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MacGyver: The Heist

MacGyver takes on a crooked Virgin Islands casino owner who has stolen $60 million in diamonds and stashed them in his impregnable vault.


9.7/10 (3 Votes cast)

Episode Info


Episode number: 1x5
Production Number: 007
Airdate: Sunday November 03rd, 1985



Guest Stars
Vernon G. WellsVernon G. Wells
As Jack Catlin (as Vernon Wells)
Recurring
Victoria BassVictoria Bass
As Tiffany
John CarterJohn Carter
As Senator Rhodes
Doran Clark (1)Doran Clark (1)
As Chris Rhodes

Co-Guest Stars
Larry D. MannLarry D. Mann
As Daniel Sims
Recurring
Richard Jamison (1)Richard Jamison (1)
As Wilson
Recurring
Michael Francis Kelly (1)Michael Francis Kelly (1)
As Thomas (as Michael F. Kelly)
Recurring
Jacqui EvansJacqui Evans
As Woman Gambler
Gary PagettGary Pagett
As Croupier
Diane AdairDiane Adair
As Waitress
Main Cast
Richard Dean AndersonRichard Dean Anderson
As Angus MacGyver

Recap

In the U.S. Virgin Islands, casino owner Jack Catlin welcomes Daniel Sims, a nervous man who has arrived by plane with $60 million in stolen diamonds. Sims is concerned the police are following him but Catlin assures him he has nothing to worry about. Catlin checks the diamonds and then shoots Sims dead...

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Episode Notes
Filming location: Hilton Hotel, Universal City, California



Episode Quotes
Chris: You know, you're right. What the hell - we'll do it!
MacGyver: What do you mean "we"? You're in the Peace Corps, not the Green Berets, remember?

MacGyver: I've found from past experiences that the tighter your plan, the more likely you are to run into something unpredictable.

MacGyver: Now get yourself down and brace yourself. This could be fun.



Episode Goofs
You can see the cameraman parachuting out after the car as it emerges from the cargo plane.



Episode References
MacGyverisms:
* Jacket thread and paper clip to hook a woman's zipper and rip off her dress
* Shoe polishing wheel and powdered soap to shave dice
* Floor cleaner cord to lock a door
* Compressed air cylinder on a bar cart as a makeshift missile
* Phone magnet to set off a roulette wheel
* Ring with setting removed to mark playing cards
* Alarm clock as makeshift timer to short circuit an electrical panel
* Coat hanger, mirror, duct tape, and string to distort a security camera image, then pull it free leaving no evidence of tampering
* Cigar ashes to spot laser security beams
* Fiber optic light sculpture to bypass laser security beams
* Four liquid-filled wine glasses to generate the tones to open a sound-based security lock
* Large flower/petal sculpture leaf as a funnel to pour diamonds down a drain pipe to the trunk of a car below
* Attaching a parachute to a car and driving the car out of a cargo plane



Other Episode Crew

CreatorLee David Zlotoff
Executive ProducerJerry Ludwig  |  Henry Winkler  |  John Rich (1)
Supervising ProducerStephen Downing
ProducerTerry Nation
Co-ProducerStephen Kandel
Associate ProducerSteven Milkis
Production DesignerStan Jolley
EditorJoe Ravetz  |  David Wages
CastingPam Polifroni  |  Joanne Koehler
Line ProducerVin DiBona
Unit Production ManagerDavid Menteer
First Assistant DirectorBritt Lomond (2)
Second Assistant DirectorMerri D. Howard
MusicDennis McCarthy (2)
Music EditorSteve Danforth
Costume DesignerSharlene Williams  |  Rudolph Garcia  |  Thomas Welsh
HairstylistLynn Del Kail
Make-upDee Manges
Set DecoratorBryan Thetford
Property MasterPeter McWade
Script SupervisorKathy Barrett (1)
Director of PhotographyDonald H. Birnkrant
Story EditorDavid Abramowitz  |  James Schmerer
Stunt CoordinatorVince Deadrick, Jr. (1)
Sound MixerDean Hodges
Special EffectsBilly Myatt
Main Title ThemeRandy Edelman
Senior ProducerRobert Hargrove
Administrative SupervisorDelia Circelli
 

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