SERIES WONDER WOMAN
"The Richest Man In The World""The Richest Man In The World"

Episode Number: 17, according to third season broadcast order and 19 according to third season production order. Episode number 39 according to “The New Adventures of Wonder Woman” run and 41 according to the series production order.

Production Number: 166848.
Air date: Monday, February 19, 1979.
Writer: Glen Olson and Rod Baker.
Director: Don MacDougall.

Guest Stars: Jeremy Slate (Marshall Henshaw) / Roger Perry (Dunfield) / Del Monroe (Thug) / Carmen Zapata (Prime Minister) / Barry Miller (Barney). Special Guest Stars: Marlyn Mason (Lucy). Co-Starring: Joe Warfield (IADC Officer) / Buck Young (Foreman) / Joe G. Medalis (Lab Man). Featuring: Charles Young (Ambulance Attendant) / Bobbie Baum (Cab Driver) / Tom Kratochvil (Voice of IRAC).

Other Titles: In Spanish: “El Hombre Más Rico Del Mundo” ("The Richest Man In The World") / In German: "Der große Coup" ("The Big Coup") / In Japanese (Romanji): "Goudatu! misairu-bougyo-sisutemu MISSHII" ("Extortion! Missile Defense-System Mission") / In Italian: "L'Uomo Piu 

Ricco Del Mondo" ("The Richest Man In The World") / In French: "L'Homme le plus Riche Du Monde" ("The Richest Man In The World") .

 
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An ambulance comes to a gentle stop near a parking garage elevator. Out steps Marshall Henshaw (JEREMY SLATE) -a big man wearing a hat down to his ears, large opaque glasses, a scarf around his neck, a long overcoat and tennis shoes. He thanks the driver and tells them he'll return in a few minutes. Once inside the building he greets his old friend, a Prime Minister from a European country and within minutes, the sale of 'Missy' -Missile -Systems -Scrambler, is made. Steve Trevor (LYLE WAGGONER) is present and confirms to the Prime Minister that 'Missy' is ready to be shipped. Henshaw leaves the meeting and heads for the ambulance. He immediately recognizes that it is a different driver but too late. A cloth, doused in ether, is put over his face. Once inside the ambulance, the labels, jewelry and identification of any kind are destroyed. Since Henshaw is the richest man in the world, he kept a very low profile and the two heavies are convinced that it will take people years to believe who he really is. They look for an out-of-the-way place to dump him.

     In the meantime, Diana Prince (LYNDA CARTER), is in the Henshaw factory preparing to put the missile device in a truck for the sixty-mile drive to the Prime Minister's private freighter. Diana will tail the truck -a furniture van - and the sooner the Scrambler gets out of the country, the happier everyone will be. If anything should happen, it could cause an international incident. Suddenly, a shot is heard and Diana and the security men instinctively turn toward the door. With their backs turned, a janitor walks towards the table, steals the real 'Missy' and an exact duplicate is put in its place. The shot heard was a car back firing. The missile is loaded and Diana is following the van for many miles without incident. As the driver approaches a curve, and as he tries to slow down, he finds that he has no brakes. Diana, seeing the van approach the curve at such high speed knows that something is wrong. -She jumps out of her car and whirls into Wonder Woman. She throws a golden lasso which settles around the bumper and stops the truck. She sees a device attached to the bumper, pitches the device over the cliff and it explodes in a shower of rock and flame. She opens the door to the back of the van and gapes in awe. The 'Missy' has been stolen.

     She returns to Henshaw factory and demands to talk to the person in charge of the warehouse. Lucy DeWitt (MARLYN MASON) greets her and when Diana hears her name, she is surprised. DeWitt is Henshaw's friend and confidante and one of the few people in the world who know what Henshaw looks like. DeWitt promises Diana that nothing will leave the warehouse without the IADC's approval. When Diana leaves, Lucy's smile fades and she grows serious.

     Henshaw, who was tossed off the ambulance in a wooded area, is just beginning to come to. A young boy, Barney (BARRY MILLER) finds him and takes him back to where he lives. Where he lives, is a shack. He is an orphan who has run away from orphanages, foster homes and an aunt. Henshaw borrows the little money Barney has and the two of them take a cab into town to the hotel where Henshaw's assistant, Dunfield (ROGER PERRY), the Prime Minister (CARMEN ZAPATA) and Steve are. Steve is trying to pacify the Prime Minister who is very disturbed at the loss of the missile. The phone in the suite rings and when the doorman tells Dunfield that a man claiming to be Henshaw wants to see him, Dunfield tells him to throw the man out. Henshaw can't believe what he is hearing and then he analyzes what it is all about -Dunfield plans to steal the missile. He and Barney leave and head for Lucy's house. Lucy has just also received a call from Dunfield. He tells her about Henshaw. He also tells her that Missy will be delivered to the black market buyer and by evening, they will be on their way to Switzerland. Henshaw and Barney enter her apartment and she tells them to leave before she has her bodyguard kill them both. Henshaw now learns that she and Dunfield are in this thing together. He can't understand why. They leave the apartment and unbeknown to Lucy, Barney lifted her car keys. He gives them to Henshaw and they heat out for the factory.

     Henshaw has a slight accident and Diana, who is on her way back to the factory to question Lucy, picks them both up in her car. She toes not know who they are. Henshaw asks her to stop so that he can make a phone call and she walks with him to the phone booth. Barney is left alone in the car and is kidnapped by one of Lucy's men. A gun is left with instructions for Henshaw to kill Diana. It is then that he tells her who he is. He tosses the gun away and roars off in her car. Diana walks off to a safe area and whirls into Wonder Woman.

     In the factory, Dunfield and Lucy get Missy and decide to take Barney along with them to the airport as protection. Just as they

are about to leave, Wonder Woman enters the picture. One thug fires two shots at her which she easily deflects. Dunfield and Lucy split up with Dunfield taking Barney with him. Henshaw captures Lucy and Wonder Woman captures Dunfield. Barney is safe. The baddies are taken away. Steve, Diana and the IADC make sure that Missy will be on its way to Europe within hours. Ant, Henshaw, who is completely taken with Barney, tells him that he will never have to live in the shack again. The richest man in the world wants to adopt him....

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