Writer:	Thomas Szolski
Director:	Dennis Donnelly
Star:	Dwight Schultz (Captain H.M. "Howling Mad" Murdock),  George Peppard (Col. John "Hannibal" Smith),  Mr. T (Sgt. Bosco "B.A." Baracus),  Dirk Benedict (Lt. Templeton "Faceman" Peck)
Guest Star:	James Hong (Wan Chu),  Paul Mantee (Chris Tomas),  Peter Kwong (Tommy Chen),  Keye Luke (Sam Yeng),  John Milford (Unknown),  Richard Kellman (Unknown),  Professor Toru Tanaka (Ling (Bodyguard)),  Lydia Lei (Sun Yeng)

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Murdock: (Explaining his version of how he can speak and read Chinese.) What can I say? One day I had a gonzo headache and before it went away I could read and speak Chinese. And it was a bad afternoon, too, lemme tell you. (edit) Face: Hannibal, you really believe they're going to buy us as Tongs?
Hannibal: They don't have to buy us - all they have to do is rent. (edit) Face: All that Waterford crystal I borrowed from Universal premiere at the Sheridan Hotel...
B.A.: Man, you didn't borrow nothin'. You stole that 'bout three or four years ago. Poor folks was havin' a party to celebrate their movie. Now they gotta wind up drinkin' champagne out of paper cups. (edit) Murdock: Safe! That's rich. Set'em up an' tell me another one buddy. You wanna know what's safe in this world? Sittin' in a church and eatin' a lotta raw fibre, the rest...well you take your chances (edit) Police: You guys won't get smart and give us your names?
Hannibal: Oh, my mom said to keep my name, so IŽll take mom's advice, thanks. But we appreciate the offer. (edit)

Goof: Moments after Hannibal destroys it with machine gun fire, the chandelier above the Lun Chin bad guys is shown fully intact. (edit) Murdock can speak and read Chinese. (edit)

This episode's title alludes to the 1930 detective novel The Maltese Falcon. The story introduces Sam Spade as a classic hard-nosed detective, whom Murdock loosely emulates in "The Maltese Cow." (edit)