Wild West Tech 

"Wild West Tech" was a documentary series for the History Channel that featured in depth interviews with historians and authors, as well as action packed recreations, to tell the story of ... See full summary »

Stars:

Drew Gomber, David Carradine, Phil Spangenberger

1 nomination.

Cast

Series cast summary:
Drew Gomber	...	Himself / ... 25 episodes, 2003-2005
David Carradine	...	Himself - Host / ... 23 episodes, 2004-2005
Phil Spangenberger	...	Himself / ... 22 episodes, 2003-2005
Keith Carradine	...	Himself - Host 16 episodes, 2003-2004
Roger McGrath	...	Himself 15 episodes, 2004-2005
James A.E. Fuentez	...	Card Dealer / ... 11 episodes, 2003-2004

Storyline

"Wild West Tech" was a documentary series for the History Channel that featured in depth interviews with historians and authors, as well as action packed recreations, to tell the story of the technology that drove the history of the American West. The series was created by Dolores Gavin (History Channel) and supervising producer Louis Tarantino.

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Genres:

Documentary | History | Western

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Certificate:

TV-G

Details

Official Sites:

History Channel

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 August 2003 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Greystone Television

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

Keith Carradine's mustache that he was seen wearing in early episodes was grown because he was in the midst of starring in Deadwood (2004) as Wild Bill Hickok.

User Reviews

The truth behind some Western legends.

I am a late comer to this show, but I found it very informative. Hopefully, the History Channel will rerun the episodes narrated by Keith Carradine, I'm currently seeing the ones with David. I find it kind of ironic that David Carradine is on a show discussing guns and other weapons of the Old West considering that on "Kung Fu" he basically played a cowboy who didn't use any sort of firearms. This series lays bare the truth about some of the "heroes" and "villains" of that time period. Like the lawman who allowed a prisoner to escape only to shoot him in the back just so that the sheriff could attend a dance! Or just how really overwhelmed the people at the Alamo were (1300 Mexicans vs. 200 Texans). Or just how bright (or maybe not) some desperadoes were when confronting the law and a Winchester rifle at 90 yards. Like I said, I hope that History Channel reruns the series in its entirety. Nothing like finding out how "wild" the Wild, Wild West really was.