Hawaii Five-0 - "The Devil and Mr. Frog"

by Ted Davis

Original Air Date: December 10, 1969

Directed by: Michael O’Herlihy

Cat Out of the Bag Alert! This review contains spoilers for this episode!

Synopsis: Full time loser / part time kidnapper Jack Gibbons (Frank Marth), alias The Devil, extorts 300k from rich businessman Daniel Gainham (William Zuckert), but is unable to capitalize on his dubious achievement because he can’t spend the cash without revealing his complicity in a kidnapping. Compulsively coiffed Detective Captain Steve McGarrett (Jack Lord) of the Hawaii 5-0 department leads the charge to incarcerate the confirmed criminal.

Kitty Cameo: A very scrawny tortoiseshell cat mews plaintively for food (dubbed in) as McGarrett searches a derelict old cabin which the kidnappers used as a hideout. The kitty seems completely unconcerned about the sudden presence of the police.