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The Case of the Red Faced ThespianEpisode Number: 75 Season Num: 4 First Aired: Thursday January 19, 1984 Prod Code: 7606 |
Higgins sustains a concussion hours before the guests are to arrive for a charity gala at the estate, and begins to lapse in and out of believing he is famed Shakespearean actor Sir Fearing Pangborn; Thomas enlists Rick and T.C. to cover security for the event while he takes up the slack left by Higgins's injury, and has his hands full when all the guests, dressed as famous characters of the 1920s in keeping with the gala's "Great Gatsby" theme, begin to arrive hours ahead of the appointed time; a crime wave breaks out when someone dressed in the same Charlie Chaplin costume as Rick is seen fleeing from a guest's room moments before thousands of dollars in cash and jewelry are reported missing and an addled Higgins is the prime suspect in the murder of one of the guests; as he begins to realize that people and events are not what they seem, Thomas takes his inspiration from the six-hour First Annual KHKU Agatha Christie Film Festival he viewed the previous night to solve the crimes and expose the true identities of some of the guests, the real culprits, their motives, and the trickery beneath it all.
| Writer: | Robert Hamilton |
| Director: | Ivan Dixon |
| Star: | Tom Selleck (Thomas Magnum), Roger E. Mosley (T.C. Calvin), John Hillerman (Jonathan Quayle Higgins), Larry Manetti (Rick Wright) |
| Recurring Role: | Kwan Hi Lim (Yoshi Tanaka) |
| Guest Star: | June Chadwick (Lady Cynthia Warrington-Stout), Vonetta McGee (Inez Stuart), Laurette Spang (Marge Atherton), John McCook (Nolan Atherton), Colleen Camp (Valerie Kane), Ronald Lacey (Archer Hayes), John P. Romano (Douglas Fairbanks (double)) |
The official onscreen title of this episode does not contain the grammatically correct hyphen between "Red" and "Faced" that is frequently seen in other listings for this episode.
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Nolan: "Great costume."
Thomas: "Oh, this isn't a costume."
Marge: "Really? You wear that shirt in public?" (edit) Jonathan Higgins: Magnum, I'm very busy placating the guests. Now, will you please send Rick and T.C. away and assume the character of a reasonably competent security person? Only you and I will know you're acting. (edit) Inez: "What's your sister's name?"
T.C.: "T.C.. Um, that's short for Thelma Catherine. She just goes by T.C.." (edit)
Thomas: "Oh, this isn't a costume."
Marge: "Really? You wear that shirt in public?" (edit) Jonathan Higgins: Magnum, I'm very busy placating the guests. Now, will you please send Rick and T.C. away and assume the character of a reasonably competent security person? Only you and I will know you're acting. (edit) Inez: "What's your sister's name?"
T.C.: "T.C.. Um, that's short for Thelma Catherine. She just goes by T.C.." (edit)
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