Tales of the Gold Monkey
Tales of the Gold Monkey
TV ShowEnded

Tales of the Gold Monkey

7.4 / 10
1982
1 season
22 episodes
Action & AdventureDrama

In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx, transporting people-on-the-run in a well-worn Grumman Goose seaplane.

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  • Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

    1.Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

    22-09-198260m

    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)

    2.Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)

    22-09-198260m

    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

    3.Shanghaied

    29-09-198248m

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

  • Black Pearl

    4.Black Pearl

    13-10-198260m

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

  • Legends Are Forever

    5.Legends Are Forever

    20-10-198260m

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

  • Escape From Death Island

    6.Escape From Death Island

    27-10-198260m

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

  • Trunk From the Past

    7.Trunk From the Past

    03-11-198260m

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

  • Once a Tiger...

    8.Once a Tiger...

    17-11-198260m

    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

    9.Honor Thy Brother

    24-11-198260m

    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

    10.The Lady and the Tiger

    08-12-198260m

    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

    11.The Late Sarah White

    22-12-198260m

    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

    12.The Sultan of Swat

    05-01-198360m

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

  • Ape Boy

    13.Ape Boy

    12-01-198360m

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

  • God Save the Queen

    14.God Save the Queen

    19-01-198360m

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

  • High Stakes Lady

    15.High Stakes Lady

    26-01-198360m

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

  • Force of Habit

    16.Force of Habit

    02-02-198360m

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

  • Cooked Goose

    17.Cooked Goose

    04-03-198360m

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

  • Last Chance Louie

    18.Last Chance Louie

    11-03-198360m

    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

    19.Naka Jima Kill

    18-03-198360m

    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

    20.Boragora or Bust

    25-03-198360m

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

  • A Distant Shout of Thunder

    21.A Distant Shout of Thunder

    08-04-198360m

    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

    22.Mourning Becomes Matuka

    01-06-198360m

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

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