I don't beIieve my grandfather died of an accident. I think he was kiIIed.
Don't do this terribIe thing. I am on a case.
- If you don't mind... - But I do mind.
Someone tried to kiII Jonathan Higgins after he taIked to you about Sand IsIand.
- Someone was trying to kiII you. - Me?
- TroubIe with a capitaI T. - Ice Pick?
You got it.
(Gunshot)
- I wouIdn't Iike to meet you in a dark aIIey. - Don't be too sure.
Come on, come on, move it!
WeIcome to Sand IsIand. We are your friends.
When is the bIackout?
There is none on Sand IsIand.
If there is another air raid,
I don't think they'd mind if the camp was bombed.
These guards are so young, Goto.
They're civiIians who repIaced the army,
so the soIdiers couId Ieave for combat.
Knock it off in there!
I have to go to the toiIet.
It is aIIowed, but... but you must be carefuI, Enoka.
Come. I'II show you.
AII right. Tenhut.
What are you doing? I said tenhut.
PIease, I meant no harm.
No harm, huh? No harm?
I had two brothers. I Iost them both at PearI.
I'm not responsibIe for their deaths.
Maybe I'm not responsibIe for keeping you aIive!
(YeIIing)
Mr. Nakamura! Mr. Nakamura!
Thank you, Audrey. Nice to meet you, Mr. Higgins.
- My pIeasure, Doctor. - PIease.
You want to do an interview?
Nothing so formaI. I was hoping to ask you about your experience...
The fact that I have not heId pubIic office before
in no way affects my abiIity to deaI with the issues confronting our state.
ActuaIIy, I'd hoped to discuss your experiences during the war.
I'm afraid I don't understand.
I'm researching a noveI for Robin Masters
based upon the Japanese experience in Hawaii during the war.
An articIe in this morning's paper
mentioned you had spent some time on Sand IsIand.
It was a Iong time ago, Mr. Higgins.
The war and Sand IsIand are far behind us.
I reaIize that, but...
Mr. Higgins, I prefer to Iook to the future
because that is where our peopIe wiII Iive.
If you'II excuse me, I've got a very hectic scheduIe.
I understand you're busy, Doctor. Perhaps you know of other internees...
Mr. Higgins, those of us unfortunate enough to be interned
knew IittIe of what was happening around us and wish to remember even Iess.
I have Iost touch with anyone from Sand IsIand.
I see. Thank you taking the time to taIk with me.
I'm running for pubIic office.
- I must aIways have the time. - Goodbye.
ReIiving oId campaigns, Higgins?
ActuaIIy, no. Mr. Masters asked me to do some research on his next noveI,
some of which is set in Hawaii during WorId War II.
It's aIready been written. From Here To Eternity covers it.
Not the experiences of the Japanese who were interned here.
- Do you know where my car keys are? - Of course.
- Where are they? - None of your business.
Higgins, why did you take them?
We have a deaI. I get unIimited use of the Ferrari.
- And Iimited use of the wine ceIIar. - The wine ceIIar?
I found two empty bottIes of a very decent Château de Roi Bordeaux '57 in your rubbish.
- You went through my garbage? - The discovery was accidentaI.
But I find it offensive that you used them to wash down
an order from something caIIed Macho Taco.
Don't do this terribIe thing. I am on a case. Now, if you don't mind...
But I do mind. Very much.
The very thought of a Château de Roi anywhere near a Macho Taco...
CiviIized peopIe must set some standards.
UItimateIy, it's aII we've got.
Higgins, what am I supposed to drive?
- Anything but the Ferrari. - Oh.
Oh, I get it. You're taking the car for yourseIf.
Are you sure you can handIe it, oId stick?
- It takes a strong arm... - Magnum.
I have driven everything from rickshaws to RoIIs-Royces.
And I had been behind the wheeI
of dozens of high-performance sports cars
Iong before you were a mere twinkIe, thank you.
Thank you.
Oh, just for the record, Higgins,
I wouId never drink a Bordeaux with a Macho Taco.
It was a Burrito Machismo.
(Sports car engine starts)
(Engine revs)
(Magnum) Fun's fun, but I was on a case,
checking out the prospective son-in-law of one J. Rickley Schneider,
one of the wealthiest men on the island.
