The Magician The Illusion of the Lost Dragon (1973–1974) Online
- Original Title :
- The Illusion of the Lost Dragon
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Adventure / Drama
- Year :
- 1973–1974
- Directror :
- Alexander Singer
- Cast :
- Bill Bixby,Joseph Sirola,Julian Christopher
- Writer :
- Bruce Lansbury,Howard Berk
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h
- Rating :
- 8.1/10
Tony visits his old magician friend, Chao Liu, after learning from his granddaughter, Dawn, that he is close to death. Chao asks Tony for a favor: help him retrieve a priceless heirloom, a Schezuan dragon statue, that the people of his home province in Taiwan have revered spiritually for a millennium. It has been Chao's life mission to find the statue, which was stolen a century ago. Three weeks ago, the statue was located and Chao purchased it using a fund raised by the people of his province for such purpose, but in shipment it was once again stolen. Dawn's brother, who went on a hunt for the statue, has gone missing in the process, and is presumed murdered by whoever stole the statue because he got too close. Using what leads Chao and Dawn are able to provide him, Tony learns that the statue is in the possession of a Eurasian man named Hon Chi Kai. Upon this news, Chao asks Tony to stop trying to get the statue back as Hon is the most ruthless man Chao knows who will torture and ...
| Episode cast overview, first billed only: | |||
 | Bill Bixby | - | Anthony Blake |
 | Joseph Sirola | - | Dominick (as Joe Sirola) |
 | Julian Christopher | - | Jerry Anderson (as Jim Watkins) (credit only) |
 | Joseph Wiseman | - | Hon Chi Kai |
 | France Nuyen | - | Dawn |
 | Philip Ahn | - | Chao Liu |
 | Soon-Tek Oh | - | Sheng (as Soon Taik-Oh) |
 | Nobu McCarthy | - | Mrs. Ti |
| Frank Michael Liu | - | Tom |
| Pat Li | - | Flower of Wisdom |
 | Lester Fletcher | - | Cooper |
| Cami Sebring | - | Kathy (as Camiey Gwyn Sebring) |
| Adele Yoshioka | - | Oriental Girl |
 | Joycelyne Lew | - | Girl #1 |
| Ruth Ko | - | Girl #2 |
The hallways in Hon Chi Kai's (Joseph Wiseman) house which have been redecorated are the same ones used in some areas of the original USS Enterprise (NCC1701) in Star Trek TOS.