Jake Cutter

Original title: Tales of the Gold Monkey

TV Series
1982–1983
1h

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The adventures of a 1930's Pacific Islands bush pilot and his companions.The adventures of a 1930's Pacific Islands bush pilot and his companions.The adventures of a 1930's Pacific Islands bush pilot and his companions.

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8.0/10

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Won 1 Primetime Emmy
- 1 win & 3 nominations total

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Stephen Collins

Jake Cutter

• 1982–1983

Jeff MacKay

Corky

• 1982–1983

Caitlin O'Heaney

Sarah Stickney White

• 1982–1983

Marta DuBois

Princess Koji

• 1982–1983

John Calvin

Reverend Willie Tenboom

• 1982–1983

John Fujioka

Todo

• 1982–1983

Leo the Dog

Jack

• 1982–1983

Roddy McDowall

Bon Chance Louie

• 1982–1983

Les Jankey

Gushie…

• 1982–1983

Ahmed Kalane

Bartender

• 1982–1983

Conrad Bachmann

Commander…

• 1982

Greg Elliot

Sparks

• 1982

Elizabeth Lindsey

Tiki

• 1982–1983

Branscombe Richmond

Bar Fighter…

• 1982–1983

Ron Moody

Bon Chance Louie

• 1982

John Hillerman

'Monocle' Fritz

• 1982

Cliff Potts

Dr. John Kimble

• 1982

William Lucking

Gandy Dancer

• 1982

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RedRaven

A Great Show Cancelled Before Its Time

"Tales of the Gold Monkey" was a fun romp of a show. Rather than being a rip-off of "Raiders of the Lost Ark," it was a show inspired by classic movies, such as "Only Angels Have Wings," with a great cast including Stephen Collins, Caitlin O'Heaney, Jeff MacKay, and the late Roddy McDowell. Running only one season, the show never made it into syndication, although the USA Network ran it in the late 80's.

Mork-4

Excellent Adventure Tale

A great programme that I remember watching in the early 80's on British TV. It was shown in England in about 1982 (I was 12, my brother 16). We both loved it, but it was only on for one series and then vanished into thin air. I would love to see this again!

Reminiscent of "Raiders of the Lost Ark", but with a classier, darker feel to the stories. The characters were less one dimensional, but still appealed to the kid in me. I always loved the flying "boat plane"!

dmeyer6858

The Gold Monkey . . .

. . . was an absolutely fantastic show. I was only twelve when it aired, and given my age it holds the same place in my heart that movies like "Indiana Jones" hold (and yes, I know the former did not derive from the latter). It was fantastic in the true sense of the word. At the same time, it was light-hearted and fun and adventurous. I have ever since wanted to visit Boragora, and was disappointed to find that the place didn't exist.

I searched for hours on-line looking for the name of this show. For whatever reason, the image of it popped into my head a few months back, and I could not for the life of me remember it. Hours on-line cured that.

For all you Gold Monkey fans out there, you can now purchase the season on DVD.

8culwin

Cool show!

This was a cool show! I'm surprised it didn't last longer, I mean this seems like perfect fare for the early '80s, with Indiana Jones and all. I guess it was a big hit with kids, but not so much with adults. It was awesome to me, but then I was only 9 at the time, so what did I know??

sqeyes

I've seen them too.....wish I could see them again.

Yep I saw it when I was living abroad but never when I was in the United States strangely enough.

I was in my late teens I loved it, so did my family. I would love to see it again but for all the internet searches I have done over the years this is the first time I have ever got a reply to a search for it.

I would like to find out who has the tapes and see if they are going to release them on DVD. It is set in a very nostalgic era and I think it would go down well today even though it was a TV series.

If you find anywhere broadcasting it please let me know.

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Trivia
Jeff MacKay took the role of Corky and the producers of Magnum P.I. killed off his character, Mac. When this series was canceled after one season, the producers of Magnum P.I. brought him back as a different character.

Goofs
The series takes place in 1938 with some flashbacks to 1937 and 1936, and repeated references are made to the fact that Jake flew with the American Volunteer Group or "Flying Tigers" prior to his adventures in the show. The only problem is that the AVG did not see its first combat action until December 20th 1941 (that's three years after the events in the series are supposed to have taken place). We also see at least one flashback of Jake as a Tiger, fighting Japanese "Zeros". The Mitsubishi A6M. or "Zero" never fought against the AVG. Japan sent 15 Zeros to China in 1939, before the Tigers existed, two were shot down and the remaining 13 were recalled prior to that attack on Pearl Harbour, two weeks before the AVG saw its first combat action. The AVG only fought Ki-27 "Nates" and Ki-43 "Oscars". They shot down 290 of them.