Robert Conrad is Jim West and Ross Martin is Artemus Gordon, special agents lured out of retirement by an international crisis.
Albert Paradine II, son of a madman, has detonated bombs in London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid and seems hellbent on world domination.
So Secret Service chief Robert T. “Skinny” Malone (Harry Morgan) dispatches West and Gordon to Parson’s Ridge, Nevada, to take Paradine into custody and elminate the threat.
They soon discover that might not be easy.
In addition to developing a bomb more powerful than the world has known before, Paradine has created a handheld device that makes him invisible.
How do you take a man into custody if he can make himself disappear with the press of a button? And if you get him into your custody, how can you hold him?
Then comes more bad news: Paradine is planning to set off another bomb. In Washington, D.C. During a peace conference attended by ambassadors from all over the world.
Of course, it falls for West and Gordon to keep that from happening.
Robert Conrad as Jim West, surprising buddy Artemus Gordon by accepting another mission in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Ross Martin as Artemus Gordon, wondering how to stop someone who can become invisible in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Review:
The second of two TV movies reuniting Conrad and Martin as West and Gordon, the characters they had played for four seasons on CBS’s “Wild, Wild West” TV series.
It’s campy. It’s silly. Our heroes find themselves dangled over hungry lions at one point. West is threatened with a cobra at another. And he’s constantly hounded by a band of angry Mexicans spurred on by a spurned lover named Juanita.
There’s lot of pretty faces. And Victor Buono as Secretary of State Henry Messenger, a takeoff on Henry Kissinger, a takeoff with lots of resemblance to “Dr. Strangelove” (1964).
After watching, you might be surprised to learn that the original series wasn’t canceled because of low ratings, but rather a move to cut back on the violence on TV.
The first TV movie was “Wild Wild West Revisited,” which aired in 1979, 10 year after the series was canceled. Any plans for more movies ended when Martin died of a heart attack at age 61 in 1981.
Jonathan Winters as Albert Paradine II, a man with world domination on his mind in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Randi Brough as Yvonne and Candi Brough as Daphne, Paradine’s pretty assistants in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Directed by:
Burt Kennedy
Cast:
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 Merriweather
Joe Alfasa … Italian Ambassador
Gino Conforti … French Ambassador
Hector Elias … Spanish Ambassador
Dave Madden … German Ambassador
Avery Schrieber … Russian Ambassador
John Furlong … Bavarian Delegate
Runtime: 94 min.
Harry Morgan as Secret Service Chief Robert T. ‘Skinn’ Malone, confronting Paradine in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Victor Buono as Dr. Henry Messenger, presiding over a not very peaceful peace conference in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Memorable lines:
Jim West: “Did you kill your four brothers?”
Albert Paradin II: “Yes. Yes I did.”
West: “Why?”
Paradine: “They were a disgrace to the Paradime name. They suddenly became decent, honest, God-fearing men. They had to go!
Jim West: “With all of this, why do you want to conquer the world?”
Albert Paradine II: “It’s part of the Paradine tradition to want to conquer the world. It’s in the Paradine blood. To ask a Paradine not to conquer the world is like asking a baby not to cry.”
Dr. Henry Messenger to Paradine: “Now you evil, brilliant, fellow you. Come along with me. We’ve got secrets to share.”
Rene Auberjonois as Capt. Sir David Ebney, the English agent on Paradine’s trail in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
Emma Samms as Mirabelle Merriweather, assistant to English agent Sir David Ebney in More Wild, Wild West (1980)
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