Fourth Season 1968 - 1969
The Episodes
( * = Dr. Loveless episode)
#81) "The Night of the Big Blackmail" (9-27-68) {86}
Written by: David Mossinger
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
President Grant, James West, and Artemus Gordon are invitied to
a reception at one of the foreign embassies in Washington for
what is promised to be a "very important" surprise. Intercepting
the "surprise" the night before the reception, they discover
that it is a set of kinotrope cards depicting President Grant
signing a secret security pact with another nation. In order to
avoid a national disaster, Jim and Artemus must alter the cards
and return them without anyone realizing that they were ever
missing.
Guests: Harvey Korman, Wilhelm Von Homburg, Roy Engel,
Ron Rich.
#82) "The Night of the Doomsday Formula" (10-4-68) {82}
Written by: Samuel Newman
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Dr. Crane, inventor of a new explosive, is missing along with
his daughter. If his "doomsday formula" falls into the wrong
hands, especially foreign ones, it could mean the end of the
United States. West and Gordon must rescue the professor,
his daughter and the formula before it's too late.
Guests: Kevin McCarthy, E.J. Andre, Melinda Plowman.
#83) "The Night of the Juggernaut" (10-11-68) {89}
Written by: Clavin Clements. Jr.
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Someone is trying to run settlers off their land, buying some of
them out, scaring others away, and even murdering those who
refuse to leave. The government sends Jim and Arte in to
investigate the situation and to stop whoever is behind this.
Guests: Floyd Paterson, Simon Scott, Gloria Calomee.
#84) "The Night of the Sedgewick Curse" (10-18-68) {91}
Written by: Paul Playdon
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Jay Robinson, Sharon Acker, Maria Lennard,
Richard Hale.
#85) "The Night of the Gruesome Games" (10-25-68) {87}
Written by: Jackson Gillis & Henry Sharp
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
West and Gordon are in hot pursuit of a Dr. Raker when the
doctor accidently drowns. Now the two must find out what he has
done with the vial he stole, for unless they can recover it by
11:30 that night, it will explode and unleash the next Black
Plague on the United States.
Guests: William Schallert, Sherry Jackson,
Robert Ellenstein.
#86) "The Night of the Krakan" (11-1-68) {90}
Written by: Stephan Kandel
Directed by: Michael Caffey
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
A giant underwater sea monster has awakened from the depths and
is murdering fishermen. It also kills a friend of Jim and
Arte's who was just about to reveal what he knew about it. Is
it really a monster, or is there something more to this evil
plot? Jim and Arte race to find out before it's too late.
Guests: Jason Evers, Anthony Caruso, Ted Knight,
Marj Dusay.
#87) "The Night of the Fugitives" (11-8-68) {81}
Written by: Ken Pettus
Directed by: Mike Moder * (& Gunner Hellstrom)
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Norbert Plank has been the bookkeeper for a syndicate
controlling most of the crime in the western states. As
bookkeeper, he is the key to bringing down the entire syndicate.
It's up to Jim and Arte to get him out of Epitaph, Colorado,
where he's holed up under the protection of the syndicate boss,
"Diamond Dave" Desmond.
Guests: Simon Oakland, Charles McGraw, J.S. Johnson,
Susan Hart, Mickey Hargitay.
#88) "The Night of the Egyptian Queen" (11-15-68) {83}
Written by: Paul Playdon
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
While an exhibition on the Egpytian Prince Ho-Ta Me is being
assembled at a San Francisco museum, a ruby is stolen from one
of the statues. According to the Princess, this ruby is not
only valuable to the Egyptian government, but is a necessary
part of her dowry; without it she cannot marry, and her marriage
will mark the end of war between peoples in Egypt. Jim and
Arte must recover the ruby and find out why so many parties are
interested in a relatively worthless jewel.
Guests: Tom Troupe, Sorrell Booke, William Marshall,
Penny Gaston, Walter Brooke.
#89) "The Night of the Fire and Brimstone" (11-22-68) {92}
Written by: Joel Kane & Milton Smith
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
West and Gordon are called to the deserted mining town of
Brimstone by a Professor Colecrest who has made a discovery of
great importance. However, before they get to Brimstone, the
Professor is captured by a gang of men also seeking his
discovery. The professor, seriously injured in a fall, holds
the key to the mystery, and Jim and Arte struggle to keep him
alive until they can uncover the true root of the mystery.
Guests: Charles Macaulay, Robert Phillips, Dabbs Greer,
John Crawford, Leslie Charleson.
#90) "The Night of the Camera" (11-29-68) {94}
Written by: Ken Pettus
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Pat Paulsen, Barry Atwater, Lou Procopio.
#91) "The Night of the Avaricious Actuary" (12-6-68) {88}
Written by: Henry Sharp
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
West and Gordon are called in to investigate what appears to be
a giant tuning fork, capable of destroying entire buildings, in
particular mansions of very wealthy individuals. Suspecting a
connection between the destruction and a brand new insurance
company charging outrageous premiums, they attempt to persuade
the individuals to shun the insurance, but to no avail.
Instead, it's up to Jim and Arte to stop the destruction before
something larger than a mansion is targeted.
