Cloud Over Koala

"Cloud Over Koala"
Hawaiian Eye episode
Episode no.	Season 1 Episode 6
Directed by	William J Hole Jr
Written by	Louis Pelletier, from a radio play by Stanley Niss
Original air date	November 11, 1959
Guest stars
Joanna Moore : Peggy McLane Maurice Manson : Alfred Holland Don Gordon : Cliff Johnson
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"Cloud Over Koala" is an episode of the American television detective series Hawaiian Eye.

Synopsis

Middle-aged bachelor Alfred Holland is enticed into romance by Peggy McClane, a much younger lady with a secret boyfriend, ex-con Cliff Johnson. Holland works for realtor John Peralta, who has just hired Tracey Steele and Hawaiian Eye to find a former business partner named William Vedder. Steele eventually learns that William Vedder, besides being hard to find, is an ex-con whose conviction was secured through testimony by Alfred Holland. Unable to find Vedder, Steele is advised by Lt Quon to seek out Cliff Johnson, his former cellmate.

Cliff Johnson denies any knowledge of Vedder's whereabouts, but his apartment's proximity to Peggy McClane's arouses Steele's suspicion after learning of her liaison with Alfred Holland. Meanwhile, William Vedder, an out of control lush being hidden by an old Chinese woman, is visited by Cliff Johnson. They discuss their plan to have Peggy marry Holland, in order to gain title to certain real-estate deeds held jointly by Vedder and Peralta. These holdings, once worthless, are now valuable. John Peralta signed his share over to Alfred Holland to keep it out of a pending divorce settlement. It all ends badly when Holland accidentally kills Veddar in self-defense, then commits suicide when apprehended by Steele and Tom Lopaka.

Episode cast

Series regulars

• Anthony Eisley ...as Tracy Steele
• Robert Conrad ...as Tom Lopaka
• Connie Stevens ...as Cricket Blake
• Poncie Ponce ...as Kim

Recurring characters

• Mel Prestidge ...as Lt Danny Quon

Guest stars

• Joanna Moore ...as Peggy McClane
• Maurice Manson ...as Alfred Holland
• Don Gordon ...as Cliff Johnson
• Jack Orrison ...as William Vedder
• Lou Krugman ...as John Peralta
• Unknown ...as Old Chinese Woman
• Unknown ...as Lolita (receptionist)

Episode notes

This was one of the few episodes without a musical number written into the teleplay.

External links

• Cloud Over Koala at the Internet Movie Database