Then There Were Three (Hawaiian Eye)

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“Then There Were Three”
Hawaiian Eye episode
Episode no. Season 1
Episode 17
Written by Ken Englund & Gibson Fox, from a story by Ken Englund
Directed by William J. Hole Jr
Guest stars Nancy Gates : Mary MacIntosh Moore
Don Dubbins : Jackson Earl
Original airdate January 27, 1960
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"Then There Were Three" is an episode of the American television detective series Hawaiian Eye.


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[edit] Synopsis

Big Jim McIntosh, an estate manager on small Keelo Island, has forced attorney Jackson Earl to romance his own client Mary MacIntosh Moore, a young widow from Iowa who has come to Hawaii to claim the estate of her deceased cousin. She is accompanied by three single middle-aged ladies, Opal, Bertie, and Dolly, whom Cricket Blake calls her "aunties". Jack Earl's father stole money from the estate many years before; to avoid that disclosure, which might hurt his own law practice, Jack allows Big Jim to pressure him into bringing Mary to Keelo for a visit. However, Jack becomes alarmed when he reads a newspaper that mentions the death of a third cousin, Denny MacIntosh, at the Alima Club in Honolulu.

Denny MacIntosh's death is initially ascribed to natural causes, so Jack, who has fallen in love with Mary, proposes to her. They have a small wedding on the island, where they also honeymoon. However, Jack decides to flee with Mary to Oahu, but is knocked out by Big Jim and his servant Muto. Meanwhile Cricket notices a clue in a wedding photo she took that tells Tracy Steele and Tom Lopaka who really killed Denny MacIntosh. They fly to Keelo Island, overpower Big Jim and Muto, and free the newlywed couple.

[edit] Episode cast

[edit] Series regulars

[edit] Recurring characters

  • Mel Prestidge ...as Lt Danny Quon
  • Doug Mossman ...as Moke

[edit] Guest stars

  • Nancy Gates ...as Mary MacIntosh Moore
  • Don Dubbins ...as Jackson Earl
  • Kathleen Freeman ...as Opal Jensen
  • Sam Buffington ...as Big Jim MacIntosh
  • Joan Banks ...as Bertie Birdwell
  • Hollis Irving ...as Dolly Mumbro
  • Kino Mahi ...as Muto
  • Lane Nakano ...as Taki
  • Felix Locher ...as Minister
  • Chiyo Tota ...as Receptionist

[edit] Musical interlude

All the Warner Brothers detective shows of the late fifties and early sixties had one or more musical interludes written into the teleplay. For this episode, Poncie Ponce played the ukulele and sang Mele Anna Kaapu Wahine and Sweet Georgia Brown solo, then did a duet with Connie Stevens of the Hawaiian Wedding Song.

[edit] Episode notes

The storyline was very slight in this episode, with a lot of screen time taken up by the musical numbers and extraneous comic bits with the three older "aunties".