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"Magnum, P.I." (1980): :  -- The adventures of a Hawaii based private investigator.
"Magnum, P.I." (1980): :  -- The adventures of a Hawaii based private investigator.

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Seasons:
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 full episode list
Release Date:
11 December 1980 (USA) more
Plot:
The adventures of a Hawaii based private investigator. full summary
Awards:
Won 2 Golden Globes. Another 7 wins & 31 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(16 articles)
Harris Fires Up TV Land Awards
 (From WENN. 20 April 2009, 6:30 PM, PDT)

TV Director Harris Dead At 86
 (From WENN. 24 March 2009, 12:10 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
The best performance by a guest star.... more

Cast

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Tom Selleck ... Thomas Sullivan Magnum, IV / ... (162 episodes, 1980-1988)
John Hillerman ... Higgins / ... (162 episodes, 1980-1988)
Roger E. Mosley ... TC / ... (161 episodes, 1980-1988)
Larry Manetti ... Rick / ... (161 episodes, 1980-1988)
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Additional Details

Runtime:
60 min (164 episodes)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
Australia:M (some episodes) | Singapore:PG | Australia:PG (some episodes) | USA:Not Rated (DVD rating)

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Trivia:
Soon after Magnum PI ended, there was some interest on Universal's part on doing a theatrical film with the original cast, and a script was written by Tom Clancy dealing with Magnum returning to the Navy and his subsequent adventures. However, Universal ultimately felt that the original cast and Clancy's script would not be a big enough draw at the box-office and passed. more
Quotes:
Thomas Sullivan Magnum III: [voiceover] Hawaii is one of those places that keeps topping itself - just when you think you'll never see a sunset as beautiful, there comes a sunrise that even Gaughin can only imagine. It kind of makes unemployment easier to take.
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III: Magnum ...
[seeing him sunbathing]
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III: oh, Magnum.
Thomas Sullivan Magnum III: Hi, Higgins, Di.
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III: I have a proposition for you, Magnum.
Thomas Sullivan Magnum III: Now wait a minute, just wait a second, Higgins. Now this is really getting depressing, this constant deal making - I'll give you this if you give me that, it's so unnecessary. Now here we are in paradise, we have everything we could ever possibly want out of life just here. So why, why can't we just do things for one another simply because we want to, simply because we're friends, simply because we feel like helping each other?
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III: Magnum, I want you to know I'm quite touched, I never thought you were capable of those admirable sentiments, I really mean that.
Thomas Sullivan Magnum III: Thank you.
Jonathan Quayle Higgins III: I came here this morning to, just as you so aptly describe it, make a deal. You see the lads have been under the weather and I need to pick up some paperwork from the club. I was going to ask you to fetch it for me and in return I was going to give you the use of the tennis court for one week. Now I'm just asking you as a friend.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "The Sopranos: For All Debts Public and Private (#4.1)" (2002) more

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17 out of 27 people found the following comment useful:-
The best performance by a guest star...., 5 January 2004
Author: suzangrace from atlanta, georgia

I have watched from the day it started, to the day it went off the air. Many episodes affected me deeply (Lily, death of Michelle, killing the corrupt officer, etc.), but the episode that touched me the most was the one in which Frank Sinatra guest stars as Mike Doheney who is looking for the killer of his lovely grandaughter. I cried my eyes out as he stood at her grave in the end of the movie. It was very moving. I felt Frank Sinatra once again pulled off an excellent performance. He was excellent!

Just thought I'd pass it along.

s.

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