Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980): Season 6, Episode 14 - The $100,000 Nickel - full transcript
A rare 1913 Liberty Head nickel, one of only five ever made, is to be auctioned at a coin show held at the Ilikai Hotel. European master criminal Eric Damien gets con artist and sleight-of-hand expert, Arnie Price, freed from jail so that he can switch a cleverly-made fake with the original before the auction. But things do not go as planned, as Price, fearing capture, tries to dispose of the nickel in a news rack, and the chase is on to recover the nickel before anyone else finds it.
What is the value of
the item, Mr. Haviland?
It's insured for $100,000.
May I see it, please,
before you put it away?
There are only
five in the world.
Thank you.
It's virtually undetectable
without high magnification.
I think you will find
it well worth $1,000.
What have we got, Danno?
Somebody named Henry Andecker.
The car is registered to him.
He can't have been dead an hour.
Che thinks it looks
like a professional job.
Thought you would
want to take a look.
What makes you think
it's the work of a pro, Che?
Well, the area around the
bullet wounds show bruising,
but no exit wound.
No exit?
It's as if the bullets
exploded on impact,
which would mean mercury cores.
Mercury cores?
I'm betting an autopsy
will show traces
of mercury in the wounds.
If you're right, Che, this
is the work of a pro's pro...
Big league stuff.
And we don't know
enough about the late Mr...
What's his name? Andecker.
Okay. We'll remedy that.
Get me the book on him.
That's the one, right?
Oh, I told you they
couldn't stick me
with that lousy bust.
Had to drop the charges, huh?
You're getting sprung
because he put up the bail.
Arnie.
Millie.
Oh, Millie.
It's so good to see
you again. Hey...
Hey, how did you do it?
How did you fix it
for me to get out?
Arnie, it wasn't me.
It was that... It was
that man over there.
Won't you join me, Mr. Price?
Luncheon is all laid out.
Come on.
I arranged for your
release, Mr. Price,
because I've heard
interesting things about you,
your special talents.
Okay, so it's an
old nickel. So what?
So exchange it for this one.
Look, mister, I don't know
what you've got in mind,
but I don't understand you.
Arnie, come, come.
That... That delightful
little sleight-of-hand trick
you used so profitably at
your carnival booth, huh?
Changing 10s and 20s into 1s
until the police trapped
you with marked bills?
Look, mister, I never
switched bills on nobody.
That was a roust.
It was a roust.
Millie, was it a roust?
Tell him. Tell him. Well, yeah.
You know, uh, the
cops are always
after us carny people.
I see.
Possibly the
trick is too difficult
with small coins.
You can only manage
it with currency?
There you are. Big deal.
It will indeed be, as
you say, a big deal
if you can do as
well wearing this.
How big?
Hey, listen, Arnie,
you know, I don't think
you need any more trouble.
Come on, mister,
what do you want me to steal?
A genuine 1913
liberty head nickel.
The one I just gave
you is a well-made fake.
Uh-huh.
Well, what's in it for me?
A great deal of money.
Ten thousand dollars.
Oh.
When you've
accomplished your objective,
you'll find me at this
number waiting anxiously
for your call.
I hope you're not
overcome by greed.
It could prove costly.
Inside, you'll find
the name of the hotel
where you've been
registered as Wilson Davis.
Also, your credentials
as a collector
of rare coins.
Oh, wow.
I mean, this guy
really operates, right?
Hey, will you...? I'm
trying to talk to you.
Will you slow down?
Right, Arnie, slam doors,
make noise, be a big man.
Hey, look, I'm asking you,
so will you tell
me what's wrong?
What's so wrong
about a fast 10 thou?
What's wrong with it?
This is never
going to end, is it?
You keep promising
and I keep praying
and this thing just
keeps going on and on.
Oh, come on.
Come on, Millie.
It's going to be all right.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
You're promising again, huh?
Look... We take the 10 thou
and we go right back
home to Evanston, right?
We buy a piece
of that trailer park
that my brother
wants us to manage.
Yeah.
Because when we own, we
don't have to be flunkies, right?
They're not trailers,
they're mobile homes.
That's what they call
them... "Mobile homes."
Whatever.
It's going to happen.
This time it is really
going to happen.
I can taste it.
Unless you get caught, Arnie.
This isn't carny stuff.
This is very big.
You were there. Did
you listen to that man?
The way he had it all laid out.
Like D-day.
Everything figured.
Including what happens
to him if you get caught?
What? What happens to him?
Nothing. That's just the point.
Arnie, we don't know
anything about him.
We don't know his name.
We don't know his address.
All we have is a
little piece of paper
with the phone number on it.
Did you notice how he
knows everything about us.
And we know nothing about him.
Arnie, please don't do it.
