Honey West

1965
Honey West

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EP1 The Swingin' Mrs. Jones Sep 17, 1965

Honey poses as a society matron in an effort to smash a blackmailing ring that preys on wealthy women.

EP2 The Owl and the Eye Sep 24, 1965

In order to test a museum's security system, an insurance company hires Honey to steal a jade carving that they have insured.

EP3 The Abominable Snowman Oct 01, 1965

A novelty salesman named Lucas hires Honey to deliver his sample case for him: Someone wants it badly enough to commit murder.

EP4 A Matter of Wife and Death Oct 08, 1965

Someone tries to sink a ship carrying Honey and a woman who hired her after receiving anonymous death threats.

EP5 Live a Little, Kill a Little Oct 15, 1965

When the sister of a prominent businessman breaks off a relationship with a local mobster, Honey and an assassin race to be the first to find her.

EP6 Whatever Lola Wants.... Oct 22, 1965

Honey's been hired to attend a charity ball with Ramon Vargas, and Ramon is dressed to kill—in fact,he has just committed murder.

EP7 The Princess and the Paupers Oct 29, 1965

Honey and Sam are hired to ensure that ransom money is delivered and the kidnap victim, a rock-'n'-roll singing son of a millionaire businessman, is returned safely. Honey soon suspects that the kidnapping was faked, either as a publicity stunt or so the young man could lay his hands on some easy cash.

EP8 In the Bag Nov 05, 1965

Honey manages to lose an obnoxious child she's escorting between divorced parents in a crowded airport. When security can't find the child, Honey fears the girl may have been abducted.

EP9 The Flame and the Pussycat Nov 12, 1965

Honey and Sam attempt to capture an arsonist in order to earn a lucrative contract with a warehouse company backfires when they accidentally interfere with the police investigation.

EP10 A Neat Little Package Nov 19, 1965

Honey and Sam are hired by a newsdealer with amnesia and $150,000 that he doesn't know how it came into his possession.

EP11 A Stitch in Crime Nov 26, 1965

Honey and Sam are hired to deliver gowns valued at over $100,000 to a fashion show. When their cargo is hijacked, the detectives race to recover the garments before the program or else their employer, a new dress designer, will be ruined.

EP12 A Million Bucks in Anybody's Language Dec 03, 1965

Honey investigates the death of a fellow private investigator found dead in an explosion. The trail leads to a set of counterfeit plates to be used to print phony British pounds.

EP13 The Gray Lady Dec 10, 1965

While acress Nicole Bridou is being interviewed on TV, jewel thief John Abbott watches from her hotel room where he's pulling a heist.

EP14 Invitation to Limbo Dec 17, 1965

An electronics firm hires Honey to find out how secret information has been leaking out.

EP15 Rockabye the Hard Way Dec 24, 1965

Honey and Sam are hired to prove that a truck driver isn't a security risk and in the process tangle with spies who drug drivers driving secret weapons so they can take photographs while their victims are unconscious.

EP16 A Nice Little Till to Tap Dec 31, 1965

Honey goes undercover as a teller to learn how gang of bank robbers avoids tripping the vaults' high-priced alarm systems.

EP17 How Brillig, O, Beamish Boy Jan 07, 1966

Honey is faced with a dilemma when she's being paid to deliver a package with a half million dollars, but crooks kidnap Sam in order to trade his life for the money.

EP18 King of the Mountain Jan 14, 1966

Honey poses as a nurse to investigate a secretive billionaire supposedly suffering from a rare biochemical defect.

EP19 It's Earlier Than You Think Jan 21, 1966

A bullet-riddled collector hands Honey what appears to be an 1865 newspaper, which he hints is a forgery, but he dies before explaining how he knows. Honey and Sam must keep the paper away from thieves, deliver it to its rightful owner, and determine whether it is really a forgery.

EP20 The Perfect Un-Crime Jan 28, 1966

An embezzler who has had a change of heart hires Honey and Sam to break into his boss's safe to return the money.

EP21 Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz Feb 04, 1966

A young socialite survives numerous "accidents" including a parachute that opens late and a near hit-and-run. Honey and Sam are suspicious when the woman's mother reveals that a psychic has predicted the accidents. Things really heat up when the socialite becomes the prime suspect after her ex-boyfriend is murdered.

EP22 Don't Look Now, But Isn't That Me Feb 11, 1966

Thieves target Honey's client list using a decoy who looks almost exactly like Honey. Honey and Sam have to figure out how the thieves are getting to their clients and then set a trap to catch the gang. Honey particularly wants a face-off with her double.

