The Wild Wild West
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
A melody holds the clue West needs to trap a departmental traitor.
Gordon and West head to a lonely outpost to battle a terrorist gang.
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.
West visits an eerie island to get a diamond for the National Museum.
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.
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.
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.
When Victor Freemantle, a dangerous revolutionary, steals the U.S. Constitution, agents James West and Artemus Gordon are sent by the government to the Panhandle Strip in Texas to recover it. West and Mr.Grigsby, a curator of the United States Archives, go to a secret underground hideout where Constitution is being held to verify the authenticity of the document. After determining that it is the genuine article, West and Grigsby are presented with Freemantle's demands: They are requested to cease negotiations with Mexico and the U.S. is to recognize the Panhandle Strip as a Sovereign enclave between the borders. A one-millon dollar ransom in gold must also be paid. As part of their agreement, Freemantle holds Grisby hostage until West returns. But West and agent Artemus Gordon decide to ignore the demands and rescue the Constitution themselves by infiltrating Freemantle's castle; Gordon disguises himself as a whiskey salesman and West hides underneath his wagon.
On a mission for President Grant, agent West travels to Fort Savage to meet with a Major Jason and help prevent a revoloution in Canada that outlaw Shawn O'Riley has plans to incite. At the fort, West reads a description of O'Riley and realizes too late his striking resemblance to Major Jason. O'Riley announces that he now controls the fort and is holding the real major and his men captive. Meanwhile, Gordon has gone under cover to learn the details of the revolution. He arrives at West's side just as his partner is trapped on wrong side of O'Riley's gun.
As United States and Mexican border relations are becoming stained,West and Gordon disrupt an assassination attempt on the Mexican President. While returning the captured assassin to Texas,they are fired upon by Mexican soldiers who are led by the merciless Colonel Barbossa. The assassin,just before he is captured,is given a pill by Gordon that makes him appear dead. Then Gordon,disguised as a priest in a wagon,goes to the prison to pick up the dead prisoner.
The agents travel to Hayes City to identify the body of their archnemesis, Dr.Loveless. While there, they meet up with Miguelito's next of kin, Dr.Liebknicht, a Swiss neurologist. However, as they pursue the origin of a key found on the body, they find that Loveless is hardly dead and has plans to use his neurologist guise to give Jim a lobotomy!
James and Artemus arrive in Mexico with a present for the Mexican president-a beautiful Arabin horse. Within minutes of their arrival,however,the horse os stolen by a group of outlaw babdits.Our heros must battle the hot mexican desert to get the horse back before the outlaw Mexican ary beats them to it.
The U.S. State department is about to return a valuable samurai sword to its rightful owner,a Japanese prince,when it is stolen by an group of sword-wieding assailants. Jim and Artemus must located the sword and return it to the prince before he leaves the next afternoon,or risk damaging U.S.-Japan relations.
During a stopover in a small Kansas town, the agents become involved in a murder investigation. After a man is found guilty and sentenced to hang, the agents uncover valuable information that points in an entirely different direction. Of course, this information puts our agents into quite a bit of danger, but, as we know, they can handle themselves relatively well in these sorts of situations.
An ancient Aztec map leading to the lost treasure of Montezuma is discovered in Mexico and points to a location in Texas. In order to ensure that a diplomatic incident does not ensue,West and Gordon team up with Colonial Sanchez of Mexico and a noted archeologist in a dangerous trip across the Texan desert in search of the treasure.
Counterfeit money is appearing in an area around Denver in sufficient quantities to undermine the U.S. enconomy. West and Gordon attempt to track down the source of the fake currency before it's too late.
James West and Artemus Gordon help evacuate the town of Tonka Flats before it is destroyed by a cannon shell. Afterwards, they are notified that a man identified as ""The Falcon"" has threatened to obliterate Denver unless the U.S. government pays him $1,000,000. ""The Falcon"" is also in cahoots with syndicate leaders from Turkey, Spain, Prussia and England. During their investigation, Gordon is threatened by a whip-wielding Spaniard named Munez who suspects Gordon knows too much about the top secret weapon. West rescues Gordon from Munez, who is then killed by an explosive meant for the two agents. While searching Munez's body, West and Gordon find an invitation from ""The Falcon"". Gordon, disguised as Munez, prepares to attend the meeting while West attempts to penetrate the stronghold where the cannon is housed.
Something is happening in the small town of New Athens. residents are leaving in droves,scared off by a band of seedy cut-throats gathering just outside the town limits. And then there's Michael Trayne,back in town after three years in jail. Can Jim and Arte figure out what's happening and save the town before everyone leaves permanently?
