Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb SpotlightIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsCannes Film FestivalStar WarsAsian Pacific American Heritage MonthSummer Watch GuideSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • Language
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Watchlist
Sign In
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Use app
Back
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro
Tom Selleck and Devon Ericson in Magnum, P.I. (1980)

Devon Ericson: Jennifer 'Jenny' Chapman

Tropical Madness

Magnum, P.I.

Devon Ericson credited as playing...

Jennifer 'Jenny' Chapman

Photos8

View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster
View Poster

Quotes3

  • Jennifer: You won't be apprehensive if I just reload?
  • Magnum: Oh no, not at all. I'm American, remember? We're supposed to catch bullets in our teeth.
  • [Higgins has just hit Magnum in the face to defend Jennifer's honour]
  • Higgins: By God, I lost my temper. I haven't done that in twenty years. I'm resorting to physical violence like some tawdry melodrama.
  • Jennifer: I think your actually quite wonderful, the nearest, dearest thing I've seen to a hero in a very long time...
  • [Jennifer sighs]
  • Jennifer: ...but could you please put your arm around me because I just might cry.
  • Higgins: I will make amends for that barbarian.
  • [at the club, Magnum is sitting with Rick and TC. A young British woman sits at a table, reading. Higgins passes nearby]
  • Jennifer: Excuse me, please.
  • Higgins: Yes?
  • Jennifer: By any chance, are you an official of this club?
  • Higgins: Well, not exactly, but I daresay I'm not entirely without influence. How may I be of service?
  • Jennifer: That man... well, he's staring at me.
  • Higgins: Exactly which one?
  • Jennifer: I'm afraid it is the one who appears to have gone out in his underwear.
  • Higgins: Ah, yes. Rest assured I'll attend to it immediately.
  • [Higgins approaches Magnum, Rick and TC. Jenny sips from her tea, looking at Higgins intently]
  • Theodore 'TC' Calvin: Rick, I'm telling you, either the small businessman has to expand or get demolished. I have to move up or move out.
  • Rick: Given your financial statement, did you ever consider buying a balsawood kit and a couple of rubber bands?
  • [Rick and Magnum laugh]
  • Theodore 'TC' Calvin: Say, I'm serious. This ain't funny.
  • Higgins: If I may interrupt this assemblage...
  • Rick: Why don't you pull up a chair and sit down, Higgins?
  • Magnum: How about a beer?
  • Higgins: A formal complaint has been lodged with me, regarding both unbecoming behaviour and violations of the club's dress code.
  • Magnum: C'mon, Higgins, I'm clean. I'm on the beach.
  • Higgins: It's interesting how the guilty party defends himself before being accused.
  • Rick: Oh, Thomas is usually accused before there's a complaint. That came out wrong, didn't it?
  • Higgins: Apart from your aggressively offensive attire, there's a much more serious matter. That obviously well-bred young lady over there has complained that you've been leering at her.
  • Magnum: What? Where?
  • [Magnum and TC look at Jenny]
  • Theodore 'TC' Calvin: TM, you've been giving the radar eye to that woman? Man, you got to be crazy. That chick is instant frostbite.
  • Magnum: That girl? Honest, I never even noticed her, Higgins.
  • Higgins: Methinks he doth protest too much.
  • Magnum: Oh, for... look, there is a simple, very practical, easy way to end this all. I will just go over and apologize for anything she thought may have happened. OK? Everybody happy?
  • [Higgins nods. Magnum stands and approaches Jenny]
  • Magnum: Excuse me.
  • [Jenny raises her eyes from the book]
  • Magnum: That gentleman over there, Higgins, he says I somehow offended you by staring, which I wasn't, really, but now that I'm here and I met you, I really wish I have been. You're quite lovely.
  • Jennifer: [coldly] Thank you for your courtesy and the compliment.
  • [Jenny returns reading her book]
  • Magnum: My name's Thomas Magnum.
  • Jennifer: [indifferently] Oh.
  • Magnum: [takes a seat] Listen, um, if you're new here, I thought that maybe I could, um, give you a tour of the club, like to introduce you to some people, really make you feel at home.
  • Jennifer: That's very thoughtful, but I'm quite comfortable already. Would you excuse me?
  • Magnum: [nods] Right. It was swell talking to you.
  • [Magnum leaves]

More from this title

More to explore

Recently viewed

Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
Get the IMDb app
Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
Follow IMDb on social
Get the IMDb app
For Android and iOS
Get the IMDb app
  • Help
  • Site Index
  • IMDbPro
  • Box Office Mojo
  • License IMDb Data
  • Press Room
  • Advertising
  • Jobs
  • Conditions of Use
  • Privacy Policy
  • Your Ads Privacy Choices
IMDb, an Amazon company

© 1990-2025 by IMDb.com, Inc.