Verrückter wilder Westen
HOT
SERIE • 4 Staffeln •
Western,
Action & Abenteuer,
Science-Fiction • Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika • 1965
Originaltitel
The Wild Wild West
Produktionsland
Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika
Originalsprache
Englisch
Untertitel
Nein
Besetzung
Robert Conrad, Ross Martin
Episoden-Guide
1. Staffel 1 (28 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
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.
02
Episode 2
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.
03
Episode 3
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.
04
Episode 4
Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.
05
Episode 5
Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.
06
Episode 6
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.
07
Episode 7
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.
08
Episode 8
To rescue a kidnapped princess, Jim runs into a booby-trapped doorknob and a fully armored man wielding a mace.
09
Episode 9
An Indian demand for gold must be met: they've threatened to kill five railroad workers a day until it is paid.
10
Episode 10
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.
2. Staffel 2 (28 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
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.
02
Episode 2
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.
03
Episode 3
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.
04
Episode 4
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.
05
Episode 5
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.
06
Episode 6
West gets involved in a bizarre scheme: a green girl emerges from a fallen spaceship claiming she needs gold for fuel.
07
Episode 7
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.
08
Episode 8
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.
09
Episode 9
A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.
10
Episode 10
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.
3. Staffel 3 (24 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
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.
02
Episode 2
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.
03
Episode 3
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.
04
Episode 4
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!
05
Episode 5
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.
06
Episode 6
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.
07
Episode 7
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.
08
Episode 8
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.
09
Episode 9
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.
10
Episode 10
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.
4. Staffel 4 (24 Episoden)
01
Episode 1
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
02
Episode 2
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.
03
Episode 3
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.
04
Episode 4
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.
05
Episode 5
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.
06
Episode 6
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.
07
Episode 7
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.
08
Episode 8
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.
09
Episode 9
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.
10
Episode 10
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.
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