The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

1965
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West

The Wild Wild West

8.1 | TV-PG | en | Drama

The Wild Wild West is an American television series Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.

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Seasons & Episodes

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EP24  The Night of the Tycoons
Apr. 11,1969
The Night of the Tycoons

West becomes involved with the Jupiter Corporation after the director of the board and two others are killed. West exposes a deep plot by the late director's sister,Amelia,to dump stock,cause a panic,then make tons of money off of the cheap stock. West's investigation leads him to an odd bar with a cirus theme and animals who like to throw bombs. West uncovers Amelia's plan to kill off the rest of the board and is able to save the rest of the members.

EP23  The Night of the Plague
Apr. 04,1969
The Night of the Plague

West deals with the kidnapping of the Governor's daughter while Gordon rushes to find Jim to inoculate him from the disease one of the criminals was carrying. The disease proves to be the turning point in the fight between the feds and the criminals as Gordon convinces the gang to turn themselves in exchange for the cure to the disease.

EP22  The Night of the Cossacks
Mar. 21,1969
The Night of the Cossacks

West and Gordon are mixed up in the affairs of the royal family of Karovnia when they come to the US fleeing from assassins in their home country. The agents find that the evil Count Balkovitch is pursuing them, looking for an icon he needs to possess to hold power in Karovnia. Of course, the Count is not acting alone and the agents must discover who is assisting him before his dastardly plans are accomplished.

EP21  The Night of the Bleak Island
Mar. 14,1969
The Night of the Bleak Island

West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.

EP20  The Night of the Diva
Mar. 07,1969
The Night of the Diva

West meets up with Gordon, who has just arrived in New Orleans with a famous Italian diva and niece of the ambassador on his arm, an escort urged by President Grant. West agrees to substitute as the lady's guardian for her appearance that evening at the opera, but the performance is interrupted when Montebello's would-be kidnappers bring down the curtain and West jumps into the fray. Discovering that sereral divas had recently disappeared in New Orleans, the agents must rush to unravel a plot involving the secret Order of Lucia and reveal who among their new acquaintances is playing a role on and off the stage.

EP19  The Night of the Pistoleros
Feb. 21,1969
The Night of the Pistoleros

Gordon and West head to a lonely outpost to battle a terrorist gang.

EP18  The Night of the Janus
Feb. 14,1969
The Night of the Janus

A melody holds the clue West needs to trap a departmental traitor.

EP17  The Night of the Sabatini Death
Feb. 07,1969
The Night of the Sabatini Death

Jim meets with crime czar Sabatini, who asks him to travel to Calliope, MO to protect a lady and give a man called Swanson a key. Accompanied by government chemist Ned Brown, Jim travels to Calliope (where an Army finance officer died after stealing half a mil). Swanson is killed and the lady turns out to be Sabatini's ward blind Sylvia. It turns out Sabatini was the officer and Sylvia was the daughter of Boorman, Sabatini's partner in the robbery. Dodging Boorman, Jim and Ned find Sabatini's deed leaving all of his property to Sylvia.

EP16  The Night of the Winged Terror (2)
Jan. 24,1969
The Night of the Winged Terror (2)

The plans of The Raven seem to be successful as they have hypnotized Jim West and had him assassinate the Mexican Ambassador. Unfortunately for the group,Frank Harper had been impersonating the ambassador to test whether Jim had been conditioned. West and Harper work together to infiltrate and undermine the group and capture everyone except for the huge-headed Tycho.

EP15  The Night of the Winged Terror (1)
Jan. 17,1969
The Night of the Winged Terror (1)

After a series of disturbing incidents involving a raven that seems to hynoptize high-ranking officials into committing dastardly deeds,Agents West and Harper decide to find out what's going on. The incidents lead the new partners to a group calling themselves The Raven,led by Thaddeus Toombs and a man called Tycho (who has an enormous head and is very smart).

EP14  The Night of the Spanish Curse
Jan. 03,1969
The Night of the Spanish Curse

West and Gordon are called into Mexico to investigate a group of bandits who are attacking and terrorizing border towns. They track the bandits to a Mexican Village where the theives are hiding under the guise of an old Mexican legend about Cortez. Jim and Arte,not believing in the return of the god Cortez,are determined to find their way into the dorment volcano where the thugs are hiding.

EP13  The Night of the Pelican
Dec. 26,1968
The Night of the Pelican

West and Pike receive a note to meet a woman at a Chinese restaurant in San Francisco with a promise of information about the militant Din Chang who has recently ston a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsonal. Unfortunately,the woman is killed before they can talk to her and the only word she utters is ""Pelican"". To further complicate matters,the only person they manage to capture is supposedly still serving time at Alcatraz. Since it seems that Alcatraz and the woman are the two pieces they have of the puzzle,the two split up to track down Chang before he can use the volatile mercury.

