Magnum, P.I. (Television program.) Simon & Simon (Television program.)
Notes:
Universal: 24711. Not rated. Based on the characters created by Donald P. Bellisario and Glen A. Larson. Full screen presentation. Special features: bonus disc containing 4 additional episodes featuring special guests stars Sharon Stone, Morgan Fairchild and a cross-over episode with fellow P.I.'s Simon & Simon. Videodisc release of the 1980-81 episodes of the television series by Belisarius Productions, Glen A. Larson Productions and Universal Television. Tom Selleck, John Hillerman, Roger E. Mosley, Larry Manetti.
Summary:
Thomas Sullivan Magnum (Selleck), ex-Naval Intelligence officer and Vietnam vet, lives in Hawaii as a security guard on a private estate and does private investigative work to earn a living. Two of the other regular characters in the series, T.C. (Theodore Calvin) (Mosley) and Orville "Rick" Wright (Manetti), are buddies of Magnum from Vietnam days. The Vietnam war and its lingering effects are a recurring theme in the series.
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