West and Gordon take on the power-crazed secretary to a Territorial Goveror. The secretary controls the Governor and has plans to take over the US Goverment and the Presidency as well. To make things more difficult, his Black Legion troops do not take kindly to the two agents interferring.
The stress of Secret service work appears to be finally getting to Jim as his temper flares and he makes mistakes. As West is being recruited by some member of the underworld who seeks to capitalize on his misfortune,Artemus and Conel Richmond struggle to find out exactly who,for what,and why.
At the request of the Bosnian government, Count Draja is to be turned over for extradition. Learning of a plot to free the Count, Jim and Arte make plans to see that Draja reaches his destination. While Jim escorts Draja through 100 miles of no-man's land, they'll all meet up in Buffalo Springs-but there is the little matter of the $500,000 the Count hid somewhere in the U.S.
Agent James West attempts to rescue a man called Mr.Markham from a masked assailant who flees the scene of the crime. As Markham lays dying,he utters two words-""enzo"" and ""silver"". Meanwhile,Agent Artemus Gordon has joined a troupe of entertainers traveling to Denver under the leadership of casino operator Kohner. Gordon,who is posing as a Shakespearean actor,learns that a man called Enzo has a girl friend,Topaze. She is a dancer with the troupe,probably working under an assumed name,and is on her way to meet Enzo in Denver. Dierdre,a dancer,attempts to pass some information to West but a jealous Kohner interrupts them and engages the agent in a fight with him and El Bardhoom,a huge weight lifter. Later,Artemus hears a strange voice of Markham's masked Killer. When West goes to meet Dierdre at midnight,he discovers that she too been slain by unseen assailant.
Strong Bear's Sioux Indians are making noises about breaking the peace treaty. President Grant's first three messengers failed to return from meetings with the Indian leader; now it's up to Jim and Artemus to find Strong Bear and to keep peace in the territory.
On a dusty Californian trail,Jim and Artemus intercept a stagecoach whose driver has been hired to smuggle boll weevils. Quickly theorizing that someone is trying to destroy the country's cotton crop,they set out to find the mastermind of the operation and destroy his distribution system before his plan succeeds.
The Vipers are a gang of ruthless crooks who have been looting a string of Kansas towns,robbing banks and killing citizens. They even robbed the Cottonwood bank while James West was trying to convice the sheriff of the danger. Now the trail leads to Freedom,Kansas,where Jim and Arte must stop the Vipers before the Vipers stop them.
During Mardi Gras West is grabbed by Major Hazard: the leader of a gang of crippled Civil war soldiers seeking revenge on the camp's commandant, Mosely. Jim reluctantly agrees to help them, only to have Mosely taken from him by the soldiers. He tracks them to the abandoned camp, where it turns out that Hazard and his men aren't crippled. They were in league with Mosely, who stole a shipment of gold and hid it. Mosely double-crossed Hazard and his men, so now they want the gold. Thanks to a diversion by Artie (as a geologist who can find gold with a divining rod), Jim escapes and in the ensuing fight, Hazard is killed when the gold falls from its hiding place: the camp's water tower.
An escaped murderer plots a bizarre scheme against agent James West, the man who had imprisoned him several years earlier. Attacked and knocked unconscious, West awakens in a stange deserted town filled with assailants wearing masks in the likeness of Stark. Gordon searches for his lost partner and soon finds himself in a similar predicament. West and Gordon must avoid deception to find and take out the real Stark.
The guys become involved with a voodoo ceremony and the walking dead as they try to track down a missing scientist.
A stage coach carrying the western states entire supply of smallpox vaccine is attacked and the drug stolen. Furman Crotty, a convicted criminal serving time in Leavenworth, is demanding his release from jail with a full pardon and a ransom for the safe return of the drug. While Jim West, injured in the attack on the stage, struggles with amnesia, Artemus tries to find both his friend and the drug before a full-scale epidemic hits.
A visit to the plantation of a US Senator reveals a myterious family past that intersects with a doctor infamous for his experiments with apes. The agents are lucky enough to arrive just as the Senator's forgotten giant son and his friend, a giant ape, are rampaging through the plantation.
An attempt to assassinate President Grant is foiled at the last minute by West and Gordon. However,there seems to be more going on than a simple assassination,as the weapon used in the attempt was one stolen in recent raids on government and territorial armories. The President refuses to cancel a trip to Dever,leaving Jim and Artemus only 36 hours to uncover who is responsible and stop them before it's too late.