EP12  The Night of Miguelito's Revenge
Dec. 13,1968
The Night of Miguelito's Revenge

Agent West is summoned by a note from agent Gordon to the local barbershop. While waiting for Gordon, West decides to have a shave and is promptly anesthetised by a hot towel from one of Dr. Loveless's assistants, working in disguise. When he wakes up, he finds himself in a carnival funhouse where he encounters dazed-looking Justice Alonzo Fairlie. Before he can get any information from the judge, he is attacked by a quartet of gunmen. He quickly dispatches his adversaries but Justice Fairlie disappears in the confusion, leaving behined a strange clue.

EP11  The Night of the Avaricious Actuary
Dec. 06,1968
The Night of the Avaricious Actuary

Agents West and Gordon have been investigating a series of explosions that have demolished several palatial homes. While they are guests of the wealthy Mr. Taney, they hear a high, whining sound. Suddenly the house begins to crumble and the agents escape in the nick of time to see a giant tuning fork radiating powerful sound waves. As they delve deeper into the case, they discover a letter to Mr. Taney from the Cyclops Insurance Company, urging him to take out a policy against further destruction of his property.

EP10  The Night of the Camera
Nov. 29,1968
The Night of the Camera

Agent West raids a local warehouse in an attempt to apprehend a suspected opium gang member. As he struggles with the suspect, a new secret agent named Bosley Cranston rushes in and attempts to help. Unfortunately, he only makes matters worse, accidentally toppling a piano crate on the suspect and killing him. Cranston, however, is not the meek incompetent he appears and later surprises his colleagues with his karate skills and his popularity with beautiful women.

EP9  The Night of Fire and Brimstone
Nov. 22,1968
The Night of Fire and Brimstone

West and Gordon are called to the deserted mining town of Brimstone by a Professor Colecrest who has made a discovery of great importance. However, before they get to Brimstone, the Professor is captured by a gang of men also seeking his discovery. The professor, seriously injured in a fall, holds the key to the mystery, and Jim and Artie struggle to keep him alive until they can uncover the true root of the mystery.

EP8  The Night of the Egyptian Queen
Nov. 15,1968
The Night of the Egyptian Queen

Agent Artemus Gordon and the curator of the San Francisco Museum are set upon in the Egyptian exhibit by three men wearing gas masks. When agents West and Mr. Heisel, the Egyptian government's representative, enter the room, they are also attacked. After regaining consciousness, the men discover that a priceless ruby has been stolen from the eye of the statue of Sun God, Ra. Commissioned by Miasmin, an Egyptian Princess, to recover the gem, West and Gordon trace a ransom note to a waterfront bar where Gordon poses as a sea captain. At the bar, West recognizes one of his assailants at the museum. The man identifies himself as Jason and indicates that Rosie, a beaufiful young dancer at the bar, is wearing the ruby on her toe. Unfortunately, Rosie vanishes before West can make a move.

EP7  The Night of the Fugitives
Nov. 08,1968
The Night of the Fugitives

In the town of Epitaph, owned by Epitaph Mines, agents James West and Artemus Gordon arrest Norbert Plank, chief bookkeeper for the powerful syndicate that owns the mining company. Through Plank, the agents hope to get their hands on records that could build a case against the organization. The whole town turns out to free Plank, whom West has hidden in a church bell tower, while Gordon masquerades as lay-preacher Hallelujah Harry. Gordon hopes to get to the head of the syndicate, Diamond Dave Desmond, and walk off with the ledgers. But Diamond Dave's girlfriend, Rhoda, has the same idea and blackmail on her mind.

EP6  The Night of the Kraken
Nov. 01,1968
The Night of the Kraken

While investigating why fishing had been prohibited on local waters, agents James West and Artemus Gordon are attacked by a rough bunch of sailors. After the melee, Lt. Bartlett, who was apparently the victim of some sort sea creature. West joins a resolute fisherman on his boat and are attacked by a giant squid. But things are not what they appear as an even more insidious threat is revealed.

EP5  The Night of the Gruesome Games
Oct. 25,1968
The Night of the Gruesome Games

While on the trail of a scientist who has stolen a vial of deadly germs, the agents are pulled into a night of deadly parlor games. West and Gordon must recover the vial before it bursts and releases a veritable plague while managing to live though the games of their host.

