 Tom Selleck (qv)s prior commitment to the series forced him to  turn down the role of Indiana Jones in  _Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)_ (qv). However, production on the  series was slated to start in May of 1980, but was delayed by an  actors strike. When the series finally went into production a few  months later, "Raiders" had just completed filming. Although this  time period would have allowed Selleck to do the movie,  Harrison Ford (I) (qv) had already been cast in the film by the  time the actors strike began. (The 1988 episode "Legend of the Lost  Art" served as a "Raiders" parody, with Magnum dressed up as Indiana  Jones.)