More Wild Wild West (1980)

Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.

Director:

Burt Kennedy

Writers:

William Bowers (screenplay), William Bowers (story),

Stars:

Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Jonathan Winters

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Robert Conrad	...	Jim West
Ross Martin	...	Artemus Gordon
Jonathan Winters	...	Albert Paradine II
Harry Morgan	...	Robert T. 'Skinny' Malone
Rene Auberjonois	...	Capt. Sir David Edney
Randi Brough	...	Yvonne
Candi Brough	...	Daphne
Victor Buono	...	Dr. Henry Messenger
Liz Torres	...	Juanita
Emma Samms	...	Mirabelle Merriwether
Joyce Brothers	...	The Bystander
Jack LaLanne	...	Physical Fitness Trainer (as Jack La Lanne)
James Bacon	...	The Wheelman
Sandy Helberg	...	Aide #1
Richard Hawk	...	Aide #2

Storyline

West and Gordon only want to remain in retirement, but the secret service is determined to use their expertise. They are convinced to stop another mad scientist, this time Albert Paradine, an evil genius who can become invisible at will and now plans to take over the world.

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Plot Keywords:

retirement | mad scientist | 1890s | tiger | cowboy hat | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Western | Adventure | Action

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Certificate:

TV-PG

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 October 1980 (USA)

Also Known As:

Undercover USA

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

A new "Wild Wild West" TV series was considered, but the death of 'Ross Martin' in 1981 ended the idea.

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Goofs

President Harrison is referred to as running around his Oval Office for exercise purposes, but the first Oval Office in the White House was not built until 1909 for President Taft, and the movie is set in 1890.

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Connections

Follows The Wild Wild West (1965)

User Reviews

Terrible

I was a big fan of the original show. I have been watching the episodes on DVD and can see the eventual progression from serious sci-fi western to campy spoof. The first couple seasons were great. By the fourth season, competing with Batman, the show was very watered down and campy.

Then came the reunion movie a decade later. It was awful. It was great to see the two leads together again, but the script was just terrible. This sequel was put together and just shows you how far the series has dropped. It's just a bad comedy, bad being the key word. It's hard to believe this is the same show from that first season. West and Gordon are just like a campy Batman and Robin now. They're there to deliver bad '70s attempt at comedy - spoofing various 70s shows like the Hulk and others (Six Million dollar man was horribly spoofed in the first movie). The style from the original series is completely gone. When you cast Jonathan Winters as your villain, you've pretty much admitted it's not a serious show anymore. This movie was for little 8 year boys pretty much, boys who like myself in the 70s, came to know the original show from reruns. No adult of the show could possibly have found these awful films entertaining.

It's always great to see Conrad and Martin together again, those two guys are always great. But the scripts for both of these movies were just absolutely terrible. A real disappointment.