Barbary Coast (1975–1976)

The wild wild west adventures of 19th-century agents Jeff Cable and Cash Conover.

Creator:

Douglas Heyes

Stars:

William Shatner, Richard Kiel, Dave Turner

Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy.

Cast

Complete series cast summary:
William Shatner	...	Jeff Cable (14 episodes, 1975-1976)
Richard Kiel	...	Moose Moran (14 episodes, 1975-1976)
Dave Turner	...	Thumbs (14 episodes, 1975-1976)
Doug McClure	...	Cash Conover (13 episodes, 1975-1976)

Storyline

19th-century government agent and master of disguise Jeff Cable operates out of a secret room in a San Francisco casino owned by his best pal Cash Conover. Conover is sort of a dandy, and would rather avoid trouble at all costs, but Cable's persuasiveness coupled with Cash's sense of duty and a weakness for the fairer sex shared by both men usually leads them into dangerous missions.

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Plot Keywords:

master of disguise | casino | san francisco california | secret agent | gambling | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

8 September 1975 (USA)

Also Known As:

Barbarkusten

Filming Locations:

Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Francy Productions, Paramount Television

Technical Specs

Runtime:

60 min 60 min (14 episodes)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Quotes

[repeated line, when paying someone]
Cash Conover: Cash makes no enemies...

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Connections

Follows Barbary Coast: The Barbary Coast (1975)

User Reviews

Fair Imitation of Wild Wild West

The plots had a similar complexity to the wonderful Robert Conrad/Ross Martin series Wild Wild West, and the characters are rather similar, though their attributes were combined and scrambled into the two new characters. Here Shatner is the disguise master, but is also the nominal lead, while disguse-master Martin played second fiddle to Conrad 10 years earlier.

Unfortunately, the intelligence (or rather, attention) of the audience had so deteriorated over the previous decade that this show was promptly canceled because the plots were deemed too complex.

If you've never seen Wild Wild West, see that instead. If you've seen that already and you're willing to put up with Shatner, then this can scratch your itch.