Magnum, P.I.: The Elmo Ziller Story (1982)
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Series regular John Hillerman essays the first of several dual roles, appearing in both his familiar guise as the stuffy, erudite Jonathan Higgins and as Higgins' illegitimate half-brother, a rowdy Texan named Elmo Ziller. Reported killed several years earlier, Elmo has suddenly resurfaced, and his daughter Lexi (Robin Dearden) asks Magnum to protect him from a murder plot--which, according to Elmo, has been hatched by his ex-wife Marcella (Barbara Rhoades). Though unable to shake the belief that Higgins and Elmo are one and the same and that he is the butt of a practical joke, Magnum agrees t shield the Texan from harm--a job that eventually obliges our hero and his buddies to dress up as rodeo clowns! Gillian Dobb, later to join the cast as Agatha Chumley, appears as a hotel desk clerk. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Glenn Cannon - Doc Ibold
- John Hillerman - Elmo Ziller
- Barbara Rhoades - Marcella Ziller
- Gillian Dobb - Sylvia
- Henry Kapono - Dan
- Med Flory - Texas Gunman #1
- John Dennis Johnston - Texas Gunman #2
- Robin Dearden - Lexi Ziller
- Ben Jaus - Police Officer
- Carolyn Shofner - Cowgirl
- Director(s):
- Mike Vejar
- Writer(s):
- Robert Hamilton
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