I'm scared.
Baby, I'm really, really scared.
But what can I do?
Now, that man made bail for me.
If I try to back out now
he's going to put me right
back where he found me
or else do something worse.
Arnie, it's safe in jail.
It's going to work.
Just like he put it together.
Like a Swiss watch.
It's going to work.
Eighteen thousand dollars.
Fifteen thousand dollars.
Fifteen thousand dollars.
Twenty thousand dollars.
Twelve thousand dollars.
Hello, my name is Davis.
Wilson Davis.
What can I do for
you, Mr. Davis?
Well, I'm interested
in making a bid
on your 1913 nickel,
and I'd like to
examine it, please.
Of course.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Lovely condition.
Thank you.
I'll look for you
at the auction.
You bet.
Sir, just a minute.
Something wrong, officer?
There's, uh, been some
little trouble inside, sir.
I'm afraid no one can
leave the building just yet.
Oh, that's no problem.
I've got all day.
Would you step
back inside please?
Of course. The
other folks back there,
would you please
step back inside?
And you came to Hawaii
solely to attend this convention.
Is that correct, Mr. Davis?
Well, of course, I've
also been enjoying
your magnificent weather.
The address checks out, Steve.
There's a Mr. And
Mrs. Davis registered
at the Hawaiian
Regent since yesterday.
You gentlemen are very thorough.
May I offer my compliments?
All right. You can
go now, Mr. Davis,
but don't leave town.
We may want to
talk with you later.
Any time. Any time at all.
How many people
handled the coin?
At least a dozen.
Danno, check every name
on that list of bidders who
handled the missing coin.
What about the ones we searched?
Check their credentials.
See if they stand up.
Right.
You have no idea when
the coins were switched?
None whatsoever.
It's quite a good
fake, Mr. McGarrett.
Whoever did it
started with a 1903 coin
and changed the zero to a one.
And all so neat.
It only shows up under plus
three diopter magnification.
Who does work
like that, a jeweler?
Perhaps, or a metal engraver.
All right, Mr. Haviland,
we'll, uh...
We'll take the coin for now.
Can you get the real
one back, Mr. McGarrett?
There are only
five in existence.
Do you understand
what that means?
To have a coin of
such fantastic rarity
in my trust and to...
To just let someone
walk away with it.
We'll do what we can.
Arnie.
What? This is absolutely crazy.
What?
I mean, we should give this up.
Darling, you tried.
Are you kidding?
If I don't get that nickel back
fatso is going to kill me.
We have been here for hours.
But it's right across the way
in that newspaper thing.
I can see that lousy
machine from here.
Hey.
Hey, hey. MILLIE: What?
Oh, it's the guy.
He's taking the money out.
Come on. Wait a minute.
And you checked Haviland's
insurance company?
Yeah, no one's contacted them.
Well, I guess the
thief isn't planning
to try to peddle the coin back.
Steve, here's a report
on Henry Andecker.
His prints rang a
bell in Washington.
Oh.
Oh. The late Mr. Andecker
did time in Europe
before he retired here.
Oh, and get this...
"Convicted of forgery,
"making counterfeit
plates for stock certificates."
Well, that makes
him an engraver.
It also makes him a good bet
to be involved
in that coin theft.
Now, didn't Haviland say
that it would take an engraver
to make that fake nickel?
Right, and he was wasted
a day before the
real coin was stolen.
Yeah.
Uh, Jenny, get me Hans Vogler
in Zurich, please.
The autopsy on Andecker shows
that he was definitely killed
with mercury core bullets,
but we got lucky.
We found a fragment
of an outer shell
big enough to analyze.
It came up an alloy
that is no longer used
by U.S. Bullet manufacturers,
but it's still used by a
couple of old-line Belgium
and West German firms.
Interesting?
What's it mean?
That Andecker got
hit by a European cat?
That could be exactly
what it means, Chin.
Millie, help me! I need you!
Arnie, please,
we can't stay here.
Arnie!
Arnie!
Oh! No! Arnie!
Oh, my God!
Come on. Come on.
Arnie... Arnie, we've
got to get out of here.
Go on, I'm coming. Go on.
Arnie, please! Arnie!
Arnie, get in the car!
Arnie!
Arnie, come on.
Arnie, please!
Get over. Get over.
Hans?
No, no.
No, you just sound
like you're underwater.
The connection is fine.
What a pleasant surprise, Steve.
How can I help you?
Would you be kind
enough to wire me
a recent photo of your,
uh, friend Eric Damien,
and, uh, I'd like to
know his whereabouts
as of this moment.
You think he may be
enjoying your tropical climate?
Well, if he is, I plan
to make it hotter
for him than he would like it.
I wish you luck. You'll need it.