From TV Guide: Investigating a murder, West falls into the hands of the Eccentrics, a group of assassins controlled by the vicious Count Manzeppi (Victor Buono). West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. Villar: Richard Pryor. Deadeye: Anthony Eisley. Tony: Paul Wallace.
From TV Guide: Maharajah Singh (Boris Karloff) kidnaps West for very unprincely reasons: West is to tutor Singh's assassin sons in the ways of Western combat. West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. Veda: Audrey Dalton. Chandra: James Westmoreland.
From TV Guide: Dr. Loveless takes a giant step in his plan to rule a world of ""little people""---by reducing West to a six-inch miniature. West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. Wanakee: Phyllis Newman.
From TV Guide: A mad scientist (Ida Lupino) has invented a robot that looks exactly like West (Robert Conrad). Artemus: Ross Martin. Lily: Mala Powers. Peters: Robert Miller Driscoll. Attor-ney General: Melville Ruick.
From TV Guide: While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune ""ghost rider"" (Sammy Davis Jr.). Jackson: Peter Lawford. West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. Elizabeth: Hazel Court.
West gets involved in a bizarre scheme: a green girl emerges from a fallen spaceship claiming she needs gold for fuel.
While on vacation, the agents receive an odd welcome when they pass through the town of Justice, Nevada. The town turns out to be the hangout for a group of internationals criminals assembled by Lucrese Posey. West and Gordon discover that Lucrese is planning on heading a world-wide criminal organization. After dealing with the other criminals, the two agents find themselves left with only Lucrese to deal with, a proposition not nearly as simple as it seems.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad) poses as a prisoner at Devil's Island. His assignment: rescue a secret agent who is marked for execution by a savage commandant. Gustave: Theo Marcuse. Camille: Joan Huntington. Artemus: Ross Martin. Mrs. Grimes: Mabel Albertson. Le Fou: Steve Franken.
A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.
A mysterious plague is killing off all plant life, and the Indians in the area are becoming restless. Jim and Artie are sent to investigate, and find themselves up against a knight and his band of ""merry men"". The knight is a powered suit used by their nemesis Dr. Loveless, who created the plague and is using it and shipped food supplies to force the Indians to do his bidding. They're not too happy with the whole situation, and think Loveless is the representative of the ""Lord of the Forest"". After a capture-and-escape or two, Jim challenges the knight to a duel. Loveless tries to rig the fight with an exploding mace, which West avoids. Loveless prepares to send his plague on balloons across the country. The Indians turn against Loveless, and he and Antoinette are seemingly destroyed by a fire. They hide in a secret compartment, for Loveless to return to fight another day.
From TV Guide: Fabian Lavender (Carroll O'Connor) is a master of disguises, but West is not fooled. Neither is Lavender---who locks West in one of his gas-filled crypts. West: Robert Conrad. Artemus: Ross Martin. Antille: Alan Bergmann. Rose: Karen Sharpe. Leda: Patricia Huston.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad) witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion. Day: Hurd Hatfield.
In the opening sequence Jim shoots Artie! Escaping, he is declared a wanted man, and goes to Gordon's funeral...where Artie in disguise is acting as the minister. It's a ploy to allow West to track down the mysterious disappearance of nineteen other wanted men. Jim is spotted and runs, taking refuge in a carriage where he is gassed, taken to a mysterious underground base, and put on trial. Upon being found guilty, the jury (made up of the other missing criminals) roundly congratulates him. While Gordon follows the trail of the carriage, Jim meets with the leader, a masked man known as ""Skull."" Only three men can go on the next assignment: to kill the President and the other head politicians of the U.S. There is an ""elimination"" (literally) and Jim manages to stay alive. It turns out Skull is Senator Fenlow, who plans to take over the government when those above him are killed. After Jim is exposed and the guys escape, they thwart the killers, get to Fenlow, and trick him into confessin
From TV Guide: Time is running out for Judge M'Guigan, who is threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker. West: Robert Conrad. Baroda: Will Kuluva. Cefalu: Vito Scotti. Bulvon: Bill Zuckert. Vashti: Elaine Dunn.
A crippled Confederate colonel, Vautrain, plans to use his power to travel through time to use Jim and Artie to alter history and restore his legs.
West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon. Raven is a member of a tontine, an investment group whose by-laws state that the surving member of the group gets the assets of the group. When one of the tontine's members is killed and an attempt is made on Raven's life, the agents decide to investigate. They find a house full of traps and two members of the tontine looking to ""survive"" the group and take the money for themselves.