EP4  The Night of the Sedgewick Curse
Oct. 18,1968
The Night of the Sedgewick Curse

Investigating the disappeance of a correspondent of James West's, the agents come upon a bizarre family scheme. West's associate had a rare disorder that caused rapid aging, similar to that of the Sedgewick family. In an attempt to cure the disorder, the family physician has been kidnapping people with the similar disorder and using them to test a serum he has prepared. It is up to West and Gordon to stop his tests and bring him to justice.

EP3  The Night of the Juggernaut
Oct. 11,1968
The Night of the Juggernaut

Someone is trying to run settlers off their land,buying some of them out,scaring other away,and even murdering those who refuse to leave. The government sends Jim and Arte in to investigate the situation and to stop whoever is behind this.

EP2  The Night of the Doomsday Formula
Oct. 04,1968
The Night of the Doomsday Formula

Dr.Crane,inventor of a new explosive,is missing along with his daughter. If his ""doomsday formula"" falls into the wrong hands,especially foreign ones,it could mean the end of the United States. West and Gordon must rescue the professor,his daughter and the formula before it's too late.

EP1  The Night of the Big Blackmail
Sep. 27,1968
The Night of the Big Blackmail

While President Grant attends an event at the German Consulate, Baron Hinterestoisser invites him to a special reception, explaining he has something interesting for the president to see. Suspicious, agent James West retrieves the mysterious box the Baron refers to and finds a kinetoscope of a fake depiction of President Grant signing a secret agreement with the unscrupulous government of another nation. If the film is shown for the heads of other countries, Grant will suffer terrible indignation and upset international relations. If the film is not replaced, however, the Baron will accuse the U.S. of stealing on consulate soil, a far greater crime. Agent Artemus Gordon decides that the only alternative is to make a duplicate kintetoscope-with some changes-and return it to the consulate before it is discovered missing. West and Gordon finish just as the president arrives. The Baron announces that he has proof of President Grant's connection with the corrupt foreigh officials. But as th

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8.1 | TV-PG | en | Drama , Comedy , Western | More Info
Released: 1965-09-17 | Released Producted By: CBS , Bruce Lansbury Productions Country: United States of America Budget: 0 Revenue: 0 Official Website:
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The Wild Wild West is an American television series Developed at a time when the television western was losing ground to the spy genre, this show was conceived by its creator, Michael Garrison, as "James Bond on horseback." Set during the administration of President Ulysses Grant, the series followed Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States. The show also featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Verne-esque style technology have inspired some to give the show credit for the origins of the steam punk subculture.

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Cast

Robert Conrad , Ross Martin

Director

Philip Leacock

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CBS , Bruce Lansbury Productions