And be careful of the
man he's working with.
Paul Anthony.
A very skilled assassin.
Paul Anthony?
You... You had better wire me
a description of
him, also, Hans.
Will do, Steve.
Thank you.
Auf Wiedersehen.
According to INTERPOL,
Damien has one rule from
which he never deviates...
The ones who might wind
up cooperating with the law
always wind up missing or dead.
Like Andecker.
Exactly.
Steve, a break.
Our nickel thief.
Somebody's
credentials didn't check?
Wilson Davis.
Yeah, Wilson Davis.
One of the people questioned
in the convention room.
His mainland credentials
are completely phony.
Police record? DANNO:
Not under that name,
but it's probably phony, too.
I've got the HPD sketch
artist working with Haviland
on a sketch.
Good, good. As soon
as it's ready, Danno
put out an APB.
Right.
Yes, thank you very much.
Mr. Price seems to have
forgotten my warning.
Paul, the desk
clerk at Price's hotel
said they came in some time ago,
but they don't
answer their phone.
Get the car.
I think we had
better go find them.
We missed it!
It's still laying there
in that lousy street!
Arnie, how can we go back?
The man could be dead.
Hey, listen, you don't have to
go with me if you don't want to
but I've got to find that nickel
or I may be dead.
All right. I'll go.
Somebody mugged a
vending machine operator?
He was shot for 50
bucks' worth of change.
He's in a coma.
Happened five hours
after and less than a mile
from the Ilikai hotel
where that coin was stolen.
That's what caught
my eye, Steve.
This man Jennings, the
vending machine guy,
was the Ilikai on his route?
Yep.
Steve, Eric Damien's
picture from INTERPOL
and a description
of one Paul Anthony.
This was on the Teletype.
They were in Tokyo
two weeks ago.
Huh. Tokyo. That's close enough.
Okay. Check immigration.
See if they're here.
And, uh, run off
a batch of this.
I want his pudgy mug shown
to every cop on
these islands. Go.
Go back to the hotel and wait.
When they return,
bring them here to me.
Welcome to Hawaii, Mr. Damien.
But of course. I am
honored, Mr. McGarrett.
A personal visit
by the distinguished
chief of Five-o.
Will you join me in a drink?
No. Oh, no, thank you.
I see.
Well, too bad.
I'd hoped this
was a social call.
Oh, one social note:
Hans Vogler of
INTERPOL sends greetings.
Oh, dear Hans,
such a diligent
minion of the law.
And collaborating now with you,
one shudders for the
poor outnumbered criminal.
Incidentally, how did you
gain admittance to my house?
Legally, Mr. Damien,
I assure you.
Oh, well, what did
you expect to find?
A nickel.
Just a nickel or
maybe a clue or two
regarding the death
of an engraver.
Am I getting through?
Naturally, I'm spellbound.
And also, naturally,
I haven't the least notion
what you're talking about.
Oh, naturally not.
You know, I'll give
you one thing...
You're living up to expectation.
Am I?
I feeling like a mongoose
watching a cobra.
I've been reading up
on your international
exploits, Mr. Damien.
One thing puzzles me.
Yeah. What is that?
The way you use up,
or should I say
waste, hired people.
How do you keep finding people
to work for you?
What is it you're saying
to me, Mr. McGarrett,
that I'm persona non grata?
That the famous
Hawaiian hospitality
does not extend to me?
Do you want me to go
and never darken
your shore again?
Oh, no, not at all.
You stay. Stay.
I like you right
where you are...
On my turf.
Thank you.
You've made a dull day brighter.
Oh, is our visit over?
No. No, not quite.
Well, then let me say that
you puzzle me,
too, Mr. McGarrett.
Oh? How? This visit,
these accusations or
hints at accusations,
or whatever...
I know this
conversation has a point,
but it escapes me.
The point is
I want you looking
over your shoulder
getting worried.
Who knows? This little
visit may even cause you
to change a-a plan or two.
Oh, dear.
I come to Hawaii for a holiday
and find myself challenged
to some monstrous
battle of wits.
Mr. McGarrett, I
regret I have no plans
to change for you.
I'm here to relax
and enjoy your pacific paradise.
And you do that,
but don't forget
that this is my rock
you're on, Mr. Damien.
You might find the running room
a little short.
Oh, uh, one last thing.
Remember, the
mongoose always wins.
Honey, why don't you go back
to the car and wait for a while?
Go ahead. It's all right.
You sure it's all right, Arnie?
Go on, will you?
Okay.
Look, Grandpa, money.
Nickel, 1913.
That's the year I was born.
That is good luck.
Arnie!
Arnie, come here! Come here!
What? What? For
Pete's sake, what?
The little boy!
The little boy! He found it!
Come on.
