The Wild Wild West (TV Series) The Night of the Freebooters (1966) User Reviews

Better Than Spocks Brain, But That is A Low Target

[DKosty123 · 7/10 · 22 December 2009]

Gene L Coon who wrote some other episodes of West & several episodes of Star Trek (including Spock's Brain ugh) in the 1960's wrote the script for this one. It is actually a pretty decent outing.

Keenan Wynne is a corrupt former Army officer who is intent on taking over Baja, California and the entire south west. This is a pretty common plot during the first season of West, even Dr. Loveless tries to do this. It looks like he is going to succeed for a while as he catches West after West infiltrates his operation.

Artie shows up a an arms dealers trying to make a crooked deal to equip Wynnes force and eventually West & Artie stop them cold. There is some decent stunt work & more than a few blanks fired in this episode as the episode moves along at a pretty brisk pace.

Good episode in the line of the first season fashion

[searchanddestroy-1 · 7/10 · 13 February 2019]

As the other review said, that's not the first time in the season that it is question of conquest of the south California. t became nearly recurent in this season. That said, it is also pleasant to see William Campbell as the big bad guy's - Keenan Wynn - sidekick and wearing an outfit and also hand gloved as he was in his Johnny Cool character BACKLASH, remember? When he was fighting against Dick Widmark...

Goof-

[paohatch · 7/10 · 29 June 2021]

At 55 min, West and the General are fighting, he slams a bottle over West's left arm, his sleeve is soaked. Then the next cut shows his sleeve completely dry.