Season 7 – Episode: A.A.P.I.

First Broadcast in Germany: May 12^th 1991

 

Tom Selleck as Private Detective Thomas Magnum

 

Storyline

The American Association of Private Investigators (AAPI) has chosen private detective Magnum as Private Detective of the Year and his friends Higgins, T.C., Rick and Carol are very proud of Thomas.

 

The eulogy on this feast day is held by Magnum’s French colleague, Jean Claude Fornier. Fornier suddenly breaks down, dying, and it is soon clear that he had been poisoned.

 

As part of his investigation, the Private Detective of the Year is now trying to find out who had an interest in murdering Jean Claude.

 

Starring

John Hillerman as Jonathan Quayle Higgins III

Roger E. Mosley as Theodore Calvin (T.C.)

Larry Manetti as Orville Wilbour Rick Wright III.

 

Guest Stars

Eugene Roche as Luther H. Gillis

Clyde Kusatsu as Lieutenant Gordon Katsumoto

Paul Verdier as Jean Claude Fornier

Kwan Hi Lim as Lieutenant Yoshi Tanaka

Stephen J. Cannell as Hotel Detective

Elisha Cook as Wilmer

Annie Potts as Tracy Spencer

 

Special Guest Star

Kathleen Lloyd as Carol Baldwin

 

Co-Starring

Stephanie Blackmore

Bryan Clark as Richard Lindley

Glenn Cannon as Doc Ibold

Krash Kealoha as Security Guard

Joe Ashour as ‘Kojak’ Look-Alike

Ray Ritzke as ‘Det. Mike Stone’ Look-Alike

Ken Spina as ‘Columbo’ Look-Alike

 

Directed by: Russ Mayberry

 

Created by: Donald P. Bellisarion und Glen A. Larson

Written by: Reuben Leder

 

Co-Executive Producer: Chas. Floyd Johnson

Supervising Producer: Chris Abbott-Fish

 

Producer: Jay Huguely

Produced by: Rick Weaver

Executive Producer: Donald P. Bellisario

 

Story Editor: Bruce Cervi

Associate Producer: David Bellisario

 

Music: Mike Post & Pete Carpenter

Music Editor: Morrie McNaughton

 

Sound: Stan Gordon

Sound Editor: Glenn Hoskinson

 

Director of Photography: John C. Flinn III

Art Director: Arch Bacon

Edited by: Bob Kagey

 

Unit Production Managers: Bruce Shurley, Mark R. Schilz

First Assistant Director: Douglas E. Wisley

Second Assistant Directors: Burt ‘Skip’ Burnam, Robert M. Williams, Jr.

 

Casting by: Donna Dockstader C.S.A., Margaret Doversola (Hawaii)

Set Decorator: Mary Ann Biddle

Titles & Optical Effects: Universal Title

 

Costume Supervisors: James Gilmore, Charlene Tuch

Stunt Coordinator: Bob Minor

Celebrity Doubles supplied by: Ron Smith’s Celebrity Look-Alikes

 

Produced in association with: Belisarius Productions, Inc., Glen A. Larson Productions, T. W. S. Productions, Inc.

 

 

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