Arnie, come on.
You're not going to
do anything crazy.
He's just a little boy. What?
He's a little... We're
just going to stay
with them until we get
a chance at it, that's all.
But how did he switch
the coin in the first place?
This Davis character,
whoever he is,
must have been some
kind of sleight of hand artist.
But the big question is
who has the coin now?
Damien doesn't have
it, or he'd be long gone.
Steve, HPD saw our
bulletin on Wilson Davis.
His real name's Arnie Price.
They had him in custody two
days ago on a bunco charge.
Why was he released?
Somebody made bail.
We're checking it out now.
If Eric Damien is still here,
Price is still here.
Bring him in.
Did she put it in the
machine? I don't know.
I'm going to follow.
Put quarters in
until it won't take any more.
Arnie. What?
Arnie, it wasn't there.
She must still have it.
Okay.
Hey!
Stop.
Where is it?
What have you done with it?
Where is it?
Where is it? Take it.
Arnie! Arnie!
Hey, stop it! You're
going to kill him!
You're going to kill him!
We were so damn close.
Oh, I'm sorry, baby.
Putting you through all this.
Arnie...
I'm so glad it's over.
I'm really glad it's over.
Come on.
We could both use a drink.
What you like?
A couple of scotch on the rocks.
All right. Coming up.
$1.30.
Honey.
Hm? Oh, my... Is it the...
How?
The man from the restaurant.
Hello.
Oh, officer.
Are you Arnie Price?
Yeah. What's this?
Just come along with us, please.
Wait a minute. What's the
matter? What's he done?
His bail's been
rescinded, ma'am.
New charges. Grand theft
and assault with
intent to commit murder.
McGARRETT: All right. Let's
understand each other, Mr. Price.
I'm not interested
in you or your wife,
but I am interested
in that fat cat
who set this whole
thing up, Eric Damien.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I wonder if you realize
how lucky you are, Mr. Price.
Oh, yeah. I'm very lucky.
I'm really loaded with luck.
But you are, my friend.
You take that vendor Jennings...
You came very close
to murdering him.
But he's going to pull through.
But now Henry Andecker...
His luck was all bad.
Andecker?
The engraver.
The one who made
that phony nickel,
the one you switched
for the real thing.
He's dead. They shot him.
Hey, listen, Mr. McGarrett.
I didn't shoot nobody.
I mean, it was an accident
with that coin machine man.
I'm no murderer. I'm small-time.
But you got yourself involved
with some big timers, Arnie.
You're facing a
complicity rap for murder.
What do you want me to do?
Testify.
I don't make deals,
but if you and your wife
tell us what you
know about Damien,
I'll speak to our DA.
Now there's one
other little matter...
The nickel.
The nickel?
The $100,000 nickel.
Certainly you remember that.
Oh, the $100,000 nickel.
Well, sure, I remember that one.
McGarrett.
Steve, Damien
just left the hotel.
He's in a car driven
by another man,
and they've got a
woman with them, too.
Hold it, Chin. Hold
on just a minute.
Where's your wife?
Back at the hotel, I guess.
You think that Damien and
his friend could have gotten her?
Well, that guy Paul went back.
Chin, tail them,
but don't move in.
Okay, Steve.
Did Damien tell you
where you could get
in touch with him?
This phone number.
It's a mobile number.
We may still be in the ballgame.
I'm going to put it on speaker.
See if you can meet
him somewhere.
Yes?
Hi, this is Arnie Price.
Yes, Arnie.
I've been expecting
to hear from you.
Arnie, you have something
that belongs to me,
and now I have something
that belongs to you.
I suggest we get
together and exchange.
Where and when?
Come to the front
of the cement factory at...
At the corner of
Pahanui Mahanua.
You just walk along
until you're picked up.
You'll recognize the car.
It's the one with your wife
in the front seat.
Hey, what's, uh,
with the gun now?
How come he's pointing
a gun at my wife?
Don't be dense, Arnie,
and hand over the nickel
like a good fellow.
Oh, yeah. Right.
So okay, uh, give us the bread
and let us out at
the next corner.
Be still, Arnie.
All right, Paul.
Start driving to the hotel.
Paul, I'm very much afraid
we're being followed.
Drop me at the
next intersection.
I'll try to divert them.
I'll leave the radio
phone with you.
When you're clear, go to our
little picnic area by the sea.
I'll contact you there
as soon as I'm able.
Here. This will do nicely.
Steve, they've
dropped off Damien.
Okay, Chin. Stay with the car.
Chin, get an ambulance.
Joe? Chin 10. Millie?
Mill... Millie?
Millie?
Oh...
I love you, Arnie.
She's all right.
Millie's going to be all right.
Out.
Frisk him, Chin.
