked me to tell you
that he would meet you

at the Kyobo shrine

just outside of Santa
Cristina. Please hurry.

Thanks, brother. Well,
thank you very much.

Steve?

Yeah?

Never mind.

Go ahead and talk.
It'll help pass the time.

What did you wanna say?

Nothing, really.
Just... thank you.

Don't thank me. Not yet.

What does that mean?

Let's talk about the
future when we get there.

You really think
I've got a future?

So far you've got one.

That's more than you
could say last week.

I wonder.

You know, I've been
running so long...

long before this murder even.

I don't know if I can stop.

That's up to you, Nicole.

Try looking for
yourself, the real you.

Maybe that's what
I've been running from.

Then stop the
running and face it.

It's what we've go to
do, all of us, eventually.

Stop and pay the dues, honey.

McGARRETT: Gracias, amigo.

It's beautiful.

Yeah. Yeah, it's beautiful.

Let's go.

"An offering and
ringing of the sacred bell

"brings happiness, the
blessings of Buddha,

"and a long life to
the ringer of the bell.

"It is customarily rung
before one enters the temple

to spread the eternal
teachings of Buddha."

An offering.

Why not?

That finishes us.

Watch it!

Stay down.

That's Victor!

Spread out.

Chin!

Freeze. Hands up.

Well, I told you we'd
make it, Mrs. Collins.

Oh, well...

You told me a lot more
than that, Mr. Collins.

What can I get you for
our fourth day anniversary?

Huh?

Well, how about a hot
shower and a cool drink?

You got it. You got it.

Well, you did it, Nicole.

You put him away for good.

The first time I didn't run.

I like it, Steve.
A good feeling.

This is the final
call for Flight 190

to Los Angeles and
Chicago. Come on.

Now ready for departure, Gate 9.

Aloha, pretty girl. Aloha.

Will I ever see you again?

Well, next time you have
a vacation, try Hawaii.

This is my beat.

I'll be here.