Episode

The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Returning Dead

Name: The Wild Wild West: The Night of the Returning Dead
Released: 1966-10-14
Duration: 50 min
Cast: Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Michael Dunn, Douglas Henderson, Bob Herron

The Wild Wild WestSeason 21966-10-14

Overview

While trying to solve a murder, West is charged by a bullet-immune "ghost rider".

Details

Series: The Wild Wild West
Season: Season 2
Episode: Episode 5
Air date: 1966-10-14
Runtime: 50 min

Episode context

The Night of the Returning Dead is Episode 5 in Season 2 of The Wild Wild West. It aired on 1966-10-14. The runtime is 50 min.

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Episode 4: The Night of the Big Blast 1966-10-07 | 50 min A mad scientist has invented a robot that looks exactly like West.

Episode 6: The Night of the Flying Pie Plate 1966-10-21 | 50 min West gets involved in a bizarre scheme: a green girl emerges from a fallen spaceship claiming she needs gold for fuel.

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Episode 3: The Night of the Raven 1966-09-30 | 50 min Dr. Loveless takes a giant step in his plan to rule a world of "little people" --- by reducing West to a six-inch miniature.

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 2: The Night of the Golden Cobra 1966-09-23 | 50 min Maharajah Singh kidnaps West for very unprincely reasons: West is to tutor Singh's assassin sons in the ways of Western combat.

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 1: The Night of the Eccentrics 1966-09-16 | 50 min Investigating a murder, West falls into the hands of the Eccentrics, a group of assassins controlled by the vicious Count Manzeppi.

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 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 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 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 13: The Night of the Skulls 1966-12-16 | 50 min James West is tried by a court of cutthroats who believe he has murdered his friend and fellow agent, Artemus Gordon.