I'm afraid your
plane will be leaving
without you, Mr. Damien,
but there'll be another
one along in, uh, 20 years.
Oh, dear.
I presume
you'll be wanting this.
This isn't worth
a plugged nickel.
This is the one
we're looking for.
Book him.
the item, Mr. Haviland?
It's insured for $100,000.
May I see it, please,
before you put it away?
There are only
five in the world.
Thank you.
It's virtually undetectable
without high magnification.
I think you will find
it well worth $1,000.
What have we got, Danno?
Somebody named Henry Andecker.
The car is registered to him.
He can't have been dead an hour.
Che thinks it looks
like a professional job.
Thought you would
want to take a look.
What makes you think
it's the work of a pro, Che?
Well, the area around the
bullet wounds show bruising,
but no exit wound.
No exit?
It's as if the bullets
exploded on impact,
which would mean mercury cores.
Mercury cores?
I'm betting an autopsy
will show traces
of mercury in the wounds.
If you're right, Che, this
is the work of a pro's pro...
Big league stuff.
And we don't know
enough about the late Mr...
What's his name? Andecker.
Okay. We'll remedy that.
Get me the book on him.
That's the one, right?
Oh, I told you they
couldn't stick me
with that lousy bust.
Had to drop the charges, huh?
You're getting sprung
because he put up the bail.
Arnie.
Millie.
Oh, Millie.
It's so good to see
you again. Hey...
Hey, how did you do it?
How did you fix it
for me to get out?
Arnie, it wasn't me.
It was that... It was
that man over there.
Won't you join me, Mr. Price?
Luncheon is all laid out.
Come on.
I arranged for your
release, Mr. Price,
because I've heard
interesting things about you,
your special talents.
Okay, so it's an
old nickel. So what?
So exchange it for this one.
Look, mister, I don't know
what you've got in mind,
but I don't understand you.
Arnie, come, come.
That... That delightful
little sleight-of-hand trick
you used so profitably at
your carnival booth, huh?
Changing 10s and 20s into 1s
until the police trapped
you with marked bills?
Look, mister, I never
switched bills on nobody.
That was a roust.
It was a roust.
Millie, was it a roust?
Tell him. Tell him. Well, yeah.
You know, uh, the
cops are always
after us carny people.
I see.
Possibly the
trick is too difficult
with small coins.
You can only manage
it with currency?
There you are. Big deal.
It will indeed be, as
you say, a big deal
if you can do as
well wearing this.
How big?
Hey, listen, Arnie,
you know, I don't think
you need any more trouble.
Come on, mister,
what do you want me to steal?
A genuine 1913
liberty head nickel.
The one I just gave
you is a well-made fake.
Uh-huh.
Well, what's in it for me?
A great deal of money.
Ten thousand dollars.
Oh.
When you've
accomplished your objective,
you'll find me at this
number waiting anxiously
for your call.
I hope you're not
overcome by greed.
It could prove costly.
Inside, you'll find
the name of the hotel
where you've been
registered as Wilson Davis.
Also, your credentials
as a collector
of rare coins.
Oh, wow.
I mean, this guy
really operates, right?
Hey, will you...? I'm
trying to talk to you.
Will you slow down?
Right, Arnie, slam doors,
make noise, be a big man.
Hey, look, I'm asking you,
so will you tell
me what's wrong?
What's so wrong
about a fast 10 thou?
What's wrong with it?
This is never
going to end, is it?
You keep promising
and I keep praying
and this thing just
keeps going on and on.
Oh, come on.
Come on, Millie.
It's going to be all right.
Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
You're promising again, huh?
Look... We take the 10 thou
and we go right back
home to Evanston, right?
We buy a piece
of that trailer park
that my brother
wants us to manage.
Yeah.
Because when we own, we
don't have to be flunkies, right?
They're not trailers,
they're mobile homes.
That's what they call
them... "Mobile homes."
Whatever.
It's going to happen.
This time it is really
going to happen.
I can taste it.
Unless you get caught, Arnie.
This isn't carny stuff.
This is very big.
You were there. Did
you listen to that man?
The way he had it all laid out.
Like D-day.
Everything figured.
Including what happens
to him if you get caught?
What? What happens to him?
Nothing. That's just the point.
Arnie, we don't know
anything about him.
We don't know his name.
We don't know his address.
All we have is a
little piece of paper
with the phone number on it.
Did you notice how he
knows everything about us.
And we know nothing about him.
Arnie, please don't do it.
I'm scared.
Baby, I'm really, really scared.
But what can I do?
Now, that man made bail for me.
If I try to back out now
he's going to put me right
back where he found me
or else do something worse.
Arnie, it's safe in jail.
It's going to work.
Just like he put it together.
Like a Swiss watch.
