Tales of the Gold Monkey ambient background
CinebyCineby
Tales of the Gold Monkey backdrop

Tales of the Gold Monkey

Tales of the Gold Monkey
★ 7.4/10•1982•1h 0m•16•Action & Adventure•Drama
Similars

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.

StatusEnded
Runtime1h 0m
LanguageEN
First Air DateSep 22, 1982

Episodes

Episode 1 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)E145m

Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)

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.

Sep 22, 1982

Episode 2 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)E243m

Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)

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.

Sep 22, 1982

Episode 3 - ShanghaiedE347m

Shanghaied

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

Sep 29, 1982

Episode 4 - Black PearlE447m

Black Pearl

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

Oct 13, 1982

Episode 5 - Legends Are ForeverE547m

Legends Are Forever

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

Oct 20, 1982

Episode 6 - Escape From Death IslandE647m

Escape From Death Island

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

Oct 27, 1982

Episode 7 - Trunk From the PastE747m

Trunk From the Past

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

Nov 3, 1982

Episode 8 - Once a Tiger...E847m

Once a Tiger...

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

Nov 17, 1982

Episode 9 - Honor Thy BrotherE946m

Honor Thy Brother

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.

Nov 24, 1982

Episode 10 - The Lady and the TigerE1047m

The Lady and the Tiger

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

Dec 8, 1982

Episode 11 - The Late Sarah WhiteE1147m

The Late Sarah White

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

Dec 22, 1982

Episode 12 - The Sultan of SwatE1247m

The Sultan of Swat

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

Jan 5, 1983

Episode 13 - Ape BoyE1346m

Ape Boy

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

Jan 12, 1983

Episode 14 - God Save the QueenE1447m

God Save the Queen

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

Jan 19, 1983

Episode 15 - High Stakes LadyE1546m

High Stakes Lady

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

Jan 26, 1983

Episode 16 - Force of HabitE1647m

Force of Habit

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

Feb 2, 1983

Episode 17 - Cooked GooseE1747m

Cooked Goose

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

Mar 4, 1983

Episode 18 - Last Chance LouieE1847m

Last Chance Louie

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

Mar 11, 1983

Episode 19 - Naka Jima KillE1946m

Naka Jima Kill

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.

Mar 18, 1983

Episode 20 - Boragora or BustE2046m

Boragora or Bust

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

Mar 25, 1983

Episode 21 - A Distant Shout of ThunderE2147m

A Distant Shout of Thunder

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

Apr 8, 1983

Episode 22 - Mourning Becomes MatukaE2247m

Mourning Becomes Matuka

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

Jun 1, 1983

Actors

Stephen Collins

Stephen Collins

Jake Cutter

Caitlin O'Heaney

Caitlin O'Heaney

Sarah Stickney White

Jeff MacKay

Jeff MacKay

Corky

Roddy McDowall

Roddy McDowall

"Bon Chance" Louie

Marta DuBois

Marta DuBois

Koji

John Fujioka

John Fujioka

Todo

John Calvin

John Calvin

Willie Tenboom

Recommendations

Lost
The Assassin
Black Sails
The Unit
Masters of the Air
Skull Island
Blood & Treasure
Fena: Pirate Princess
The Pacific
Kung Fu
Banshee: Origins
Continuum
The Mosquito Coast
Citadel
Killjoys
Sandokan
The Equalizer
Dark Blue
The Terminal List
La Femme Nikita

Similars

The Assets
Now and Again
Biff Baker U.S.A.
Carnivàle
La Femme Nikita
The Man from U.N.C.L.E.
Agatha Christie's Poirot
My Brother Jonathan
Disguised Family
Fleming
She Spies
MacGyver
Jason King
Counterpart
Mission Top Secret
Lady & Liar
The X's
Matador
The Disguiser
The Equalizer