He wanted to be real sure as to what was marrying into his family.
Makes sense.
The kid was into growing things, probably something innocent.
But, on the other hand, if it was so innocent,
how come his van had more security than Robin's wine cellar?
The lock on the back was an Oppenheimer Regal Tri-Bolt,
the kind of thing you'd expect to find on the gates at Fort Knox.
There's a handful of locksmiths and B and E guys
who can finesse an Oppie.
And a decent private investigator here and there.
(AIarm)
(WhistIing)
- Magnum. - Higgins. I know what you're thinking.
You couIdn't possibIy know what I'm thinking
or you wouIdn't have the nerve to come back here.
You know, Magnum, in various parts of the MiddIe East
they commonIy hack off the hands of thieves.
Hey, come on, Higgins.
Higgins.
Higgins?
An hour later, I came out of the closet
and Higgins, and his scimitar, were gone.
With the Ferrari.
I hoped the sergeant major enjoyed his little Sunday drive.
Shh! (Whispers)
(CIatters)
WouId you mind? I've got to go find a vase.
CoIoneI Wentworth?
Is that you, CoIoneI?
Higgins, it's me, Magnum.
The radio's gone, sir. The Iast mortar barrage knocked it out.
I've strung the Iads out on the perimeter.
I'II be joining them, of course.
No, I insist, sir.
They're my boys. I want to be with them to the end...
Magnum.
I say, what are you doing here?
Higgins, are you aII right?
Of course.
More importantIy, how are things at the estate?
- No probIems, I trust. - No. No.
Just a IittIe hassIe with the insurance company.
- HassIe? - They canceIed the poIicy after your accident.
- That was no accident. - I warned you about driving that car.
I couId drive that vehicIe through the Khyber Pass bIindfoIded.
- The bIoody brakes went. - The brakes?
I'm hoIding you responsibIe.
- If you'd had it serviced... - It was serviced Iast month!
Topping off the tank and wiping the windscreen isn't what I had in mind.
Higgins, are you aII right?
It's my back.
I gave it a bIoody good wrenching.
- They can get you something for the pain. - Never.
Perhaps some water.
FIowers?
Magnum, you didn't?
WeII, actuaIIy, no. The...
I don't beIieve I've ever received fIowers before.
It's reaIIy very decent.
Magnum, is it possibIe that I've misjudged you?
FaiIed to Iook beyond the coarse, primitive facade
to see your truer essence?
Coarse, primitive facade?
After aII, you did pick the Château de Roi. ExceIIent choice.
Though I'd have recommended the Lafitte St. Jacques '62.
When I get back to the estate, you must aIIow me...
Wrong room. They're for Miss WeIIs in 204.
(Man) The patient has been tampered with, Thomas.
- The patient? - That is my first impression.
- You're sure? - I couId be wrong.
But that happens so rareIy it is onIy a distant possibiIity.
I wiII know more after I've had a chance
to give her a thorough physicaI examination.
- PhysicaI examination? - You Ieave her with me.
I wiII know for certain in a coupIe of days.
Go on, go on. She'II be fine.
Trust me.
If Victor was right about never being wrong,
someone was trying to kill whoever was driving the car.
Normally, I'd say they were after me.
Then I noticed the article on Enoka.
Higgins had circled the bit about his stint at Sand Island and that rang a bell.
I couldn't figure out why.
Then I remembered the jelly.
(Ringing tone)
- (Woman) Canyon Hospital. - Room 416, pIease.
- Hello. - Higgins, it's me.
Something's gone terribIy wrong at the estate, I can sense it.
- Everything's fine at the estate. - It is?
Yeah. I've been sitting at your desk...
What? If you so much as touch one item...
I wouIdn't think of it. Listen, what do you know about Kirin Nakamura?
Nakamura? I don't know anyone with that name.
- What are you doing? - Nothing.
Nakamura died at Sand IsIand.
You've been rummaging through my research materiaI.
You're drinking my French Cognac, aren't you?
I wouIdn't even dream of drinking it. What about Richard Enoka?
I spoke to Dr. Enoka this morning.
- Did you ask about Sand IsIand? - As a matter of fact, I did.
You're eating at my desk. I can hear you.
No, I am not eating. What did he teII you about Sand IsIand?
Nothing at aII. WouIdn't discuss it.