It's going to work.
Eighteen thousand dollars.
Fifteen thousand dollars.
Fifteen thousand dollars.
Twenty thousand dollars.
Twelve thousand dollars.
Hello, my name is Davis.
Wilson Davis.
What can I do for
you, Mr. Davis?
Well, I'm interested
in making a bid
on your 1913 nickel,
and I'd like to
examine it, please.
Of course.
Thank you. Thank you very much.
Lovely condition.
Thank you.
I'll look for you
at the auction.
You bet.
Sir, just a minute.
Something wrong, officer?
There's, uh, been some
little trouble inside, sir.
I'm afraid no one can
leave the building just yet.
Oh, that's no problem.
I've got all day.
Would you step
back inside please?
Of course. The
other folks back there,
would you please
step back inside?
And you came to Hawaii
solely to attend this convention.
Is that correct, Mr. Davis?
Well, of course, I've
also been enjoying
your magnificent weather.
The address checks out, Steve.
There's a Mr. And
Mrs. Davis registered
at the Hawaiian
Regent since yesterday.
You gentlemen are very thorough.
May I offer my compliments?
All right. You can
go now, Mr. Davis,
but don't leave town.
We may want to
talk with you later.
Any time. Any time at all.
How many people
handled the coin?
At least a dozen.
Danno, check every name
on that list of bidders who
handled the missing coin.
What about the ones we searched?
Check their credentials.
See if they stand up.
Right.
You have no idea when
the coins were switched?
None whatsoever.
It's quite a good
fake, Mr. McGarrett.
Whoever did it
started with a 1903 coin
and changed the zero to a one.
And all so neat.
It only shows up under plus
three diopter magnification.
Who does work
like that, a jeweler?
Perhaps, or a metal engraver.
All right, Mr. Haviland,
we'll, uh...
We'll take the coin for now.
Can you get the real
one back, Mr. McGarrett?
There are only
five in existence.
Do you understand
what that means?
To have a coin of
such fantastic rarity
in my trust and to...
To just let someone
walk away with it.
We'll do what we can.
Arnie.
What? This is absolutely crazy.
What?
I mean, we should give this up.
Darling, you tried.
Are you kidding?
If I don't get that nickel back
fatso is going to kill me.
We have been here for hours.
But it's right across the way
in that newspaper thing.
I can see that lousy
machine from here.
Hey.
Hey, hey. MILLIE: What?
Oh, it's the guy.
He's taking the money out.
Come on. Wait a minute.
And you checked Haviland's
insurance company?
Yeah, no one's contacted them.
Well, I guess the
thief isn't planning
to try to peddle the coin back.
Steve, here's a report
on Henry Andecker.
His prints rang a
bell in Washington.
Oh.
Oh. The late Mr. Andecker
did time in Europe
before he retired here.
Oh, and get this...
"Convicted of forgery,
"making counterfeit
plates for stock certificates."
Well, that makes
him an engraver.
It also makes him a good bet
to be involved
in that coin theft.
Now, didn't Haviland say
that it would take an engraver
to make that fake nickel?
Right, and he was wasted
a day before the
real coin was stolen.
Yeah.
Uh, Jenny, get me Hans Vogler
in Zurich, please.
The autopsy on Andecker shows
that he was definitely killed
with mercury core bullets,
but we got lucky.
We found a fragment
of an outer shell
big enough to analyze.
It came up an alloy
that is no longer used
by U.S. Bullet manufacturers,
but it's still used by a
couple of old-line Belgium
and West German firms.
Interesting?
What's it mean?
That Andecker got
hit by a European cat?
That could be exactly
what it means, Chin.
Millie, help me! I need you!
Arnie, please,
we can't stay here.
Arnie!
Arnie!
Oh! No! Arnie!
Oh, my God!
Come on. Come on.
Arnie... Arnie, we've
got to get out of here.
Go on, I'm coming. Go on.
Arnie, please! Arnie!
Arnie, get in the car!
Arnie!
Arnie, come on.
Arnie, please!
Get over. Get over.
Hans?
No, no.
No, you just sound
like you're underwater.
The connection is fine.
What a pleasant surprise, Steve.
How can I help you?
Would you be kind
enough to wire me
a recent photo of your,
uh, friend Eric Damien,
and, uh, I'd like to
know his whereabouts
as of this moment.
You think he may be
enjoying your tropical climate?
Well, if he is, I plan
to make it hotter
for him than he would like it.
I wish you luck. You'll need it.
And be careful of the
man he's working with.
Paul Anthony.
A very skilled assassin.
Paul Anthony?
You... You had better wire me
a description of
him, also, Hans.
Will do, Steve.
Thank you.
Auf Wiedersehen.
