Waikiki (film) explained

Genre:	Action Crime Drama
Director:	Ron Satlof
Executive Producer:	Douglas S. Cramer Aaron Spelling
Producer:	Robert Janes
Location:	Kailua, O'ahu
Music:	Stu Phillips
Cinematography:	Robert L. Morrison
Company:	Aaron Spelling Productions
Network:	ABC
Runtime:	96 minutes
Country:	United States
Language:	English

Waikiki (also known as Waikiki Mission) is a 1980 American action crime drama television film that originally aired on ABC.^[1] Directed by Ron Satlof, it stars Dack Rambo, Steve Marachuk, Donna Mills, Tanya Roberts, Cal Bellini, and Darren McGavin and follows a pair of private detectives called on to investigate the bizarre serial murders of young women in Waikiki.

Plot

Two private detectives who operate out of a Waikiki discotheque are called on to investigate the bizarre serial murders of young women.

Cast

• Dack Rambo as Ronnie Browning
• Donna Mills as Cassie Howard
• Steve Marachuk as David King
• Tanya Roberts as Carol
• Cal Bellini as Rex
• Darren McGavin as Captain Mcguire
• Robert F. Lyons as Mark Barrington
• Mark Slade as Lloyd Barrington
• Branscombe Richmond as Walter Kaamanu
• Betty Carvalho as Annie Kaamanu
• Jenny Sherman as Amy
• Angus Duncan as Joe Farnsworth
• Karen Austin as Joanie
• Anne-Marie Martin as Penny
• Robert Apisa as Kahea
• Jack Hisatake as Kona
• Tommy Fujiwara as Coroner
• Suzanne Schulman as Lori
• Sigrid S. Sundstrom as Terri
• Paul Verdier as French tourist
• Laura Allen as Party guest
• Mark Pinkosh as Surfer boy

Reception

The Los Angeles Times called it "fast and absorbing escapist fare."^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Waikiki (1980). The Betamax Rundown. February 24, 2014. August 3, 2018.
2. BRASH PRIVATE EYES IN 'WAIKIKI'Thomas, Kevin. Los Angeles Times 21 Apr 1980: g6.