Hawaii Five-O (1968–1980)

The investigations of Hawaii Five-0, an elite branch of the Hawaii State Police answerable only to the governor and headed by stalwart Steve McGarrett.

Creator:

Leonard Freeman

Stars:

Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Kam Fong

Won 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 2 wins & 21 nominations.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
Jack Lord	...	Det. Steve McGarrett (281 episodes, 1968-1980)
James MacArthur	...	Dan Williams (259 episodes, 1968-1979)
Kam Fong	...	Chin Ho (241 episodes, 1968-1978)
Herman Wedemeyer	...	Duke (151 episodes, 1968-1980)
Harry Endo	...	Che Fong (115 episodes, 1969-1977)

Storyline

Five-O was a special state police unit answering only to the Governor of Hawaii. It worked with Honolulu police to fight the underworld in the island state. Sooner or later virtually all the badguys heard Steve McGarrett grunt "Book 'em, Danno!" though chief badguy Wo Fat was caught after MacArthur left the series.

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Plot Keywords:

hawaii | police | investigation | archenemy | teamwork | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 September 1968 (USA)

Also Known As:

McGarrett

Filming Locations:

The Twin Towers, 2085 Ala Wai Blvd, Waikiki, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leonard Freeman Production, CBS Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (284 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

4:3

Did You Know?

Trivia

Almost all of the regular actors who starred or had recurring roles on the series before the final season (including Zulu, James MacArthur, Al Harrington, Kam Fong, and Doug Mossman), eventually left the series. Jack Lord and Herman Wedemeyer continued to play McGarrett and Duke, respectively, even into the last season. (Mossman appears in one episode of Season 12, but not as a member of Five-O.) The only regular whose disappearance was explained on-screen was Kam Fong, whose character Chin Ho Kelly was killed off in the final episode of Season 10.

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Goofs

In the episode "Hook man" McGarrett is chasing a suspect who is driving a 1968 Ford Mustang. When the police retrieve the car from the bay, it has become a 1966 Ford Mustang.

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Quotes

[repeated line]
Det. Steve McGarrett: Book him, Danno. Murder one.

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Connections

Referenced in The Nanny: The Party's Over (1995)

User Reviews

the grandaddy of them all!!!!!

Th e1970's was often called the age of tv cop shows. You had shows like, Police Story, Cannon, Columbo, Toma, Baretta, The Streets Of San Francisco and Joe Forrester. However, Hawaii Five O was the grandaddy of them all. This show ran longer then any other police show in tv history, from 1968 to 1980, we all watched Steve McGarret unmask the villian and solve the mystery (oh and also to bark "Book 'em Danno" at the end of every episode. I am going to tell you something about Jack Lord that is not generally well known, I learned this from one of Paul Harvey's "The Rest Of The Stories". Although his role as the hard hitting cop would suggest he was anything but sensitive, Jack Lord was really a very different man in real life. He was an artist and a very sucessful one as well and it wasn't because he was a tv star. Five of his paintings are in the famous Metropolitan Musuem of Art in New York City. People have paid fortunes for them! As a student Lord won numerous awards for his art and people have paid fortunes for even his simplist watercolors. Lord often quoted Sean O'Casey and said "Let us find a way to spin joy into every moment of tomorrow's day". As Steve McGarret Lord was almost like a modern day knight. All the tv cop shows since in a way owe their sucess to him. He set a standard that will never be equalled.