7.7/10288 votes#1 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)
Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 9/22/1982
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
7.4/1081 votes#2 - Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)
Season 1 Episode 2 - Aired 9/22/1982
Freelance pilot Jake Cutter and his mechanic Corky become involved with Nazis and American Sarah Stickney White while searching the south Pacific for a mythical gold monkey.
Director: Ray Austin
Writer: Donald P. Bellisario
6.9/1068 votes#3 - Shanghaied
Season 1 Episode 3 - Aired 9/29/1982
Corky is kidnapped by Princess Kogi's half brother to repair the engines of his slave ship.
Director: Alan J. Levi
Writer: N/A
6.8/1066 votes#4 - Black Pearl
Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 10/13/1982
Jake, posing as a defecting U.S. scientist, and Sarah search for an experimental German bomb and a famed black pearl.
Director: Victor Lobl
Writer: Paul Savage
7.1/1057 votes#5 - Legends Are Forever
Season 1 Episode 5 - Aired 10/20/1982
A former Flying Tiger asks Jake's help in finding the fabled lost treasure of King Solomon.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.9/1054 votes#6 - Escape From Death Island
Season 1 Episode 6 - Aired 10/27/1982
Jake and Corky are imprisoned on an island penal colony when they try to free the son of an Englishman.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
6.8/1050 votes#7 - Trunk From the Past
Season 1 Episode 7 - Aired 11/3/1982
Sarah receives a mysterious trunk from her late father and it leads her to a lost civilization.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II
Writer: N/A
7.0/1049 votes#8 - Once a Tiger...
Season 1 Episode 8 - Aired 11/17/1982
Jake leads the search for a downed plane flown by a former Flying Tiger transporting a prototype gunsight of interest to the Japanese.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: N/A
7.1/1050 votes#9 - Honor Thy Brother
Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 11/24/1982
Jake is followed by the brother of a Japanese pilot he shot down while he was still a Flying Tiger in China, and Corky struggles to avoid a prearranged marriage.
Director: Michael Vejar
Writer: N/A
6.5/1049 votes#10 - The Lady and the Tiger
Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 12/8/1982
Jake is shot down and rescued by an Amish widow and her son, who hide him from the Japanese occupying their island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.6/1045 votes#11 - The Late Sarah White
Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 12/22/1982
Jake and Corky fly to the Philippines to explore the reports of Sarah's death while on a mission involving MacArthur.
Director: N/A
Writer: Mary Ann Kasica, Michael Scheff
6.7/1046 votes#12 - The Sultan of Swat
Season 1 Episode 12 - Aired 1/5/1983
Jake tries to help a former baseball hero who is accused of murdering a local girl on Boragora.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.3/1048 votes#13 - Ape Boy
Season 1 Episode 13 - Aired 1/12/1983
Jake and Sarah help an abandoned boy found living among the apes on an isolated island.
Director: Winrich Kolbe
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.0/1044 votes#14 - God Save the Queen
Season 1 Episode 14 - Aired 1/19/1983
Jake helps foil an attempt to hijack an ocean liner carrying the Duke of Windsor.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1044 votes#15 - High Stakes Lady
Season 1 Episode 15 - Aired 1/26/1983
Jake acts as a bodyguard to a lady gambler during a high stakes poker game.
Director: James Frawley
Writer: N/A
7.3/1042 votes#16 - Force of Habit
Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 2/2/1983
An old friend of Jake's turns up on Tagataya looking for help with a mission of mercy.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
6.8/1041 votes#17 - Cooked Goose
Season 1 Episode 17 - Aired 3/4/1983
A Clipper pilot is beaten and his bride apparently kidnapped by Princess Kogi and held for ransom.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Huguely
7.5/1046 votes#18 - Last Chance Louie
Season 1 Episode 18 - Aired 3/11/1983
Louie is sentenced to the guillotine for murder, and his only defense is an old story he doesn't want to get out.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.4/1042 votes#19 - Naka Jima Kill
Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 3/18/1983
An ambitious newswoman tricks Jake into flying her to Princess Kogi's island for an interview with the Japanese defense minister, a recent target for assassination.
Director: N/A
Writer: Andrew Schneider
7.0/1041 votes#20 - Boragora or Bust
Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 3/25/1983
Jake's prospector buddy stands to lose his platinum strike to an unscrupulous businessman from the States.
Director: Ivan Dixon
Writer: N/A
7.4/1043 votes#21 - A Distant Shout of Thunder
Season 1 Episode 21 - Aired 4/8/1983
Sarah is used as a scapegoat by an island revolutionary who accuses her of removing a sacred statue from a cemetery on the island.
Director: N/A
Writer: N/A
7.7/1038 votes#22 - Mourning Becomes Matuka
Season 1 Episode 22 - Aired 6/1/1983
Princess Kogi hires Jake as a bodyguard after an attempt on her life during a birthday celebration.
Director: N/A
Writer: Jay Huguely
The Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey Season 1
Every episode of Tales of the Gold Monkey Season 1 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of Tales of the Gold Monkey Season 1!
In a backwater corner of the South Pacific in 1938, a young American adventurer and his ragtag group of friends become involved in death-defying hi-jinx,...
Genre:Action & Adventure
Network:ABC
Season 1 Ratings Summary
"Tales of the Gold Monkey (1)" is the best rated episode of "Tales of the Gold Monkey" season 1. It scored 7.7/10 based on 288 votes. Directed by Ray Austin and written by Donald P. Bellisario, it aired on 9/22/1982. This episode is rated 0.3 points higher than the second-best, "Tales of the Gold Monkey (2)".