The Wild Wild West - Season 2 - Eps 18: The Night of the Gypsy Peril
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 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.
About The Wild Wild West
Title: The Wild Wild West
First Air Date: 1965-09-17
Last Air Date: 1969-04-11
Status: Ended
Rating: 7.6/10 (from 72 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 4
Total Episodes: 104
Network: CBS
Genres: Action & Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Production Companies: Michael Garrison Productions, Bruce Lansbury Productions, CBS
Synopsis
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.
Cast
Robert Conrad
James T. West
Ross Martin
Artemus Gordon
