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Tales of the Gold Monkey(TV show/series, 1982-1983)

1h per episode | Genre: Action & Adventure

Scripted Reality in 1 season with 22 episodes

Tales of the Gold MonkeyRating: 3.8/5 (with 12 votes)
Tales of the Gold Monkey is an American adventure drama television series broadcast in prime time on Wednesday nights by ABC from September 22, 1982, until June 1, 1983. Debuting the year following the release of Raiders of the Lost Ark, the series featured the romance of early aviation, exotic locales, and cliff-hanging action. Creator Don Bellisario said it was based on the film, Only Angels Have Wings (Howard Hawks, 1939). ()
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Awards & Nominations for Tales of the Gold Monkey

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Costumes for a Series

About Tales of the Gold Monkey

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.

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Tales of the Gold Monkey Seasons and Episodes

09/22/1982Season 1 - 22 episodes
#1 | 09/22/1982Tales 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.
#2 | 09/22/1982Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
#3 | 09/29/1982Shanghaied
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
#4 | 10/13/1982Black Pearl
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
#5 | 10/20/1982Legends Are Forever
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
#6 | 10/27/1982Escape From Death Island
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
#7 | 11/03/1982Trunk From the Past
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
#8 | 11/17/1982Once 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.
#9 | 11/24/1982Honor 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.
#10 | 12/08/1982The 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.
#11 | 12/22/1982The Late Sarah White
Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.
#12 | 01/05/1983The Sultan of Swat
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
#13 | 01/12/1983Ape Boy
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
#14 | 01/19/1983God Save the Queen
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
#15 | 01/26/1983High Stakes Lady
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
#16 | 02/02/1983Force of Habit
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
#17 | 03/04/1983Cooked Goose
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.
#18 | 03/11/1983Last 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.
#19 | 03/18/1983Naka 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.
#20 | 03/25/1983Boragora or Bust
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
#21 | 04/08/1983A 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.
#22 | 06/01/1983Mourning Becomes Matuka
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
?Specials - 4 episodes

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)
Translated into 8 languages: Catalan (CA), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU)
Status: Ended
First episode released on: 09/22/1982
Last episode released on: 06/01/1983

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WatchPlayStream ID: SHOWS:4389, Added: 05/12/2018, Last updated: 03/11/2024