The Wild Wild West - Season 4 - Eps 13: The Night of the Pelican
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 stolen a supply of fulminate of mercury from a military arsenal. 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.
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
