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Waikiki

1980 · 96 min

A sunny, breezy detective romp that coasts on charm and island scenery while a grim murder case simmers underneath.

Directed by: Ron Satlof
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Dack Rambo, Steve Marachuk, Donna Mills

Tagline: Terror in Paradise!
Overview: A couple of private eyes, a laid-back Californian and a streetwise New Yorker, team up to track down a killer in Hawaii known as "The Cane Field Murderer" in this unsuccessful pilot to a detective series.

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Directed by: Ron Satlof
Genres: Action, Crime, Thriller
Starring: Dack Rambo, Steve Marachuk, Donna Mills

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
lightstrength 2 of 3
campystrength 1 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
mystery
violence
friendship
isolation
Places: big city
sea
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: procedural
serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Action	5
Horror	3
Humour	4
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	5
Darkness	4
Complexity	3
Emotional weight	3

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Genres: action, crime, thriller, tv movie
Directed by: Ron Satlof
Written by: Curtis Kenyon, Ron Friedman, Robert Janes, Don Balluck
Starring: Dack Rambo, Steve Marachuk, Donna Mills, Cal Bellini, Darren McGavin, Robert F. Lyons, Mark Slade, Branscombe Richmond
Cinematography: Robert L. Morrison
Runtime: 96 min
Country: United States of America
Languages: English

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