Hawaii Five-O

About Hawaii Five-O

A police action-adventure series set in the lush and colourful islands of Hawaii. Hawaii Five-O stars Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett head of the special investigating unit handling cases which are too big or too far reaching for any other local agency. Tough on criminals but known to the citizens of Hawaii as "The Cop Who Cares" McGarrett and his Five-O team principally McGarrett himself boyish Danny (Danno) Williams Chinese Chin Ho Kelly and Hawaiian Kono Kalakaua are ready to move quickly and efficiently in pursuit of criminal elements on the island. They concentrate on psychopathic killers and Triad-like forces from the Hawaiian underworld and a particularly cunning and elusive adversary named Wo Fat.

The emphasis in each thrill-packed episode is on police work and all the action intrigue and melodrama inherent in police activities. Adding to viewer attraction is an impressive array of guest starts -- Ricardo Montalban Helen Hayes Edward Asner Sally Kellerman Peter Strauss Loretta Swit and many many more.

This consistently superb casting combined with creative and production talent of the highest calibre and the reality of location shooting has made Hawaii Five-0 one of the longest running series ever on prime time television.