Ross Martin recieved a hairline fracture in his shin while
filming this episode.
Guests: Harold Gould, Emily Banks, Ross Eliot,
Jenny Maxwell.
* #92) "The Night of Miguelito's Revenge" (12-13-68) {93}
Written by: Jerry Thomas
Directed by: James B. Clark
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
While Artemus is called off to Washington for official business,
Jim and his old partner Jeremy Pike investigate the
disappearances of several individuals; each disappearance matching
a day of the week from a child's nursery rhyme. The kidnappings
are made even more mysterious when the person responsible for
them spends a great deal of effort to make sure West knows the
pattern behind them and still leaves him powerless to stop the
abductions.
Guests: Michael Dunn, Susan Seaforth, Douglas Henderson,
Arthur Batanides, Jim Shane, Don Pedro Colley,
Percy Helton, Byron Morrow, Walter Coy,
Linda Chandler, Peter Bruni, Johnny S. Luer.
#93) "The Night of the Pelican" (12-27-68) {95}
Written by: Richard Landeau
Directed by: Alex Nichol
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
West and Pike receive a note to meet a woman at a Chinese
restaurant in San Francisco with a promise of information about
the militant Din Chang who has recently stolen a supply of
fulminate of mercury from a military arsonal. Unfortunately,
the woman is killed before they can talk to her and the only
word she utters is "Pelican". To further complicate matters,
the only person they manage to capture is supposedly still
serving time at Alcatraz. Since it seems that Alcatraz and the
woman are the two pieces they have of the puzzle, the two split
up to track down Chang before he can use the volatile mercury.
Guests: Khigh Dhiegh, Vincent Beck, Francine York.
#94) "The Night of the Spanish Curse" (1-3-69) {85}
Written by: Robert E. Kent
Directed by: Paul Stanley
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
West and Gordon are called into Mexico to investigate a group of
bandits who are attacking and terrorizing border towns. They
track the bandits to a Mexican village where the theives are
hiding under the guise of an old Mexican legend about Cortez.
Jim and Arte, not believing in the return of the god Cortez,
are determined to find their way into the dorment volcano where
the thugs are hiding.
Guests: Thayer David, Toian Matchings, Richard Angarola.
#95) "The Night of the Winged Terror" [Part 1] (1-17-69) {97}
Written by: Ken Pettus
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: William Schallert, Jackie Coogan, Bernard Fox,
Christopher Cary, Michele Carey, John Harding,
Robert Ellenstein, Roy Engel.
#96) "The Night of the Winged Terror" [Part 2] (1-24-69) {98}
Written by: Ken Pettus
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: SEE PART 1
#97) "The Night of the Sabatini Death" (2-7-69) {99}
Written by: Shirl Hendryx
Directed by: Charles Rondeau
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Alan Hale, Jr. (the Skipper, "Gilligan's Island") guest
starred as Agent Ned Brown while Ross Martin was out due
to the heart-attack. This show has a great tag when Brown
tells West that he has had enough and is taking a long
vacation. West asks "where?", and Brown replys that he
just wants to be alone on a desert island.
He exits to the tune of the "Gilligan's Island" theme song.
Guests: Jill Townsend, Jim Backus, Bethel Leslie,
Alan Hale, Tom Geas, Donald Barry.
#98) "The Night of the Janus" (2-14-69) {96}
Story by: Paul Playdon
Teleplay by: Leonard Katzman
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Jack Carter, Anthony Eisley, Jackie DeShannon,
Arthue Malet, Gail Billings.
#99) "The Night of the Pistoleros" (2-21-69) {84}
Written by: Robert Bennis & Earl Barret
Directed by: Bernard McEveety
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Edward Binns, Robert Pine, Henry Wilcoxon,
Perry Lopez, Richard O'Brien.
#100) "The Night of the Diva" (3-7-69) {102}
Story by: Alf Harris
Teleplay by: Ken Pettus
Directed by: Herb Wallerstein
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Patrice Munsel.
#101) "The Night of the Bleak Island" (3-14-69) {100}
Written by: Robert E. Kent
Directed by: Marvin Chomsky
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: John Williams, Beverly Garland, Robert H. Harris,
Richard Erdman, Jana Taylor, James Westerfield,
John Van Dreelen, Gene Tyburn.
#102) "The Night of the Cossacks" (3-21-69) {104}
Written by: Oliver Crawford
Directed by: Mike Moder
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Guy Stockwell, Nina Foch, John Van Dreelan,
Donnelly Rhodes, Jennifer Douglas, Alizia Gur.
#103) "The Night of the Tycoons" (3-29-69) {101}
Story by: Barney Slater
Teleplay by: Louis Vittes
Directed by: Mike Moder
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Jo Van Fleet, Steve Carlson, Joanie Sommers,
Tol Avery.
#104) "The Night of the Plague" (4-4-69) {103}
Story by: Edward Anderson
Teleplay by: Frank Moss
Directed by: Irving Moore
Produced by: Bruce Lansbury
Guests: Lana Wood, William Bryant, Cliff Norton,
John Hoyt, James Lanphier, Douglas Henderson,
Eddie Firestone.
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