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dane-92 The 1960s brought a fascination with science and real-life NASA space adventure, oceanic exploration ala Jacque Cousteau, the threat of communism and a fixation on foreign espionage, and a renewed love of the old West and cowboy themes. On TV, it led to science-inspired programs like Men Into Space, hugely popular western series like Bonanza and Gunsmoke, ocean-themed programs like Seahunt and Flipper, and spy shows like Secret Agent Man, The Saint, Danger Man, and many others. But the real genius of 1960s producers was in their ability to combine the era's mega-themes into fascinating new forms of entertainment. The movie, The Glass Bottom Boat, was about spies and NASA astronauts. On TV, science and espionage were popular teammates on shows like The Avengers, Man From Uncle, The Prisoner, and Mission: Impossible. Science fiction and oceanic adventure made a great combo on Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea. The Wild, Wild West trumped them all, tapping into the themes of western adventure, science fiction, and espionage in a single program that never flagged in its popularity, right until the very last episode (it was ultimately pulled by the network as a nod to a big movement to reduce violence on television).There was actually a fourth leg to the Wild Wild West stool, and that was sheer 1960s whimsy. Like The Avengers and The Prisoner, WWW indulged in the decade's love of the avant-garde, fearlessly and shamelessly creating a netherworld where the bad guy might be a harpsichord-playing mad genius dwarf, or a gaggle of orange alien women who arrive in a fake flying saucer.Add to all of that, beautiful lady co-stars, and a male lead who comes as close to a real live action hero as the small screen has ever seen, and you can only come to one conclusion: The Wild, Wild West truly had it all.
ShadeGrenade It is 1965, and James Bond mania is sweeping the world. 'Goldfinger' had been released the previous year, and 'Thunderball' was waiting in the wings for take-off. Wisecracking spies armed with dandy gadgets became the new heroes of the day. Television got in on the act too. In the wake of 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.', there was 'Mission: Impossible', 'Honey West', 'Amos Burke Secret Agent', 'I Spy', the sitcom 'Get Smart' and, of course, this. Created by Michael Garrison, 'The Wild Wild West' focused on two U.S. government agents - James West ( Robert Conrad ) and Artemus Gordon ( Ross Martin ) who operated in the Wild West of the 1880's. Answerable only to President Ulysses S.Grant, they regularly saved America from all manner of evil doers, among them the diminutive genius Dr.Migelito Loveless ( Michael Dunn ). West and Gordon were like Solo and Kuryakin in that the former was a man of action while the latter a master of disguise. They travelled everywhere in a special train - 'The Wanderer' - fitted out with gadgets.The show cleverly combined Bond-style espionage with the more traditional Western. Some of the plot lines were outlandish enough to give 'The Avengers' and 'Batman' a run for their money - in 'The Night Of The Raven', Dr.Loveless plans to shrink the Human Race so that he can become its ruler, 'The Night Of The Flying Pie Plate' has three beautiful women posing as green skinned Venusians, and 'The Night Of The Burning Diamond' had a villain melting down diamonds to create an elixir to make him invisible! Time travel figured in 'The Night Of The Lord Of Limbo' while in 'The Night Of The Surreal McCoy' Dr.Loveless finds a way to plant murderers inside forged paintings, and then release them to kill world leaders! 'West' was marvellous, campy fun. Conrad did most of his own stunts, and even by today's standards the fights are convincing and exciting. He clicked with co-star Martin, the plots and gadgets were outrageous, beautiful girls of the calibre of Jean Hale and Antoinette Bower abounded, and it had one of the best theme tunes ever. The impressive list of guest stars included Boris Karloff, Richard Pryor, and 'Rat Packers' Peter Lawford and Sammy Davis Junior!Four seasons were made. An attempt was made in its third year to move it towards a more traditional Western format yet it never sank quite as low as 'The Man From U.N.C.L.E.' did in its third season. There were a few problems though - Conrad was injured so badly in one episode the season had to be curtailed, and when Martin had a heart attack a different actor took his place ( as another character ) until he recovered.In 1979, West and Gordon were reunited for 'The Wild Wild West Revisited' and then 'More Wild Wild West' ( both directed by Burt Kennedy ), but these failed to capture the flavour of the original, coming across more as half-baked spoofs. Then in 1999, Barry Sonnenfeld's movie version starred Will Smith and Kevin Kline, with Kenneth Branagh as 'Loveless'. Smith and Branagh were badly miscast, and, despite having many good points ( such as Salma Hayek's backside and that giant mechanical spider ), it bombed.The now-defunct 'Bravo' channel on Sky Television repeated the last three seasons in the mid-'90's ( shame on them for missing out the first ) and the entire series is available on D.V.D. in the States.Even if you do not like Westerns, 'West' is well worth seeking out.
mrb1980 One thing about "The Wild Wild West"--there will never be another show like it. A secret agent/western/fantasy series with lots of surreal touches, the series occupies a unique niche in TV history.The show was about two Secret Service agents, James West (Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon (Ross Martin), who repeatedly saved the country (and the world for that matter) from destruction by traveling from place to place in their futuristic train. The plots always concerned guys with Napoleonic lusts for power and their plans to conquer civilization. West and Gordon would set out to stop him and his henchmen (and henchwomen), and usually West would be captured and Gordon would have to come to the rescue. Lots and lots of bizarre plots, weird secret agent-type gadgets (I just loved the bootheel plastic explosive and the wire thingy that transported the heroes across vats of fuming acid), elegant sets, nonstop action and great humor kept the viewer's attention at all times.Criticized during its run for being too violent, the series seems positively tame compared to latter-day action and police dramas. I do admit, there were lots of fistfights.Stylish, intelligent, and relentlessly creative, the series left the air far too soon. Two reunion movies in 1979 and 1980 rekindled the old magic, but Ross Martin's sudden death in 1981 ended the series. Too bad the 1999 movie had to desecrate the memories of Conrad and Martin, they deserved much better.
Son_of_Mansfield That is Robert Conrad and Ross Martin is his silly Q. Sure, Robert Conrad isn't much of an actor, but he looks the part and doesn't let those tight pants restrict his karate chop throwing. The real star of the show, despite only being in ten episodes, is Michael Dunn's maniacal Dr. Miguelito Loveless. He is one of the smartest villains in television, West's Moriarty, and like all great villains his only flaw is that he knows how smart he is. James West seduces all the women, Artemus Gordon dresses up as practically anything, and there is always that ten percent chance of seeing the little big man. It's pure pop entertainment that has aged surprisingly well.