The idea sounds like something only a TV exec could come up with "I know, lets do James Bond as...a western! Can you see it, huh, huh, can you see it?" Yet under the skillful hands of creator/producer Michael Garrison, executive producer Gene L. Coon (yes my brother Star Trek fans, that Gene L. Coon), two well chosen stars, Robert Conrad and Ross Martin, and some imaginative writers, the result was a TV show that easily stands out as a classic.

The premise, after the Civil War, the weakened United States is threatened by a seemingly endless horde of meglomaniacs, mad scientists, and evil masterminds. To battle this threat, two Secret Service agents James West (Conrad) and Artemus Gordon, are dispatched in secret to eliminate these fiends. Using West's skills as an athlete, gunfighter, and ladies man, and Gordon's skills as an inventor and master of disguise, the pair save the young republic time again from those who would destroy it. Prince among these is Dr. Miquelito Loveless (played to perfection by the great Michael Dunn), dwarven in body, colossal in intellect, and infinite in madness. Played by Dunn, Loveless is a twisted idealist, torn between his warring desires to benefit mankind or destroy it. Tormented by his tiny body, and the ridicule it inspires, and tortured by the fact his mind is at least a hundred years ahead of it's time, his genius is always misused, but it's results are always magnificent, and deadly.

But Loveless is only one of the many fiends dispatched by West and Gordon. Using the combination of six-guns, imaginative gadgets (many invented by Gordon) and some of the best staged brawls in TV history (worthy of the best of the Republic serials justly famed fights)the two save the world time and again, to the delight of TV audiences everywhere. So enjoy these three B&W episodes from first season. Adventure awaits.

Recommended:
Yes

Viewing Format: VHS
Video Occasion: Good for Groups
Suitability For Children: Suitable for Children Age 9 - 12