OK, so we know that Tom Selleck was originally cast to portray Indy, but he couldn't accept the role because of his contractual obligations to Universal Studios to star in Magnum, PI.
However, in the eighth and final season of Magnum, there was an episode titled "Legend of the Lost Art." A British agent named Ridley Smythe, who happens to be a movie buff, sets up elaborate schemes based on his favorite movies.
Smythe demands that Magnum recover a priceless scroll called the Lost Art of the Ancients. In doing so, he requires Magnum to wear a brown leather bomber jacket (which looked like any off the rack A-2 styled bomber jacket) and a brown fedora. Magnum even picks up a whip along the way.
So my question is: Does anyone know who manufactured the hat worn by Selleck? Unfortunately, I don't have the ability to post pictures of the hat from the episode. I can say that in the very brief glimpses we have of the liner, there is a hint of yellow, which sometimes appears on the liners of Stetson cowboy hats.
Magnum's Fedora
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Though, I much prefer Ford in the role. Selleck's too comic.
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