The Night of the Amnesiac 

Special agent West is charged with the responsibility to transport the state's only supply of a smallpox vaccine to safety. On the way, West's stagecoach is ambushed by a gang, led by Silas... See full summary »

Director:

Lawrence Dobkin

Writers:

Robert Bloomfield (story), Leigh Chapman

Stars:

Robert Conrad, Ross Martin, Sharon Farrell

Cast

Episode complete credited cast:
Robert Conrad	...	Jim West
Ross Martin	...	Artemus Gordon
Sharon Farrell	...	Cloris Colton
Edward Asner	...	Furman Crotty
John Kellogg	...	Rusty
Kevin Hagen	...	Silas Crotty
George Petrie	...	Col. Petrie
Johnny Jensen	...	The Boy
James Nolan	...	The Warden (as Jim Nolan)
Jack Rigney	...	The Bartender
Don Howorth	...	The Brute (as Don Howorth--Mr. World)
Jerry Laveroni	...	Irish
Sebastian Tom	...	Masseur
Gil Lamb	...	Claude Peepers

Storyline

Special agent West is charged with the responsibility to transport the state's only supply of a smallpox vaccine to safety. On the way, West's stagecoach is ambushed by a gang, led by Silas Crotty, who steals the serum and shoots West as he tries to protect the vaccine. When West awakens in the field, he has lost his memory and his identity.

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Plot Keywords:

vaccine | stagecoach | smallpox | gang | blackmail | 

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi | Thriller | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

9 February 1968 (USA)

Filming Locations:

Sierra Railroad, Jamestown, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

CBS Television Network

Technical Specs

Runtime:

50 min (DVD)

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Crotty refers to the people who might die as a result of not getting the vaccine as "the Great Unwashed". That line originated in the novel 'Paul Clifford', by Edward Bulwer-Lytton: "He is certainly a man who bathes and 'lives cleanly', (two especial charges preferred against him by Messrs. the Great Unwashed)." ['Paul Clifford' is probably better known as the novel with the "worst opening line" in history: "It was a dark and stormy night; the rain fell in torrents-except at occasional intervals, when it was checked by a violent gust of wind which swept up the streets (for it is in London that our scene lies), rattling along the housetops, and fiercely agitating the scanty flame of the lamps that struggled against the darkness." The first seven words have given inspiration to the annual Bulwer-Lytton Fiction Contest, in which contestants think-up terrible openings for imaginary novels.]

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Goofs

West, Gordon and Cloris are welcomed to "Crotty's Genocide Club" The word 'genocide' did not come into use until 1944.

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Quotes

Artemus Gordon: Crotty, this epidemic has already reached monumental proportions. Thousands more are going to die. Don't you care how many people you kill?
Furman Crotty: They're inferior. They're the great unwashed. Plymouth Rock should have landed on the pilgrims.

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