Tales of the Gold Monkey (Season 1)

Tales of the Gold Monkey (1) (Episode 1)

Writer: Donald P. Bellisario

Air date: 1982-09-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

Tales of the Gold Monkey (2) (Episode 2)

Writer: Donald P. Bellisario

Air date: 1982-09-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.

Shanghaied (Episode 3)

Air date: 1982-09-29

Runtime: 48 min

Overview: Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.

Black Pearl (Episode 4)

Writer: Paul Savage

Air date: 1982-10-13

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.

Legends Are Forever (Episode 5)

Air date: 1982-10-20

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.

Escape From Death Island (Episode 6)

Air date: 1982-10-27

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.

Trunk From the Past (Episode 7)

Air date: 1982-11-03

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.

Once a Tiger... (Episode 8)

Air date: 1982-11-17

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.

Honor Thy Brother (Episode 9)

Air date: 1982-11-24

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.

The Lady and the Tiger (Episode 10)

Air date: 1982-12-08

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.

The Late Sarah White (Episode 11)

Writer: Mary Ann Kasica

Air date: 1982-12-22

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.

The Sultan of Swat (Episode 12)

Air date: 1983-01-05

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.

Ape Boy (Episode 13)

Writer: Andrew Schneider

Air date: 1983-01-12

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.

God Save the Queen (Episode 14)

Air date: 1983-01-19

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.

High Stakes Lady (Episode 15)

Air date: 1983-01-26

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.

Force of Habit (Episode 16)

Air date: 1983-02-02

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.

Cooked Goose (Episode 17)

Writer: Jay Huguely

Air date: 1983-03-04

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.

Last Chance Louie (Episode 18)

Air date: 1983-03-11

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.

Naka Jima Kill (Episode 19)

Writer: Andrew Schneider

Air date: 1983-03-18

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.

Boragora or Bust (Episode 20)

Air date: 1983-03-25

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.

A Distant Shout of Thunder (Episode 21)

Air date: 1983-04-08

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.

Mourning Becomes Matuka (Episode 22)

Writer: Jay Huguely

Air date: 1983-06-01

Runtime: 60 min

Overview: Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.