EP23 Come to Me, My Litigation Baby Feb 18, 1966

Although stymied when they try to get incriminating photographs of a man suspected of making a phony accident claim, Honey and Sam discover that the subject's accident witness, a seemingly sweet old lady, is suspiciously accident-prone herself.

EP24 Slay, Gypsy, Slay Feb 25, 1966

When a wealthy man is kidnapped, Honey traces his whereabouts to a caravan of Gypsies whose leader, Darza, is more than he seems.

EP25 The Fun-Fun Killer Mar 04, 1966

Honey and Sam must solve the murder of a toy manufacturer killed by an oversize toy robot made by his own company.

EP26 Pop Goes the Easel Mar 11, 1966

On a bet, an art dealer and his 'Warhol-esque' client secretly place a can of soup with a hand-painted label on a supermarket shelf to see if anyone will buy it. Not only is it purchased by Aunt Meg, but a punk immediately steals the can from her, leading Honey and Sam to believe that someone with inside information knew about the bet and plans to sell the can on the black market.

EP27 Little Green Robin Hood Mar 18, 1966

Hired to protect a gated community after a rash of burglaries, Honey and Sam discover a deluded burglar who actually believes that he is Robin Hood. They decide to humor him not only because they fear he will only confess the location of the hidden jewels to someone he trusts but also because they suspect that someone is directing the weak-minded thief.

EP28 Just the Bear Facts Ma'am Mar 25, 1966

After a stunt woman dies in a suspicious accident on a studio lot, Honey is hired to take her place as well as investigate her death. Soon Honey herself becomes the target of a series of so-called accidents. Sam also goes undercover wearing a bear costume.

EP29 There's a Long, Long, Fuse A'Burning Apr 01, 1966

Honey and Sam try to establish a retired robber's innocence when a copycat uses his old m.o. of diverting attention with a bomb blast.

EP30 An Eerie, Airy, Thing Apr 08, 1966

Sam's friend, Gordon Forbes, is threatening to jump from the ledge of his upper-storey hotel room, and the only person he wants to talk to is his estranged wife. Unfortunately, when Honey visits the Forbes home, she discovers Mrs. Forbes has been murdered.
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Released: 17 September 1965 Ended
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After her father's death, Honey West takes over his high-tech private-detective firm, assisted by rugged Sam Bolt--and her pet ocelot Bruce.