Are you smoking one of my handmade Canary IsIand cigars?
- Thanks, Higgins. - Magnum...
In the islands, everything and everyone has some kind of history.
40 years had passed since Kirin Nakamura died,
but I wondered if that accident
had something to do with the one which almost killed Higgins.
However, Higgins wasn't paying me, while J. Rickley Schneider was.
It's tough, choosing between friends and money,
and with luck, I figured I wouldn't have to.
- You've got to be kidding. - It's just a coupIe of days, T.C.
You won't have to use the chopper, I promise.
Oh, good, that makes me feeI a Iot better.
- We'II work out something fair. - Fair?
(Phone)
HeIIo. IsIand Hoppers. CouId you hoId, pIease?
It ain't gonna sound no better taIking it to death.
If you don't mind, I have a business to run.
OK, we'II spIit the commission, 50-50.
80-20.
What?
That is Iow, T.C. ReaIIy Iow.
Take it or Ieave it, Thomas.
70-30.
After expenses?
Uh, heIIo.
No, we're stiII shut down.
The parts wiII be in next week. WouId you caII back then?
Thank you very much.
(Rings doorbeII)
- Mr. Magnum? - Yes.
Nancy Nakamura. I'm gIad you couId come.
Thanks.
You don't Iook much Iike a research assistant.
In fact, you don't Iook anything Iike one.
- Sorry. - Don't be. My dad's in the backyard.
He spends aII his free time working on his bonsai.
He says it heIps quiet his mind.
The other schooI of thought is it heIps turn it off.
Dad, Mr. Magnum is here.
The man who phoned about Sand IsIand. About Grandfather.
You know anything about bonsai?
No, not reaIIy.
In nature, the trees or pIants that work hardest for survivaI
refIect that struggIe in its diminutive size and twisted shape.
To the Western eye, that appearance may be unpIeasant.
But to us, the signs of that wiII to Iive
is considered the most beautifuI.
Dad, I don't think Mr. Magnum came to discuss some ancient art
that doesn't have anything to do with what happened 40 years ago to your father.
That's quite enough.
I've read aII the accounts of your father's death at Sand IsIand,
incIuding the army inquiry and newspapers.
- They reported it as an accident. - It wasn't an accident.
You know as weII as I do, newspapers don't teII the truth. Not aII of it.
- Just Iike some peopIe... - Nancy.
It's true. You Iisten to peopIe Iike Richard Enoka,
you wouIdn't know Sand IsIand existed, and he was there.
- Did he know your grandfather? - Yes.
No.
Mr. Magnum, many peopIe suffered during their internment.
Some died.
Those of us who survived are not unIike the bonsai.
We wear our suffering as a reminder.
To taIk about it is unnecessary and painfuI.
Someone has to. Or what's to prevent it from happening again?
Nancy, this does not invoIve you.
My daughter shouId not have encouraged you to come. I am sorry.
Oh, he is so wrong! I mean, he's my father and I Iove him, but...
He's Iike so many peopIe his age.
They wanna forget.
- And you don't? - Not for a second.
I don't beIieve my grandfather died of an accident.
I think he was kiIIed. I'm not wiIIing to forget it.
Why are you so concerned about my grandfather?
My friend was aImost kiIIed,
and it had to do with what happened on Sand IsIand.
- I was hoping your father couId heIp me. - I don't think so.
But there is a man, Saichi Goto, he was there.
- He remembers. - I'd Iike to taIk to him.
Domo arigato.
I can't eat the stuff.
Let me.
I don't think I'd Iike to meet you in a dark aIIey.
Goto thinks I shouId act more Iike a traditionaI Japanese woman. Don't you?
Goto...the night Kirin Nakamura died,
did you see anything out of the ordinary?
Everything at Sand IsIand was out of the ordinary, Mr. Magnum.
Did you see the accident?
It was dark. We couId not see too weII.
We?
There were others with you?
What about the guards?
Thank you, Goto. Perhaps we can taIk again sometime.
But, Thomas...
Why did you stop? He was covering something.
He won't say anything with you there.
That's ridicuIous!
- I've known him aII my Iife. - ExactIy. You just stay here.
You're treating me just Iike Goto.
Not exactIy.
There's a IittIe more, isn't there?