According to INTERPOL,
Damien has one rule from
which he never deviates...
The ones who might wind
up cooperating with the law
always wind up missing or dead.
Like Andecker.
Exactly.
Steve, a break.
Our nickel thief.
Somebody's
credentials didn't check?
Wilson Davis.
Yeah, Wilson Davis.
One of the people questioned
in the convention room.
His mainland credentials
are completely phony.
Police record? DANNO:
Not under that name,
but it's probably phony, too.
I've got the HPD sketch
artist working with Haviland
on a sketch.
Good, good. As soon
as it's ready, Danno
put out an APB.
Right.
Yes, thank you very much.
Mr. Price seems to have
forgotten my warning.
Paul, the desk
clerk at Price's hotel
said they came in some time ago,
but they don't
answer their phone.
Get the car.
I think we had
better go find them.
We missed it!
It's still laying there
in that lousy street!
Arnie, how can we go back?
The man could be dead.
Hey, listen, you don't have to
go with me if you don't want to
but I've got to find that nickel
or I may be dead.
All right. I'll go.
Somebody mugged a
vending machine operator?
He was shot for 50
bucks' worth of change.
He's in a coma.
Happened five hours
after and less than a mile
from the Ilikai hotel
where that coin was stolen.
That's what caught
my eye, Steve.
This man Jennings, the
vending machine guy,
was the Ilikai on his route?
Yep.
Steve, Eric Damien's
picture from INTERPOL
and a description
of one Paul Anthony.
This was on the Teletype.
They were in Tokyo
two weeks ago.
Huh. Tokyo. That's close enough.
Okay. Check immigration.
See if they're here.
And, uh, run off
a batch of this.
I want his pudgy mug shown
to every cop on
these islands. Go.
Go back to the hotel and wait.
When they return,
bring them here to me.
Welcome to Hawaii, Mr. Damien.
But of course. I am
honored, Mr. McGarrett.
A personal visit
by the distinguished
chief of Five-o.
Will you join me in a drink?
No. Oh, no, thank you.
I see.
Well, too bad.
I'd hoped this
was a social call.
Oh, one social note:
Hans Vogler of
INTERPOL sends greetings.
Oh, dear Hans,
such a diligent
minion of the law.
And collaborating now with you,
one shudders for the
poor outnumbered criminal.
Incidentally, how did you
gain admittance to my house?
Legally, Mr. Damien,
I assure you.
Oh, well, what did
you expect to find?
A nickel.
Just a nickel or
maybe a clue or two
regarding the death
of an engraver.
Am I getting through?
Naturally, I'm spellbound.
And also, naturally,
I haven't the least notion
what you're talking about.
Oh, naturally not.
You know, I'll give
you one thing...
You're living up to expectation.
Am I?
I feeling like a mongoose
watching a cobra.
I've been reading up
on your international
exploits, Mr. Damien.
One thing puzzles me.
Yeah. What is that?
The way you use up,
or should I say
waste, hired people.
How do you keep finding people
to work for you?
What is it you're saying
to me, Mr. McGarrett,
that I'm persona non grata?
That the famous
Hawaiian hospitality
does not extend to me?
Do you want me to go
and never darken
your shore again?
Oh, no, not at all.
You stay. Stay.
I like you right
where you are...
On my turf.
Thank you.
You've made a dull day brighter.
Oh, is our visit over?
No. No, not quite.
Well, then let me say that
you puzzle me,
too, Mr. McGarrett.
Oh? How? This visit,
these accusations or
hints at accusations,
or whatever...
I know this
conversation has a point,
but it escapes me.
The point is
I want you looking
over your shoulder
getting worried.
Who knows? This little
visit may even cause you
to change a-a plan or two.
Oh, dear.
I come to Hawaii for a holiday
and find myself challenged
to some monstrous
battle of wits.
Mr. McGarrett, I
regret I have no plans
to change for you.
I'm here to relax
and enjoy your pacific paradise.
And you do that,
but don't forget
that this is my rock
you're on, Mr. Damien.
You might find the running room
a little short.
Oh, uh, one last thing.
Remember, the
mongoose always wins.
Honey, why don't you go back
to the car and wait for a while?
Go ahead. It's all right.
You sure it's all right, Arnie?
Go on, will you?
Okay.
Look, Grandpa, money.
Nickel, 1913.
That's the year I was born.
That is good luck.
Arnie!
Arnie, come here! Come here!
What? What? For
Pete's sake, what?
The little boy!
The little boy! He found it!
Come on.
Arnie, come on.
You're not going to
do anything crazy.
He's just a little boy. What?
He's a little... We're
just going to stay
with them until we get
a chance at it, that's all.
But how did he switch
the coin in the first place?
This Davis character,
whoever he is,
must have been some
kind of sleight of hand artist.
