Episode
The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Casual Killer
Overview
Jim and Artie set out to penetrate the stronghold of a corrupt political boss and return him to Washington for trial.
Details
- Series
- The Wild Wild West
- Season
- Season 1
- Episode
- Episode 5
- Air date
- 1965-10-15
- Runtime
- 51 min
Episode context
The Night of the Casual Killer is Episode 5 in Season 1 of The Wild Wild West. It aired on 1965-10-15. The runtime is 51 min.
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Episode 4: The Night of Sudden Death
Jim West suspects his search for counterfeiters is getting warm when he's shot at with arrows---and thrown to the crocodiles.
Episode 6: The Night of a Thousand Eyes
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.
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