Hawaii Five-O How to Steal a Masterpiece (Season 7, Episode 9)
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TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

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Hawaii Five-O

How to Steal a Masterpiece (Season 7, Episode 9)

Not Rated

TV Episode | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Thugs break into the heavily-guarded art room of a multimillionaire and steal a Gauguin painting worth a fortune. When Five-O comes to investigate, the millionaire, his secretary and his grandson (who are the only inhabitants of the ...See moreThugs break into the heavily-guarded art room of a multimillionaire and steal a Gauguin painting worth a fortune. When Five-O comes to investigate, the millionaire, his secretary and his grandson (who are the only inhabitants of the mansion) are surprisingly uncooperative. It turns out that the old man had been planning to sell the painting and had hired two art appraisers to market it. Soon, the group receives a ransom demand. The grandson figures out a way to pay the ransom despite intense Five-O surveillance -- with grandfather, grandson and secretary all leaving to "drop off" the $250,000, leading Five-O members on a wild goose chase, and arriving at the Iolani Palace at the exact same moment. The art appraiser, who wasn't under surveillance, paid the money and got the painting back himself. This bit of mass nose-thumbing really doesn't go over well with McGarrett, who suspects the grandson of stealing the painting to get the ransom money for his own lavish lifestyle. All is not what it seems, however. When the appraisers look over the returned painting and pronounce it genuine, the grandson promptly says it's a fake. How does he know? In a roughhousing bout with a buddy, he fell onto the real painting and damaged it. That means the real painting was stolen long before; the burglary was an elaborate scheme to steal a forgery. The grandson figures out immediately who was behind the theft of the painting (and the ransom money, presumably split among the thieves and their hired burglars), but is murdered before he can tell Five-O. McGarrett knows the appraisers did the dirty work, but has no way of charging them unless somehow he can find the real painting in their hands. Written by Peter Harris See less

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15 cast members

Name	Known for
Jack Lord Det. Steve McGarrett Det. Steve McGarrett See fewer	Dr. No (1962)
James MacArthur Danny Williams Danny Williams See fewer	Hang 'Em High (1968)
Kam Fong Chin Ho Kelly Chin Ho Kelly See fewer	Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Luther Adler Charles Ogden Charles Ogden See fewer	The Loves of Carmen (1948)
George Voskovec Durkin Durkin See fewer	12 Angry Men (1957)
Gail Strickland Forbes Forbes See fewer	The American President (1995)
George Herman Sills Anderson Sills Anderson See fewer	Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Danielle Evvy Bernstein Evvy Bernstein See fewer	Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Harry Endo Che Fong Che Fong See fewer	Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Bob Sevey Bob Sevey Bob Sevey See fewer	The Islander (1978)
Douglas Mossman Frank Kamana Frank Kamana See fewer	Hawaiian Eye (1959)
Ed Fernandez John Sample (as Edward N. Fernandez) John Sample (as Edward N. Fernandez) See fewer	Magnum, P.I. (1980)
Herman Wedemeyer Sgt. Duke Lukela Sgt. Duke Lukela See fewer	Hawaii Five-O (1968)
Michael Anderson Jr. Jeff Koestler Jeff Koestler See fewer	Logan's Run (1976)
Danny Kamekona Guard (uncredited) Guard (uncredited) See fewer	The Karate Kid Part II (1986)