Donald P. Bellisario
Director
Tales of the Gold Monkey (1982)
Season 1
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.
Released Sept. 22, 1982
Episode 59 min
None+
Genres: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Keywords: tmdb.spy, tmdb.pilot, tmdb.south-pacific, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.seaplane, awards.emmy-award-winner, awards.emmy-award-nominated + 21 more, imdb.man-wears-eyeglasses, imdb.monkey-statue, imdb.1930s, imdb.pacific, imdb.bush-pilot, imdb.color-in-title, imdb.fight, imdb.affection, imdb.cult-tv, imdb.bar, imdb.animal-in-title, imdb.danger, imdb.death, imdb.violence, imdb.friendship, imdb.best-friends, imdb.best-friend, imdb.friend, imdb.dog, imdb.black-humor, imdb.aviation
Network: ABC
Country: United States
Languages:
English,
Spanish
S1E1 - 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.
Sept. 22, 1982, midnight
S1E2 - 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.
Sept. 22, 1982, midnight
S1E3 - Shanghaied
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
Sept. 29, 1982, midnight
S1E4 - Black Pearl
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
Oct. 13, 1982, midnight
S1E5 - Legends Are Forever
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
Oct. 20, 1982, midnight
S1E6 - Escape From Death Island
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
Oct. 27, 1982, midnight
S1E7 - Trunk From the Past
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
Nov. 3, 1982, midnight
S1E8 - 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.
Nov. 17, 1982, midnight
S1E9 - 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.
Nov. 24, 1982, midnight
S1E10 - 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.
Dec. 8, 1982, midnight
S1E11 - 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.
Dec. 22, 1982, midnight
S1E12 - The Sultan of Swat
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
Jan. 5, 1983, midnight
S1E13 - Ape Boy
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
Jan. 12, 1983, midnight
S1E14 - God Save the Queen
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
Jan. 19, 1983, midnight
S1E15 - High Stakes Lady
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
Jan. 26, 1983, midnight
S1E16 - Force of Habit
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
Feb. 2, 1983, midnight
S1E17 - Cooked Goose
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.
March 4, 1983, midnight
S1E18 - 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.
March 11, 1983, midnight
S1E19 - 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.
March 18, 1983, midnight
S1E20 - Boragora or Bust
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
March 25, 1983, midnight
S1E21 - 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.
April 8, 1983, midnight
S1E22 - Mourning Becomes Matuka
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
June 1, 1983, midnight
Network: ABC
Episode Runtime: 59 min.
Season Runtime: 1308 min.
Released: Sept. 22, 1982
Last Air Date: June 1, 1983, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: NR
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