The fifth episode of Wonder Woman airs on ABC, starring Lynda Carter and Lyle Waggoner. John Hillerman (Magnum P.I.) and Mickey Morton (The Star Wars Holiday Special) guest star.
A Nazi defector is questioned by Major Trevor as Diana and General Blankenship watch from the other side of a false mirror; he has valuable information that he’s not unloading until the United States can guarantee his safety. But his fellow Nazis are already planning to recapture him before he can talk, and they’ve prepared for any interference from Wonder Woman by training a giant gorilla to react to her with hostile aggression on sight. She may be an expert at dealing with Nazis, but can Wonder Woman tame the heart of a trained, conditioned primate?
written by David Ketchum and Tony DiMarco
directed by Charles R. Rondeau
music by Artie KaneCast: Lynda Carter (Diana Prince / Wonder Woman), Lyle Waggoner (Major Steve Trevor), Richard Eastham (General Blankenship), Beatrice Colen (Etta Candy), Robert Loggia (Hans Eichler), Gretchen Corbett (Erica Belgard), John Hillerman (Conrad Steigler), Tom Reese (Carl), Herb Voland (Dr. Osmond), Jerry Fitzpatrick (Circus Guard), Jim Driskill (Sergeant Henderson), Curtis Credel (Corporal Rogers), John Zenda (Soldier), Mickey Morton (Gargantua)
Notes: Mickey Morton (1927–1993) was a fixture in 1970s and ’80s genre productions:- he had donned a Wookiee suit to play Chewie’s wife Malla in the 1978 Star Wars Holiday Special, and played Solomon Grundy in the lamentable 1979 TV special Legends Of The Superheroes. John Hillerman’s best known role was ahead of him, starring as Higgins in Magnum P.I. from 1980 through 1988.
LogBook entry by Earl Green