- It is difficuIt. - I know.
There were two guards.
They beat Kirin Nakamura and Ieft him to die.
What do you remember about them?
The sergeant I remember best.
He was bigger than the others, with Iight bIue eyes.
And he heId his cIub in this hand.
- Do you remember a name? - Sorenson.
- No first name? - I heard onIy Sorenson.
His eyes were crueI and coId.
I have never forgotten him and the others, or Kirin Nakamura.
I've given it a good deaI of thought.
I think it onIy fair that you be heId accountabIe for the cost of restoring the car.
- The accident wasn't your fauIt. - You're bIoody right.
Or mine.
Victor said somebody tampered with the brakes.
What?
WeII, it's obvious, I suppose.
One of the criminaI eIements on this isIand has taken exception
to you sticking your nose into their nefarious affairs.
ActuaIIy, Higgins, I think somebody was trying to kiII you.
Me?
- Me? - Yes, you.
The morning you met with Enoka, did you go anywhere eIse?
My God, Magnum, you sound Iike Perry Mason.
Come on, Higgins!
If you must know, the Iads and I took a turn by the ASCC show.
ASCC show?
The AngIo-Saxon Canine Corps had their semi-annuaI competition.
I thought the Iads might enjoy it.
Then I dropped them at the estate and went to see Enoka.
- Just him? - Yes.
What are you up to?
I say, Magnum!
Does the name Sorenson mean...
Higgins!
Oh...my...God!
Higgins!
(Commentator) They're off and runningl The field away to a beautiful start.
Attaboy! Let him go! Give him his head!
This is heavy. This kid has grown enough stuff to suppIy haIf of BeverIy HiIIs!
What's his name? My horse is going to the front! Go!
Denny Jensen. I've been on his taiI for 24 hours.
This boy is buying gardening suppIies Iike they're going out of styIe.
SprinkIers, fertiIizers, soiI additives. You name it, this kid is buying it.
- Maybe he's into organic gardening. - Gardening, sure. I dunno how organic.
Watch the seven horse!
The seven... You... Dummy.
Piece of cake. Hah!
- 80%/%. - 80%/%!
If this guy's growing, he's probabIy seIIing.
- I say we caII the cops. - Uh-uh. Not yet.
I don't want to set him up if he's innocent.
75%/%?
OK. But you are keeping a Iog?
You can do it. Come on!
He's either driving aII over the isIand at 90 miIes an hour
or hanging out at the Harbor Inn.
I won 20 bucks off him shooting eight-baII.
- Shooting eight-baII? - It's part of my cover.
Some cover. PIaying pooI and drinking beer. I knew this P. I. stuff was a scam.
He's gonna make it, he's going aII the way! Go, go, go!
- Oops, I gotta spIit. - The Harbor Inn isn't open yet.
The kid has Iunch at the PoIynesian Paradise.
PoIynesian Paradise?
Oh, don't worry, T. M. I have receipts for everything.
Dominic's Dream breaks downl
The jockey's pulling him up. He is out of it.
Hey, T.C...
- This pIace is expensive! - (Laughs)
What happened?
The bum broke his Ieg.
If Ice Pick caIIs, teII him I moved to New Jersey.
Rick, I couId use some heIp.
Sure. You and T.C. can do that P. I. stuff, anybody can do it.
Great. I need you to heIp me find this guy, Sorenson.
I think he's between 55 and 60.
ProbabIy six feet taII. Maybe even has gray hair.
He was in the Navy in HonoIuIu during WorId War II.
Good. There aren't too many of those guys around.
- You got a picture? - No.
- You know what he does? - No.
When was the Iast time anybody saw him?
About 40 years ago.
- Do you know anything about this guy? - Um, he's Ieft-handed.
PIays goIf out in HanaIoa.
HeII of a duffer. First name is Fred.
(Man) Mr. Sorenson to the first tee, please.
Mr. Sorenson, tee-off in five minutes.
- You're a guest of Robin Masters? - Yep.
Gave him a Iesson. Had a hook that couId have knocked out Jack Dempsey.
Sorenson. WouId that be Fred Sorenson?
Sure is. PIays here nearIy every day.
I'II be darned. I pIayed at SpygIass with him Iast year.
The Pro-Am, huh?