An organ grinder and his monkey launch an attack: the man is no less than Count Manzeppi, trying to gain a small wind-up bird toy. The toy contains the Philosopher's Stone, reputed to transmute base elements into gold. The race is on as West and Gordon track Manzeppi to his lair. After repeated setbacks and escapes, Manzeppi is forced to escape in a balloon while his henchwoman Gerda is transformed into a gold statue, and the bird and its stone are seemingly destroyed. At the end, the stone reconstitutes itself on the guys' train after they leave for the night.
West and Gordon are escorting the Sultan of Ramapur and his gift to the President, a sacred white elephant. Bandits intercept the train and steal the elephant, and the Sultan demands one million dollars in recompense. West follows the the trail to a gypsy camp, where the elephant appears to have been colored grey as a disguise. Artie sneaks in as a peddler, and they try to recover the elephant. They soon discover that the elephant is not disguised, but instead is actually grey: it has been painted white and proclaimed sacred by the Sultan, who planned to extort the U.S. government all along. Confronted with the evidence, the Sultan is deported and the gypsies get to keep the elephant.
President Grant gives orders to agents James West and Artemus Gordon to deliver prisoner Rimsky to Vladivostok, Russia, in a prisoner exchange for American vice-consul Millard Boyer. When Rimsky dies in an escape attempt, Gordon assumes his identity. The agents are drugged en route and when they come to, led to believe they're in Russia. West is imprisoned and forced to reveal Rimsky's whereabouts. His captors tie him to a stake while saber-swinging Cossacks ride straight for him. Still in disguise, Gordon meets Rimsky's contact Sazanov, in an effort to uncover the Russians' racket.
Agents West and Gordon are sent to investigate the killings of wealthy industrialists and find that all are linked back to an evil matchmaker, Emma Valentine. She sets the rich men up with her young female employees, then kills them to gain their money and power. West and Gordon manage to escape from the trap she lays from her and must prevent her next target from getting married.
A mysterious figure in a secret cave makes moves in a chessboard, using a figure of James West. The agents starting getting newspapers predicting the death of friends that haven't occurred yet. They are unable to stop the deaths, but find the shop where the newspapers are printed. Following the trail, Jim is lured into the lair of Mr. Braine, a crippled criminal mastermind who gets about in a steam-powered munitions-armed wheelchair. Braine has planned their every move and response, and wants Jim to join him in his plan to kill world leaders and replace them with lookalikes. He already has a double of Artemus Gordon. Braine has anticipated the real Artie sneaking in and taking the place of the lookalike, but Gordon double-bluffs him with a mask underneath his mask. taking advantage of the distraction, Jim confronts Braine and manages to defeat him, blowing up the wheelchair and Braine.
On the trail of the source of mysterious tidal waves, the guys finds a fanatical marine environmentalist at the heart of the mystery.
Agents West and Gordon are guarding a museum containing the famous Herzberg jewels but someone still manges to steal the gems. Afterwards, a famous painting of a Western scene is removed from the museum by its wealthy rancher-owner. Gordon becomes suspicious and notifies West who discovers that the rancher is partners with Miguelito Loveless, the evil inventor-doctor. His latest invention is a machine that moves real people in and out of paintings. Miguelito's plan is to transpose murderers into famous paintings, distribute the paintings to the rulers of the world and have them all killed!
West and Gordon escort President Grant to San Fransisco to dedicate a statue of the late Colonel Wayne Gibson in Gibsonville. West rides ahead to check out the town and finds that it is plagued by a series of broken neck murders and arguments over lost gold. A further investigation yields the fact that the Colonel is not as dead as was previously thought and that his statue is far from ordinary.
Agents West and Gordon report to Admiral Agnow's San Franisco headquarters,only to find him and three officers dead. The agents believe that the admiral's death ties in with the recent,mysterious sinking of the cruiser Youngstown. West and Gordon's next assignment is to guard the Hawiian king,due to arrive secretly by ship. West encounters Barclay,a Chinese expert on Hawaii,to discuss the king's upcoming visit. But the supposed advisor drugs the agent and announces his plan to sink the ship carrying the Hawaiian king.
Agent James West goes to see Warden Primwick,who releases condemned murderer Ralph Kleed in his presence. Kleed blows a whistle,and the warden attacks West with his cane. West restrains the warden,who dies from the exertion. Kleed escapes,leaving behind a whistle that has a special pitch,apparently only heard by dogs and wardens. Through the warden's autopsy,agent Artemus Gordon discovers that a franconium crytal has been implanted in the warden's brain,prompting violent behavior when Kleed blew his whistle. West falls into the hands of master criminal Titus Trask,who intends to implant a crystal in the agent's brain and,in turn,have West do the same to President Grant so Trask can rule the country.
