Tom Selleck ako bývalý vojak námornej pechoty a príslušník špeciálnych jednotiek vo Vietname Thomas Sullivan Magnum pracuje pre Robina Mastersa, bohatého majiteľa nehnuteľností na Havajských ostrovoch, ktorý ho najal, aby udržiaval právo a poriadok na jeho rozsiahlom sídle na severe ostrova Oahu, kým on bude cestovať po svete a písať knihy.
Mastersovo sídlo riadi upätý správca, Brit Jonathan Quayle Higgins, ktorý predtým slúžil v Kráľovskej armáde ako major a pochádza zo starého šľachtického rodu. Magnum žije v domčeku pre hostí, šoféruje Mastersovo Ferrari, háda sa so správcom Higginsom a rieši rôzne prípady, ktoré sa vyskytnú na ostrove pri návštevách Mastersových či Higginsových hostí a známych, alebo sú spojené so životom domácich obyvateľov havajského ostrova Oahu.
Režie: Winrich Kolbe, David Hemmings, Peter Medak, Michael O'Herlihy, Stuart Margolin, Roger Young, Donald P. Bellisario, John Llewellyn Moxey, Gilbert M. Shilton, Jackie Cooper, Ivan Dixon, Burt Kennedy, Russ Mayberry, John Patterson, Ron Satlof, Vincent M
Scénář: Jeri Taylor, Ken Pettus, Frank Lupo, Deborah Dean Davis, Jay Huguely, Bruce Cervi, Michael Scheff, Robert Van Scoyk, Rob Gilmer, Andrew Schneider, Nick Thiel, Joe Gores, Glen A. Larson, Jill Donner, Kimmer Ringwald, James L. Novack, Allan Cole, Julie
Produkční společnosti: Glen A. Larson Productions, Universal Television, Belisarius Productions
Produkce: Jay Huguely, Andrew Schneider, Chas. Floyd Johnson, Reuben Leder, Tom Selleck, Jeri Taylor, Chris Abbott
Kamera: John Coquillon, Woody Omens, Duke Callahan, Lloyd
Hudba: John Cacavas, Velton Ray Bunch, Mike Post, Garry Schyman, Pete Carpenter
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