Savage Sunday (22 Oct. 1969)

A group of revolutionaries from a Latin American country have entered Hawaii illegally, raided an armory and stolen weapons and ammunition. Their leader is wounded and captured by McGarrett... See full summary »

Director:

Reza Badiyi

Writers:

Leonard Freeman (creator), Palmer Thompson

Stars:

Jack Lord, James MacArthur, Zulu

Cast

Episode cast overview, first billed only:
Jack Lord	...	Det. Steve McGarrett
James MacArthur	...	Danny
Zulu	...	Kono
Kam Fong	...	Chin Ho
Henry Silva	...	Elpidio Acuna
Tom Nardini	...	Ramon
Julie Gregg	...	Marla Acuna
Edward Colmans	...	Manuel
Wright Esser	...	Vallios
Gary Camara	...	Jose
Daws Dawson	...	Carlos
John Stalker	...	Doctor
Frank Atienza	...	Officer Cooper
Nick Bockwinkel	...	Harry
Ed Fernandez	...	Colonel Sasaki (as Edward Fernandez)

Storyline

A group of revolutionaries from a Latin American country have entered Hawaii illegally, raided an armory and stolen weapons and ammunition. Their leader is wounded and captured by McGarrett but his men manage to whisk him away from the hospital where he is being held. However, the leader, who has lost a lot of blood, will die without further medical attention. Five-O attempts to recapture the leader and stop the weapons from leaving Hawaii.

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Mystery

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

22 October 1969 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Hawaii, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Leonard Freeman Production, CBS Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

51 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

At the beginning of the episode when the watchman at the armory gets slugged, his head falls to the side and he's still wearing his hat. Later on, he's lying face-down and his hat is several feet away even though he's apparently been unconscious the whole time. Then in a wide shot taken from one end of the armory, his hat is back on and he's again facing to the side. Then in a close-up just before he regains consciousness, he's face down and hatless again.

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Quotes

Elpidio Acuna: [to McGarrett] Long live the revolution, and long live my son!

User Reviews

Nice try, but this episode just doesn't make much sense...

On the island of Oahu in Hawaii, a group of South or Central American revolutionaries come to steal arms from a US military depot. This idea is just so wrong in so many ways. Why go all the way to Hawaii--it's a third of the way around the world!? And, why steal from the US military--doesn't that seem a bit...um...dangerous!?!? While even more about this episode makes little sense later, this intro just blew me away with its weirdness.

After taking the arms and shooting a guard repeatedly with rifles at point-blank range (hurting but NOT killing him), the bad guys (minus their leader) escape. The hope is to get the arms and their leader back into their home country to help them in their revolution. But, in their haste to leave, the boss-man is left behind and is soon captured thanks to the macho tactics of McGarrett (seriously--it was very rugged and cool). Now, considering that the bad guys have a bazillion weapons and they are fanatically devoted to their injured leader who now is in police custody, you'd think that McGarrett would have arranged better security on the boss-man's room at the hospital or laid a trap for them or transferred him to the infirmary at the jail. But, only one rather lame cop is left to guard the room and guess what happens--yep, he's rescued almost immediately. Yet the boss-man later tells his rescuers that he was impressed by McGarrett's intelligence!! Yeah. Right.

There's more to it than this, but frankly this one lost my interest because of the impossibility of it all. It is interesting to note that McGarrett seemed to like or at least have sympathy for the revolutionaries but he also has to do his job and get the guns. ¡Viva la revolución!--but not this episode.