Yeah. I'd Iove to give him a chance to win back that grand that I took from him.
CouId you pair me off with him?
Uh, as a matter of fact, he's Iooking for a partner. It's kind of sIow today.
That's great. I'm gonna teII Robin how heIpfuI you've been.
Mr. Magnum. Your green fees.
My green fees?
Right. My green fees.
That's $45.
- There you go. - Mr. Magnum.
It's $22.50 for the cart.
I Iove to waIk.
Fred. Thomas Magnum. Looks Iike we're pIaying together.
Are we?
The pro said you needed a partner. You mind?
No. You pIay much?
No. WeII, I used to, but then business picked up.
I conduct aII my business out here.
That's some Iife. What Iine of business?
Import-export mostIy. Some reaI estate investment.
Somehow I figured you for a Navy.
Navy? No way.
CIosest I came to the miIitary was the civiIian guard during the war.
- Go ahead. - Oh, thank you.
Southpaw, huh? Must be difficuIt finding decent cIubs.
No. Not at aII.
Been a whiIe. MuIIigans?
Yeah, baby. Dinner at your pIace at eight. Hey, that...
Oh. I can't make it.
I'm working this reaIIy big, important case.
I'II have to take a rain check.
No rain check? Oh, baby, come on. Look...
T.C., T.C.
WouId you hoId the phone for just a minute?
- I need your heIp. - What are you doing bothering me?
I'm running a business here.
I'm in troubIe. PIease?
Keep it away from me. I got enough of it for myseIf.
- I'm taIkin' troubIe with a capitaI T. - And that rhymes with P and... Ice Pick?
You got it. You know the horse race?
I need cash quick or I'm gonna be pushing coconuts up in Maui.
Oh, wow. OK, how much?
- Two big ones. - Two big ones.
No, no, no. Big ones.
Uh, maybe we can work out something.
- Baby, hang on for just a minute. - What are we gonna work out?
You know that kid I've been taiIing? Denny Jenkins.
- He's going to a rock concert. - I'II do it.
Are you sure now? Those kids are crazy.
What they caII dancing, we used to do behind the gym.
I'II do it.
I can't pay you cash. I'II cut you in on the action between me and Thomas.
I gotta have the cash. I need it right away.
OK, forget it.
AII right, aII right. I'II do it.
OK. I'II cut you in for 20%/% of my 75%/%.
- 75 of the 75. - 30.
- 60. - 40.
50.
- AII right, I'II spIit the difference with you. - You got it.
When do I get the money?
T. M. says it's in the maiI.
Forget the maiI. I've gotta have your guarantee that I get it.
- OK, you got it. - Thanks.
Here. Get to work.
HeIIo, baby. Yes, dinner at your pIace at eight.
HeIIo? HeIIo?
Sorenson had beaten me so badly that he invited me back the next day.
Except this time I thought I'd bring my own gallery.
We were 40 years from Sand Island but I knew it was as recent as yesterday
for men like Goto.
There. That's him.
Which one, Mr. Magnum?
You wait here, I'II go taIk to him.
- Was it him? - Yes.
(Gunshot)
(Continuous horn bIast)
(Horn stops)
I've been waiting for you.
It's the onIy gun I own.
I use it for target shooting and Sorenson wasn't the target.
He wasn't kiIIed with this anyway.
He was shot from Iong range.
You'd have to be pretty damn good to hit him with this.
How did you find out about Sorenson?
I've been foIIowing you. You can't get rid of me that easiIy.
I went to Goto with his name.
He finaIIy toId me how my grandfather died.
And you foIIowed us again today.
With the gun.
Hoping to find the courage to kiII him myseIf.
But it's one thing to want to and another thing to puII the trigger.
As it turns out, I didn't have to decide.
- Did you see anything? - No more than you.
One minute he was getting into his car, the next he was dead.
It's strange.
I thought I'd feeI eIated or something.
Instead, I just feeI numb.
Does that make any sense?
(Rick) It makes no sense at aII.
Sorenson and Enoka?
Sorenson's thrown some Iucrative business deaIs Enoka's way.
And contributed bucks to his eIection campaign.
Strange partners. Prisoner and his guard.
And Sorenson has an axe to grind with the Japanese.
He Iost two brothers at PearI.
What couId two guys Iike this have in common?
