Grant and the United States from all manner of dangerous threats. Their mission was to protect President Ulysses S. The Wild Wild West told the story of two Secret Service agents: the fearless and handsome James West (played by Robert Conrad), and Artemus Gordon (played by Ross Martin), a brilliant gadgeteer and master of disguise.
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This aspect was accentuated even more in the 1999 film adaptation.ĭespite high ratings, the series was cancelled near the end of its fourth season as a concession to Congress over television violence. The combination of the Victorian era time-frame and the use of Vernean technology has led several steampunk web sites to cite the show as a pioneering influence on the genre. The show featured a number of fantasy elements, such as the technologically advanced devices used by the agents and their adversaries. Two satirical comedy television film sequels were made with the original cast in 19 and the series was adapted for a theatrical film in 1999.ĭeveloped 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 (1869–1877), the series followed Secret Service agents James West ( Robert Conrad) and Artemus Gordon ( Ross Martin) as they solved crimes, protected the President, and foiled the plans of megalomaniacal villains to take over part or all of the United States. The Wild Wild West is an American Western, espionage, and science fiction television series that ran on the CBS television network for four seasons from September 17, 1965, to April 11, 1969.
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