Episode

The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Skulls

Name: The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Skulls
Released: 1966-12-16
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Michael Dunn, Douglas Henderson, Bob Herron

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Overview

James West is tried by a court of cutthroats who believe he has murdered his friend and fellow agent, Artemus Gordon.

Details

Series: The Wild Wild West
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 13
Air date: 1966-12-16
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Night of the Skulls is Episode 13 in Season 2 of The Wild Wild West. It aired on 1966-12-16. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 12: The Night of the Man-Eating House 1966-12-12 | 50 min West witnesses eerie phenomena when he takes refuge with a sheriff and his prisoner in an abandoned bayou mansion.

Episode 14: The Night of the Infernal Machine 1966-12-23 | 50 min Time is running out for Judge M'Guigan, who is threatened by a bomb-throwing clockmaker.

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Episode 11: The Night of the Ready-Made Corpse 1966-11-25 | 50 min Fabian Lavender is a master of disguises, but West is not fooled. Neither is Lavender --- who locks West in one of his gas-filled crypts.

Episode 15: The Night of the Lord of Limbo 1966-12-30 | 50 min A crippled Confederate colonel, Vautrain, plans to use his power to travel through time to use Jim and Artie to alter history and restore his legs.

Episode 10: The Night of the Green Terror 1966-11-18 | 50 min The evil, diminutive Dr. Loveless impoverishes an Indian tribe so that he can become their benefactor -- and their god.

Episode 16: The Night of the Tottering Tontine 1967-01-06 | 50 min West and Gordon are assigned to protect Dr. Raven, who is developing a secret weapon. Raven is a member of a tontine, an investment group whose bylaws state that the surviving member of the group gets the assets of the group. When one of the tontine's members is killed and an attempt is made on Raven's life, the agents decide to investigate. They find a house full of traps and two members of the tontine looking to "survive" the group and take the money for themselves.

Episode 9: The Night of the Watery Death 1966-11-11 | 50 min A mysterious dragon-like creature is blowing up American ships, and West and Gordon must determine the cause.

Episode 17: The Night of the Feathered Fury 1967-01-13 | 50 min An organ grinder and his monkey launch an attack: the man is no less than Count Manzeppi, trying to gain a small wind-up bird toy. The toy contains the Philosopher's Stone, reputed to transmute base elements into gold. The race is on as West and Gordon track Manzeppi to his lair. After repeated setbacks and escapes, Manzeppi is forced to escape in a balloon while his henchwoman Gerda is transformed into a gold statue, and the bird and its stone are seemingly destroyed. At the end, the stone reconstitutes itself on the guys' train after they leave for the night.

Episode 8: The Night of the Bottomless Pit 1966-11-04 | 50 min West poses as a prisoner at Devil's Island. His assignment: rescue a secret agent who is marked for execution by a savage commandant.

Episode 18: The Night of the Gypsy Peril 1967-01-20 | 50 min 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.

Episode 7: The Night of the Poisonous Posey 1966-10-28 | 50 min 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 international criminals assembled by Lucrese Posey. West and Gordon discover that Lucrese is planning on heading a worldwide 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.

Episode 19: The Night of the Tartar 1967-02-03 | 50 min President Grant gives orders to agents James West and Artemus Gordon to deliver prisoner Rimsky to Vladivostok, Russia, in a prisoner exchange for American vice-consul Millard Boyer. When Rimsky dies in an escape attempt, Gordon assumes his identity. The agents are drugged en route and when they come to, are led to believe they're in Russia. West is imprisoned and forced to reveal Rimsky's whereabouts. His captors tie him to a stake while saber-swinging Cossacks ride straight for him. Still in disguise, Gordon meets Rimsky's contact Sazanov, in an effort to uncover the Russians' racket.