During the administration of President Ulysses Grant, Secret Service agents James West and Artemus Gordon solve crimes, protect the President, and foil the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over all or part of the United States.
* 7.6 TMDB (86)ActionAdventureComedyDramaFantasyScience FictionWesternUnited States
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Seasons and episodes
Season 1
28 episodes · 1965
Episode 1. The Night of the Inferno
1965-09-17 · 51 min
Jim is set up as a renegade as a cover for him and Artie to sneak into Texas and track down General Juan Manolo, who is trying to take over the region.
Episode 2. The Night of the Deadly Bed
1965-09-24 · 50 min
Facing execution at the hands of a madman, West learns the crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico---as the new Napoleon.
Episode 3. The Night the Wizard Shook the Earth
1965-10-01 · 50 min
West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless.
Episode 4. The Night of Sudden Death
1965-10-08 · 50 min
Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.
Episode 5. The Night of the Casual Killer
1965-10-15 · 51 min
Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.
Episode 6. The Night of a Thousand Eyes
1965-10-22 · 50 min
Ships along the Mississippi are being attacked by a gang of pirates known as the "Thousand Eyes". After Jim ducks an assassin, an attractive woman, he finds the leader of the Eyes: Captain Ansel Coffin, who was blinded and now seeks…
Episode 7. The Night of the Glowing Corpse
1965-10-29 · 50 min
Jim and Artemus try to recover stolen radioactive materials nad have only one clue - a set of fingerprints found on the ankle of a pretty secretary.
Episode 8. The Night of the Dancing Death
1965-11-05 · 51 min
To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.
Episode 9. The Night of the Double-Edged Knife
1965-11-12 · 50 min
An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.
Episode 10. The Night That Terror Stalked the Town
1965-11-19 · 51 min
West is lured to a ghost town peopled with lifelike dummies as part of an elaborate trap set for him by his nemesis Dr. Loveless.
Episode 11. The Night of the Red-Eyed Madmen
1965-11-26 · 50 min
West is sent to infiltrate an army of fanatics dedicated to overthrowing the U.S. Government. Getting in is no problem...but if he tries to leave he'll be shot.
Episode 12. The Night of the Human Trigger
1965-12-03 · 50 min
A demented geologist can set off earthquakes where he chooses as part of an elaborate extortioin scheme. So West and Gordon head for Ellenville--the next town on the mad genius's list.
Episode 13. The Night of the Torture Chamber
1965-12-10 · 50 min
Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.
Episode 14. The Night of the Howling Light
1965-12-17 · 51 min
West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.
Episode 15. The Night of the Fatal Trap
1965-12-24 · 50 min
Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.
Episode 16. The Night of the Steel Assassin
1966-01-07 · 51 min
A series of mysterious deaths of military personnel bring Jim face to face with the indestructible Col. "Iron Man" Torres. Crippled in an explosion that he blames on the other men of his company, Torres rebuilt himself as a 19th century…
Episode 17. The Night the Dragon Screamed
1966-01-14 · 51 min
Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.
Episode 18. The Night of the Flaming Ghost
1966-01-21 · 51 min
Jim is assigned to stop abolitionist John Brown. The only problem - he was pronounced dead 20 years ago.
Episode 19. The Night of the Grand Emir
1966-01-28 · 51 min
West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie, who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring.
Episode 20. The Night of the Whirring Death
1966-02-18 · 50 min
Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode.
Episode 21. The Night of the Puppeteer
1965-02-25 · 51 min
A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.
Episode 22. The Night of the Bars of Hell
1966-03-04 · 51 min
West, posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band.
Episode 23. The Night of the Two-Legged Buffalo
1966-03-11 · 50 min
West tries to protect a pleasure-loving prince who insists on visiting a plush spa---where assassins eagerly await his arrival.
Episode 24. The Night of the Druid's Blood
1966-03-25 · 50 min
West is furious: his superiors have refused him permission to investigate the murder of a close friend who was burned to death before his eyes.
Episode 25. The Night of the Freebooters
1966-04-01 · 50 min
West poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe.
Episode 26. The Night of the Burning Diamond
1966-04-08 · 51 min
West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.
Episode 27. The Night of the Murderous Spring
1966-04-15 · 50 min
West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.
Episode 28. The Night of the Sudden Plague
1966-04-22 · 51 min
West finds Willow Springs looted and its citizens completely immobile---victims of a mysterious paralysis.
I was born after the show had been off the air for a few years, so of course I discovered it in reruns.
It was syndicated all over the country by then, and locally it aired on Sunday nights at 6pm (a fairly wise strategy, since airing episodes once a week meant they wouldn't run through them too quickly).
My father was a fan of the show, and we watched it together every Sunday evening after dinner. When we started this ritual I was too young to enjoy most of the shows my dad enjoyed, but this had everything I could want; good guys, bad guys, lots of action, inventive plots, gadgets, and humor.
It might be the only show that I enjoyed at that age that I still enjoy today because of its quality. (I can still watch Happy Days or the Dukes of Hazzard and remember WHY I enjoyed them at that age, but they don't hold up).
The writers were inventive, and the show was able to mix sci-fi with the western genre very well, with some really nice gothic horror touches and mystery elements along the way.
Robert Conrad deserves praise for his stunt work, which was a hallmark of the show, along with Ross Martin and his many disguises and accents.
Probably the best part of the show was the villain each week, sometimes bent on world domination, but always creative.
The show spawned two reunion movies, which failed to recapture the spirit of the original series but were both pleasant diversions for a few hours. Unfortunately the show was unable to escape the 'old tv show turned into a big screen movie' machine in Hollywood, and the results were a mess.
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