History Film / CodeNameDiamondHead

''Code Name: Diamond Head'' is a 1977 MadeForTVMovie from Quinn Martin's company. [[PilotMovie It was intended to be the pilot for a series]], but the movie failed to convince the network executives it was worth a series.

* DragonLady: Tso-Tsing. Her dialog implies she intentionally plays up the image (as would the fact she has a boat named "Dragon Lady".) In reality, she's just a sweet and caring yet confident and strong woman, which fills the ''Chinese'' definition of the term.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Tree's main disguise in the show is... exactly as himself (as Ian [=McShane=].) [[SarcasmMode Master Of Disguise, indeed.]]

'''Johnny:''' [indicates Zulu's girth]\\

* CastingGag: Zulu is playing the same character he did ''Series/HawaiiFive0''.

* MomentKiller: Johnny and Tso-Tsing are enjoying some private time in the epilogue when they're interrupted - first by Cmdr. Yarnell trying to give Johnny a new assignment, then by Zulu and Hong Kong busting in on them and bringing half of Hawaii with them for an impromptu party.
* PilotMovie: Painfully so - a great deal of time is spent on exposition that has nothing to do with the plot and everything to do with establishing backstory for an ongoing series. Hell, the film's [[TheSpymaster M]] even outright says "See you again, same time, same place."

* UnderestimatingBadassery: The one thing Tree does ''not'' do. He treats Johnny and Tso-Tsing as dangerous WorthyOpponents.

* FauxlosophicNarration: Tree goes on and on about corporations knowing no national boundaries. Tso-Tsing makes retorts along the lines of [[DealWithTheDevil selling you soul in the process]].

* FauxlosophicNarration: Tree goes on and on about corporations knowing no national boundaries.

* PilotMovie: Painfully so - a great deal of time is spent on exposition that has nothing to do with the plot and everything to do with establishing backstory for an ongoing series. Hell, the film's {{M}} even outright says "See you again, same time, same place."

* PilotMovie: Painfully so - a great deal of time is spent on exposition that has nothing to do with the plot and everything to do with establishing backstory for an ongoing series.

The plot, such as it is, concerns Sean Donovan, an evil traitor spy going by the codename "Tree," who plans to steal a biological nerve agent from the Navy and sell it for 100,000 dollars. It's up to Johnny Paul (Roy Thinnes), the eponymous agent Diamond Head (so named for the actual place in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}) to stop this evil spy. Rounding out the main cast are his partners in crime, Tso-Tsing (France Nuyen), a local club owner, and Zulu (played by himself), a pop singer. Tree proves more clever than they realize as he manages to kill and pose as a high-ranking Pentagon official in order to get the nerve gas. However, things quickly unravel as Tree recognizes Tso-Tsing from another operation and blows the cover of all three spies. When he makes off with the gas and Tso-Tsing, it's up to Paul to recover both and stop Tree in time.

* CaliforniaDoubling: Subverted. The mundane locations suggest the show was shot anywhere BUT Hawaii, and yet the ending credits swear it was shot "entirely on location in Hawaii."

'''''Code Name Diamond Head''''' is a 1977 MadeForTVMovie from Quinn Martin's company. [[PilotMovie It was intended to be the pilot for a series]], but the movie failed to convince the network executives it was worth a series.

!!''Code Name Diamond Head'' contains the following tropes:

* ActorAllusion: Zulu is playing the same character he did ''Series/HawaiiFiveOh''.

* ForHalloweenIAmGoingAsMyself: Tree's main disguise in the show is... exactly as himself Ian [=McShane=]. [[SarcasmMode Master Of Disguise, indeed.]]

* BoringFailureHero: It must be very difficult to get competent agents in Hawaii. Johnny Paul pretty much blows his own cover on his ''first try'' by attempting a scheme to lead himself to Tree that simply leads Tree to realize he's being tailed by Diamond Head himself. Later, he gets himself beat up by the same henchman several times in spite of him having a ''gun''. Tso Tsing is incapable of retaining her own cover and blows Paul's in one go. Zulu loses the only man he was intended to follow in about five minutes.

* FollowTheLeader: ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' was popular at the time. Zulu actually appeared in that show for its first three years, Harry Endo (Dr. En-Ping) played the recurring character of Che Fong, Don Knight (H.K. Muldoon) and Eric Braeden (Ernest Graeber) made several guest appearances, and Morton Stevens composed the theme and score for this pilot as well.

* TheSeventies: Oozes out of every pore of the film, from the dated clothes to the groovy soundtrack.

* CodeName: Some really bad ones. "Diamond Head", "Tree", "Aunt Mary"? Gee, why didn't this get picked up for a series?

* FollowTheLeader: ''Series/HawaiiFiveO'' was popular at the time. Zulu actually appeared in that show for its first three years.

* MasterOfDisguise: Tree is one of these, hence his ability to kill a high-ranking Colonel and take his place. Though he's not very good at disposing of them body without the word getting out.

'''''Code Name Diamond Head''''' is a 1977 MadeForTVMovie from Quinn Martin's company. [[PilotMovie It was intended to be the pilot for a series]], but the movie failed at convincing the network executives it was worth a series.

The plot, as such, concerns Sean Donovan, an evil traitor spy going by the codename "Tree", who plans to steal a biological nerve agent from the Navy and sell it for 100,000 dollars. It's up to Johnny Paul (Roy Thinnes), the eponymous agent Diamond Head (so named for the actual place in UsefulNotes/{{Hawaii}}) to stop this evil spy. Rounding out the main cast are his partners in crime, Tso-Tsing (France Nuyen), a local club owner, and Zulu (played by himself), a pop singer. Tree proves more clever than they realize as he manages to kill and pose as a high-ranking Pentagon official in order to get the nerve gas. However, things quickly unravel as Tree recognizes Tso-Tsing from another operation and blows the cover of all three spies. When he makes off with the gas and Tso-Tsing, it's up to Paul to recover both and stop Tree in time.

* TheSeventies oozes out of every pore of the film, from the dated clothes to the groovy soundtrack.

* AsYouKnow: A rather clumsy BackStory InfoDump by Aunt Mary on Diamond Head.