(Enoka) Two minutes, then I caII my Iawyer.
Go ahead. CaII him. I'd be happy to give a deposition.
You're working for the opposition. It's a poIiticaI dirty trick.
Murder and bIackmaiI go way beyond poIiticaI tricks. What's your Iawyer's number?
Look, it's aII over.
Sorenson's now dead. Kirin Nakamura is Iong dead.
And so is Sand IsIand.
Perhaps we shouId Iet them aII rest in peace.
Besides, of what importance is this now, particuIarIy to you?
Someone tried to kiII Jonathan Higgins after he taIked to you about Sand IsIand.
Someone? Or me?
You're about the onIy one Ieft.
Not the onIy one. There's me and Goto.
We both saw Nakamura being beaten to death as Goto described to you.
Goto phoned me.
Our friendship and our siIence have endured many years.
Does Goto know about your deaIs with Sorenson?
Goto's a simpIe fisherman. He wouIdn't understand.
My deaIings with Sorenson were pureIy business.
The other guard died on Guam.
Goto beIieved Sorenson perished there aIso.
- UntiI yesterday. - Let me ask you something.
If I had been bIackmaiIing Sorenson,
why wouId I kiII the goose which Iays the goIden egg?
You're running for office. If Sorenson decided to taIk...
And risk reveaIing himseIf as the murderer he was?
How very unIikeIy.
- You couIdn't be sure of that. - Granted.
But neither can you be certain of everything you've said.
One thing you can be certain of.
If I had kiIIed Sorenson, I wouId teII you here, aIone.
And there wouIdn't be a damn thing you couId do about it.
You must excuse me. I have to get back to the office.
Ah. I hope you're registered to vote, Mr. Magnum.
Good day.
Enoka was very convincing.
Until I remembered he was a politician.
There was only one person who had nothing to gain by lying.
Unfortunately, it was also clear I was headed in a direction
I really didn't wanna go.
Thank you.
- You knew I was coming. - Yes.
You must have been surprised that Sorenson was aIive.
Yes, but that is over now.
Sand IsIand is finished.
(Gunshot)
(Enoka) Where is he?
Goto, heIp me.
Goto, this man is the onIy thing standing between us and freedom.
Use the gun.
What kind of freedom are you taIking about?
Sorenson's dead.
If you shoot me,
you disgrace and diminish the memory of Kirin Nakamura.
Goto. Remember Sand IsIand.
I have not forgotten Sand IsIand.
Use the gun, Goto!
Don't be an oId fooI.
I am oId, but you are the fooI.
And the coward.
I am not afraid to face the consequences of my siIence.
Anything Iess wouId dishonor me. And Kirin Nakamura.
T.C.?
T.C. ! Hey...
Don't hurt the rent-a-tux. In fact, here's the biII for it.
What are you aII dressed up for?
The wedding.
- What wedding? - Denny and EIizabeth are getting married.
Married? J. RickIey Schneider is Ietting his daughter marry a...
- Orchid grower. - Orchid grower?
That's what he was growing. Some rare orchid.
I got onto it, had a Iong taIk with J. RickIey, the oId boy was deIighted, so were the kids.
(Ringing)
- What's that ringing? - (Laughs)
Hey, aren't you gonna ask about my shouIder?
- Hey, what's that ringing? - It's Higgins. He's back.
Ooh, Victor phoned about the car. It was a fauIty brake-Iine after aII.
(Higgins) Magnum, is that you?
I hurt my...
(Higgins) Magnum.
Magnum.
I say, Magnum.
Magnum.
Didn't you hear the beII?
Dr. IboId said I mustn't strain myseIf,
at aII, for at Ieast a fortnight.
Does that incIude your voice?
He expIained it to me very thoroughIy.
ApparentIy, it's some sort of severe trauma to the back.
You know how these things are.
I'm beginning to get the picture.
At any rate, I'II have to depend on your services for a whiIe.
Higgins, I've been shot!
The first order of business is to feed the Iads. They're ravenous.
Don't worry. I've got just the thing for them.
A IittIe broiIed chicken with butter and garIic sauce wouId be nice.
ActuaIIy, no.
I've stiII got the rest of that takeout order from Macho Taco.
ShouIdn't be too oId.
Macho Taco? For the Iads? Don't you dare.