But the big question is
who has the coin now?
Damien doesn't have
it, or he'd be long gone.
Steve, HPD saw our
bulletin on Wilson Davis.
His real name's Arnie Price.
They had him in custody two
days ago on a bunco charge.
Why was he released?
Somebody made bail.
We're checking it out now.
If Eric Damien is still here,
Price is still here.
Bring him in.
Did she put it in the
machine? I don't know.
I'm going to follow.
Put quarters in
until it won't take any more.
Arnie. What?
Arnie, it wasn't there.
She must still have it.
Okay.
Hey!
Stop.
Where is it?
What have you done with it?
Where is it?
Where is it? Take it.
Arnie! Arnie!
Hey, stop it! You're
going to kill him!
You're going to kill him!
We were so damn close.
Oh, I'm sorry, baby.
Putting you through all this.
Arnie...
I'm so glad it's over.
I'm really glad it's over.
Come on.
We could both use a drink.
What you like?
A couple of scotch on the rocks.
All right. Coming up.
$1.30.
Honey.
Hm? Oh, my... Is it the...
How?
The man from the restaurant.
Hello.
Oh, officer.
Are you Arnie Price?
Yeah. What's this?
Just come along with us, please.
Wait a minute. What's the
matter? What's he done?
His bail's been
rescinded, ma'am.
New charges. Grand theft
and assault with
intent to commit murder.
McGARRETT: All right. Let's
understand each other, Mr. Price.
I'm not interested
in you or your wife,
but I am interested
in that fat cat
who set this whole
thing up, Eric Damien.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
I wonder if you realize
how lucky you are, Mr. Price.
Oh, yeah. I'm very lucky.
I'm really loaded with luck.
But you are, my friend.
You take that vendor Jennings...
You came very close
to murdering him.
But he's going to pull through.
But now Henry Andecker...
His luck was all bad.
Andecker?
The engraver.
The one who made
that phony nickel,
the one you switched
for the real thing.
He's dead. They shot him.
Hey, listen, Mr. McGarrett.
I didn't shoot nobody.
I mean, it was an accident
with that coin machine man.
I'm no murderer. I'm small-time.
But you got yourself involved
with some big timers, Arnie.
You're facing a
complicity rap for murder.
What do you want me to do?
Testify.
I don't make deals,
but if you and your wife
tell us what you
know about Damien,
I'll speak to our DA.
Now there's one
other little matter...
The nickel.
The nickel?
The $100,000 nickel.
Certainly you remember that.
Oh, the $100,000 nickel.
Well, sure, I remember that one.
McGarrett.
Steve, Damien
just left the hotel.
He's in a car driven
by another man,
and they've got a
woman with them, too.
Hold it, Chin. Hold
on just a minute.
Where's your wife?
Back at the hotel, I guess.
You think that Damien and
his friend could have gotten her?
Well, that guy Paul went back.
Chin, tail them,
but don't move in.
Okay, Steve.
Did Damien tell you
where you could get
in touch with him?
This phone number.
It's a mobile number.
We may still be in the ballgame.
I'm going to put it on speaker.
See if you can meet
him somewhere.
Yes?
Hi, this is Arnie Price.
Yes, Arnie.
I've been expecting
to hear from you.
Arnie, you have something
that belongs to me,
and now I have something
that belongs to you.
I suggest we get
together and exchange.
Where and when?
Come to the front
of the cement factory at...
At the corner of
Pahanui Mahanua.
You just walk along
until you're picked up.
You'll recognize the car.
It's the one with your wife
in the front seat.
Hey, what's, uh,
with the gun now?
How come he's pointing
a gun at my wife?
Don't be dense, Arnie,
and hand over the nickel
like a good fellow.
Oh, yeah. Right.
So okay, uh, give us the bread
and let us out at
the next corner.
Be still, Arnie.
All right, Paul.
Start driving to the hotel.
Paul, I'm very much afraid
we're being followed.
Drop me at the
next intersection.
I'll try to divert them.
I'll leave the radio
phone with you.
When you're clear, go to our
little picnic area by the sea.
I'll contact you there
as soon as I'm able.
Here. This will do nicely.
Steve, they've
dropped off Damien.
Okay, Chin. Stay with the car.
Chin, get an ambulance.
Joe? Chin 10. Millie?
Mill... Millie?
Millie?
Oh...
I love you, Arnie.
She's all right.
Millie's going to be all right.
Out.
Frisk him, Chin.
I'm afraid your
plane will be leaving
without you, Mr. Damien,
but there'll be another
one along in, uh, 20 years.
Oh, dear.
I presume
you'll be wanting this.
This isn't worth
a plugged nickel.
This is the one
we're looking for.
Book him.