1973-1974: 24 “30,000 Rooms And I Have The Key”

Tuesday, February 26, 1974; 8:30 p.m. (50:05*; 50:10**)
David Wayne appears in a variety of disguises in his role as a brazen thief whose joy in life is to taunt the police. He even sends McGarrett an engraved invitation to a burglary. (Description from TV Guide: Vol. 22, No. 8. February 23, 1974. Issue #1091.)

*Noted on cover of First Draft (Bernie Oseransky)
**Noted on cover of Final Draft (Bernie Oseransky)

MAIN CREDITS:
Supervising Producer - Bob Sweeney
Produced by William Finnegan
Story Consultant - Ken Pettus
Written by E. ARthur Kean
Directed by Charles S. Dubin
Executive Producer - Leonard Freeman

CAST:
Steve McGarrett – Jack Lord
Dan Williams – James MacArthur
Ben Kakua [sic] - Al Harrington
Chin Ho Kelly – Kam Fong
Monsieur Bordeaux - David Wayne
Duke Lukela - Herman Wedemeyer
Che Fong - Harry Endo
Fairgate - John C. Hurd
Darter - Clarence Garcia***
Chadway**** - Johann H. Strasser
Police Artist - James M. Severson
Atwood - Donald M. Over
Courier - James L. Hutchinson
Thelma - Ethel Azama
Holt - Norman DuPont#
Luther Newhall - Albert M. Harris#
Hmoward - Creighton Lam#

***Cast List shows Sam Peters as Darter.
****Cast List shows "Strasser/Chadway".
#In Cast List only (not in ending credits).

PRODUCTION:
Associate Producer - James Heinz
Theme - Morton Stevens
Director of Photography - Robert L. Morrison
Art Director - Jack Collis
Film Editor - Fred A. Chulack
Unit Production Manager - Bernard Oseransky
Assistant Director - Christopher Seiter
Asst. to the Production Mgr. - Richard Dixon
Production Mixer - Coye Vanover
Costumes - Richard Egan
Makeup Artist - Keester Sweeney
Set Director - Buck Henshaw
Location Casting - Bob Busch
Assistrant to the Producer - Cliff Fenneman
Music Supervisor - Don B. Ray
Title Visualization - Reza S. Badiyi

Production #1729-0466

Draft Stage:
Story Outline (6-21-73; 35 pp.)
Writer's First Draft (8-9-73; 66 pp.)
Teleplay (8-21-73; 70 pp.)
Writer's First Draft [rev.]+ (9-4-73; 66 pp.]
First Draft (10-22-73; 50 pp.; 164 scenes)
First Draft (11-30-73; 63 pp.; 185 scenes)
Final Draft (12-5-73; 48 pp.; 164 scenes)
Final Draft (59X pp.; 174N scenes)

Script Date:
12-6-73 (rev. 12-10)++

Shooting Schedule:
Fri., November 9 - Sat., November 17, 1973

Location Sites:
Hawaiian Regent Hotel
Ilikai Hotel