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"The Wild Wild West" The Night of the Returning Dead (1966)



Overview

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8.0/10   23 votes
Director:
Richard Donner
Writers:
Michael Garrison (creator)
John Kneubuhl (writer)
Contact:
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Original Air Date:
14 October 1966 (Season 2, Episode 5)
Plot:
Agents West and Gordon are called to investigate a mysterious Confederate night rider who comes to the ranch of Carl Jackson... more | add synopsis
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Still spooky, after all these years... more (2 total)

Cast

  (Episode Credited cast)
Robert Conrad ... James T. West
Ross Martin ... Artemus Gordon

Sammy Davis Jr. ... Jeremiah
Peter Lawford ... Carl Jackson
Hazel Court ... Elizabeth Carter
Ken Lynch ... Tom Kellogg
Alan Baxter ... Sheriff Ned Briggs
Frank Wilcox ... Judge Bill Mott
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Additional Details

Runtime:
USA:60 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Colour:
Colour
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono

Fun Stuff

Quotes:
James T. West: What happened to you?
Artemus Gordon: Fighting on the Sabbath? Never on a Sunday.
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Still spooky, after all these years..., 25 March 2009
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Author: poe426 from USA

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One of a kind, THE WILD WILD WEST- no two ways about it: a pair of post-Civil War government agents (one, a man of action, the other a master of disguise), armed with enough high-tech gadgets to make James Bond green with envy, pitted against just about every kind of villain imaginable. Besides the action (Robert Conrad, in addition to doing his own stunts, also used gung fu in almost every single episode), there was an ambiance that, as a kid, I loved. In a word, it was SPOOKY. This episode was one of my favorites. The teaser (the opening scene), in which Conrad as Jim West is attacked by what looks like a white-faced Confederate cadaver, is STILL one of the great moments in teleseries history (in my own, ever humble opinion). The real twist is revealed later, in a very dramatic scene that is effectively suggested more than shown. Sammy Davis, Jr. shines: his performance is riveting, and it would've been great to have seen his character in a spin off series of his own (which could've been just as spooky as this one).

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