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bensonmum2 I just finished going through the Honey West episodes for the second time in the last few years. Overall, it's a fun show. Anne Francis is fantastic as Honey. Smart, sexy, funny - she played Honey perfectly. As good as she is, I think John Ericson deserves as much credit for making the show what it was. Other than being a bit too overprotective at times, his Sam Bolt is an excellent partner for Honey. And I don't want to forget Irene Hervey as Aunt Meg. Her comic relief is generally well done.When Honey West is good, it's very good. Episode #4 A Matter of Wife and Death, Episode #21 Like Visions and Omens... and All That Jazz, and Episode #30 An Eerie, Airy, Thing are three examples of Honey West at its very best. For anyone unfamiliar with the show, these would be good jumping off points. Unfortunately, the writing was incredibly uneven (to put it politely). Episode #24 Slay, Gypsy, Slay, Episode #25 The Fun-Fun Killer, and Episode #27 Little Green Robin Hood are among the worst. When Honey West was bad, it was real bad. While I would have liked to have seen Honey West with a longer run, the writing in the latter episodes is so bad that it's probably best things ended when they did.A few other random thoughts: I may be alone, but I never cared for Bruce. It looked like he was going to rip-off someone's hand at any given moment.As sexy as Anne Francis could be, that AC Cobra she drove just might have been sexier. What an incredible looking car! I've complained about it any number of times, but one of the things that annoyed me the most about Honey West was the poor stunt double. He/she looked nothing like Francis.I've read all the comparisons and connections between Honey West and The Avengers. As mush as I enjoy Honey West, you really can't compare it with the innovative and creative "stuff" they were doing on The Avengers.
Gatorman9 I am a bit perplexed by a lot of the negative comments I have read about this show on this website. Granted, I have only seen three episodes as an adult, but still . . .I first saw this program during the sixties when I was only 9 or 10 years old. There was enough action (the fist-fights and most of the Judo moves still look great now) and gadgets (only in more recent years do you see readily commercially available some of the things they purported to have then) to make it entertaining to kids at that age and both my younger sister and I enjoyed watching it. In the past few years, however, when I became interested in revisiting the shows I had watched growing up when they became available for the first time on video, I made no particular effort to see it when I learned that it was canceled after only a single year on the air. I naturally assumed that must have not been very good, something only a ten-year-old looking for action and gadgets would think was worthwhile. Maybe I would find it would turn out to be as bad as *Lost In Space* (which ran for three seasons) did, for example.Just recently I had a chance to see the three episodes alluded to previously ("The Owl and the Eye", "A Neat Little Package", and "The Abominable Snowman") and based on that I'm just plain amazed this show was canceled so soon. The writing overall was excellent, the score very reminiscent of a lot of what you heard on *I Spy* or even *Peter Gunn*, and the rest of the production values were every bit as good as anything else that you would see on TV in the mid-sixties. It was much more plausible in every respect than the comparatively cheesy *It takes a Thief* with Robert Wagner, which lasted three seasons, and the terrific dialog and character development and relationships light-years better than the famed *Hawaii Five-O*, which ran for a total of 11 in prime time. I can't disagree enough with the reviewer who said that the only reason to see this show was to appreciate the blonde bombshell appeal of Anne Francis. He really ought to go back and look at it again as an adult over 40 or 50.From that perspective, too, the relationship between Sam & Honey is readily understandable. Sam is a classic protective male who out of uneasiness or even acute anxiety finds him constantly yelling at Honey that she needs to do or not do something on a case because, at a minimum, it makes him worry about her, but she totally fails to appreciate this. Instead, after promising to heed his concerns, without a second thought she then promptly goes off does exactly the opposite of what he advised, just as she always intended, leaving Sam looking rather hapless and helpless. The results are mixed but often include Sam having to physically come to the rescue in the end. The writers caught this kind of real-life battle-of-the-sexes dynamic perfectly and if you don't appreciate it when you see it it probable that you have never experienced it yourself. While it is much more prosaic than the intriguingly ambiguous relationship between Mrs. Peel and Mr. Steed of *Avengers* notability, it is also that much more likely and realistic.Add to this some cleverly conceived supporting characters (not the least Bruce the Ocelot, played by Himself) and the most perfect choice of a car for Honey, a 1965 AC Cobra (that car could be worth as much as 1.5 million dollars today, depending on which version it was) and you have about as stylish and entertaining a detective show as was ever on American TV.If this program had any weaknesses that I could see, it was in the acting or direction. I felt that the lead actors performed outstandingly well in some scenes yet appeared to lack the range to do as well with some of the other scenes that had been written for them. While actors in this situation tend to get blamed for this kind of thing, it could easily have been the fault of directors who asked them for the wrong kind of performances in the wrong scenes.Anyway, the user rating of 7.8 that is on here at the time I'm posting this is well-deserved, and I think it is most definitely a must-see for anyone who likes vintage crime/private-eye TV. Moreover, I am delighted to be able to add that it has been released on DVD!
mustang68 Honey West/Anne Francis was certainly my favorite back then (on TV, second was Diana Rigg - in the movies, I liked Raquel Welch).Honey had an attitude that Donna Reed & Doris Day did not have. For a kid in the 60's, she was something different & special.My folks let me watch because they thought I liked the cat - duh... I had a crush on Anne Francis... (I was 15).And the ocelot's full name was Bruce Bite-A-Bit.I don't remember much else. Maybe some studio would do a re-make with a current star as Honey (sorry, Anne, but you are in your 70's now, and still very good looking, but you're just not convincing as a karate-chopping PI any more - maybe you could be the new Honey's "office manager" or something... that way, we could still enjoy your screen-presence).
mike robson The sort of show that epitomised mid 60's Hollywood hip-great clothes and cars,fab music,graced with the presence of slim beautiful Anne Francis as the foxy sleuth.Okay the plots are elementary at best,and can veer towards silliness("Little green Robin Hood" anyone?),and the show is too darn short at half an hour to do real justice to itself.Also it's in black and white-but who cares-just watch Francis and John Ericson in action.Like the "Burke's Law" series-where Honey West first appeared on screen-there's quite a lot of wit in the writing(this show,like "Burke's Law",is from "4 star" television productions).And there's Bruce,Honey's amusingly roguish ocelot.Some interesting guest stars include Everett Sloane(in one of his final appearances),Edd Byrnes,Alan Reed(Fred Flinstone!)and Dick Clark!Special mention should be made of the brilliant montage of pictures accompanying the jazzy opening credits.