Assigned to protect Stefan, who is to be crowned king in place of his late brother, the agents must deal with the sinister Mr. Talamantes. Talamantes wants Stefan to renounce the throne and will do anything to accomplish this goal. This includes kidnapping Stefan's daughter, Leandra, and manipulating her to do his bidding whenever she hears or reads a certain word.
Dr. Loveless is back with another plan to take over the world. This time he is using mock-ups of the treasury, prisons and armories to train his men to be able to take over these resources upon his command. After gaining control, Loveless will be instituted as dictator. However, his plan to get rid of West and Gordon goes foul and soon the agents are in hot pursuit of the little villain.
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.
From TV Guide: Facing execution at the hands of a madman, West (Robert Conrad) learns the crazed assassin plans to reclaim Mexico---as the new Napoleon. Florey: J.D. Cannon. Gatilla: Barbara Luna. Roxanne: Danica D'Hondt. Jackson: Bob Herron. Angelo: Bill Catching. Margarita: Anna Shin.
From TV Guide: West tries to protect Prof. Nielsen, a demolitions expert. But he fails: Nielson is blown up by the evil Dr. Miguelito Loveless (Michael Dunn). Greta: Leslie Parrish. Voltaire: Richard Kiel. Artemus: Ross Martin.
Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.
Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.
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 revenge. His gang use false lights to lead ships astray and crash them, and then plunder them. Jim is captured by Coffin and manages to escape a cage rigged to a lightning rod. He is blinded by a powder flash, and for a time he is at a decided edge against Coffin (who has long adapted to his blindness). Coffin manages to accidentally kill his wife. Enraged, Jim is saved by his recovering eyesight: he ducks, and Coffin falls into a pit to his death.
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.
To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.
An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.
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.
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.
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.
Jim and Artie take on an obsessed museum curator who has private designs on the state treasury.
West is captured by a doctor who uses Pavlovian training to condition the Secret Service agent into becoming an assassin.
Jim goes to arrest a Mexican bandit disguised as a notorious outlaw...but the villain's girlfriend recognizes him.
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 ""cyborg,"" and is seeking revenge on those he thinks wronged him...and President Grant was one of the men he served with.
Jim and Artie have only one clue to track down the smugglers of opium and Chinese aliens: a fortune cookie.
Jim is assigned to stop abolitionist John Brown. The only problem - he was pronounced dead 20 years ago.
From TV Guide: West must protect a visiting despot from the fatal charms of Ecstasy La Joie (Yvonne Craig), who brandishes such baubles as an explosive garter and a deadly ring. West: Robert Conrad. Emir: Robert Middleton. Jones: Don Francks. Cable: Richard Jaeckel. Dr. Bey: James Lanphier. Artemus: Ross Martin.
From TV Guide: Intent on making California a kingdom for children, evil Dr. Loveless (Michael Dunn) makes his play for the state with a series of toys---which explode. West: Robert Conrad. Lewis: Jesse White. Voltaire: Richard Kiel. Priscilla: Pamela Austin. Artemus: Ross Martin. Bessie: Barbara Nichols.
A Supreme Court justice will not believe his life is in danger---until a puppet-show marionette fires a gun at him.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad), posing as a prison inspector, hunts for clues to a pillaging outlaw band. Ragan: Arthur O'Connell. Jennifer: Indus Arthur. Kross: Paul Genge. McCoy: Elisha Cook. Adams: Chet Stratton.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad) tries to protect a pleasure-loving prince who insists on visiting a plush spa---where assassins eagerly await his arrival. Prince: Nick Adams. Lady Beatrice: Dana Wynter. Duchamps: Robert Emhardt. Vittorio: Paul Comi. Bandit: Clint Ritchie. Artemus: Ross Martin.
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.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad) poses as an ex-con to gain admittance to renegade Army leader Thorald Wolfe (Keenan Wynn). Artemus: Ross Martin. Rita: Maggie Thrett. Enrique: Andre Philippe.
West tries to convince a Serbian official to hide the Kara Diamond. Then the gem disappears---and West is blamed.
West helps a powerfully built girl carry her trunk, not knowing it contains his shrewd enemy---diminutive, giggling Dr. Loveless.
From TV Guide: West (Robert Conrad) finds Willow Springs looted and its citizens completely immobile---victims of a mysterious paralysis. Dr. Kirby: Theo Marcuse. Anna: Nobu McCarthy. Rodman: H.M. Wynant. Hawthorne: Elliott Reid. Lafe: Robert Phillips. Barber: Mark Baker. Doyle: Eddie Durkin.
| Location | |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Release | 1965-09-17 |
| Producer | Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) |