HONEY WEST: THE COMPLETE SERIES (4PC) (FULL B&W) [IMPORT]

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• Release Year: 1965
• Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
• Plot: Before the Bionic Woman and Alias... there was Honey West!; ; Honey West (Anne Francis), sensual and glamorous female private eye, was something of a trendsetter, she was one of television's first liberated females. In an era when actresses were restrained to sedate housewives and girlfriend roles, this series marked an exceptional and original departure. In 1965 the character was introduced to television audiences in a Burke's Law episode, 'Who Killed the Jackpot?' and true to form, Honey outwitted the suave detective played by Gene Barry.; ; Producer Aaron Spelling spun the character off into a separate thirty-minute series which premiered in the fall of 1965. Honey West was the first dramatic TV show with a female star in an action-adventure role. In the show, Honey inherited her spying business from her late father, a top private eye. She also got his partner in the deal, rough and handsome Sam Bolt, played by John Ericson. There was a strong attraction between the partners, but Honey West's only true love was the thrill of adventure - and her pet ocelot, Bruce.; ; In addition to being television's first modern, independent, self-sufficient woman, Honey frequently engaged in fight scenes and shootouts. She was expert at judo and held a black belt in karate. She is also the first character, male or female, on U.S. television to use martial arts as self-defense. A la James Bond, she also owned an arsenal of weapons filled with 'scientific' gadgets including an exploding compact, a garter belt gas mask, teargas earrings and a lipstick microphone. Although short-lived, this series broke the mold and paved the way for future female action heroines such as The Girl from U.N.C.L.E., The Bionic Woman, and Alias.
• Cast: Anne Francis; John Ericson; Bruce; Irene Hervey; Ken Lynch; Don Gazzaniga; Peter Leeds; Marvin Brody; Paul Sorensen; Larry D. Mann; Michael Fox; Norman Alden; Lou Krugman; Bill Quinn; Nino Candido; Jonathan Hole; Charles Horvath; Lonnie Fotre; Chuck Hicks; Bill Catching; Janos Prohaska; Vincent Beck; Audrey Christie; Cesare Danova; Anthony Eisley; Louise Troy; James Brown; Edd Byrnes; Richard Carlyle; Dick Clark; David Opatoshu; Woodrow Parfrey; Michael Pate; Nehemiah Persoff; Adam Williams; Richard Angarola; Lloyd Bochner; Ray Danton; Dianne Foster; Charlene Holt; Steve Ihnat; Henry Jones; Kevin McCarthy; Sean McClory; J. Pat O'Malley; Michael J. Pollard; Wayne Rogers; Everett Sloane; Warren Stevens; Fred Beir; Leonard Bremen; David Brian; George Furth; James Griffith; John Hoyt; Allen Jenkins; Ralph Manza; John McGiver; Dennis Patrick; Alan Reed; Frank Wilcox; Harry Basch; Harry Bellaver; James Best; Winnie Collins; Horst Ebersberg; Roy Jenson; Barry Kelley; Nancy Kovack; Richard Loo; Laurie Main; Maureen McCormick; Howard McNear; Harry Millard; Philip Ober; Arline Anderson; Army Archerd; Eleanor Audley; Paul Dubov; Byron Foulger; Frank Gerstle; Monica Keating; Leonid Kinskey; Charles Lane; Robert Strauss; June Vincent; Val Avery; Joe Don Baker; Henry Beckman; William Bramley; Robert Carricart; Stacy Harris; George Keymas; Mary Murphy; Bert Parks; James Sikking; Maurice Dallimore; Howard Dayton; Paul 'Mousie' Garner; John Harmon; John Holland; William Keene; Richard Kiel; Ron Lerner; Byron Morrow; Stanley Adams; Louise Arthur; Leon Askin; Jerry Brutsche; Pat Collins; Herb Edelman; Herbie Faye; Dan Frazer; Len Lesser; Clarence Lung; John McLiam; Sarah Selby; Liam Sullivan; Ivan Triesault; Allyson Ames; Jan Arvan; Anthony Eustrel; Mimsy Farmer; David Fresco; Pepita Funez; Monte Hale; Françoise Ruggieri; James Secrest; Kami Stevens; William 'Billy' Benedict; Henry Brandon; Gene Darfler; Maurine Dawson; Johnny Haymer; Henry Hunter; Gil Lamb; Judy Lang; Guy Lee; R.J. Nelson; David Pritchard; Frank J. Scannell; Sydney Smith; Fred Vincent; Than Wyenn; Chuck Couch; Severn Darden; Michael Harris; Richard Hoyt; Bobby Johnson; Marvin Kaplan; Leon Lontoc; Troy Melton; Benny Rubin; Robert R. Stephenson; Phil Arnold; Pepe Callahan; Harold Fong; Percy Helton; S. John Launer; Joseph V. Perry; Jon Sargent; Howard Curtis; Robert Kenneally; Bill McLean; Fred Murphy; Jack Perkins; Bill Shannon; David Armstrong; Marjorie Bennett; Bella Bruck; James Donohue; Alean 'Bambi' Hamilton; Bern Hoffman; Judy Kane; Barbara Morrison; Ellen Corby; Robert Hickman; Louis Quinn; Lisa Seagram; Cal Bolder; J.P. Burns; Richard Crane; Norman Palmer; Jason Wingreen; Joel Lawrence; Gilchrist Stuart; Dana White; Will J. White; Danny Rees; Bobby Sherman; Charles Wagenheim; George Atkinson; Arthur Batanides; Clark Ross; Joseph La Cava; Jack Tornek; Bill Hickman; Bill Hart; Max Wagner; Charles Bail; Nick Borgani; Jack Clinton; Alphonso DuBois; Robert Dulaine; Joe Ferrante; George Ford; Joe Garcio; James Gonzalez; Chester Hayes; George Hoagland; William Meader; Monty O'Grady; Joe Ploski; Murray Pollack; Tony Regan; Paul Stader; Bob Whitney; Lori Williams; Duke Fishman; Bobby Gilbert; Philo McCullough; John Roy; James H. Brown; John Florea; Murray Golden; Paul Wendkos; Thomas Carr; John Peyser; Sidney Miller; Bill Colleran; James Goldstone; Walter Grauman; Tom Gries; Jerry Hopper; Seymour Robbie; Ida Lupino; Gail Allen; Gwen Bagni; Tony Barrett; William Bast; Marc Brandel; Chris Christensen; Gloria Fickling; Skip Fickling; Lila Garrett; Don Ingalls; George Clayton Johnson; Bernie Kahn; Ken Kolb; Richard Levinson; William Link; Jay Simms; Leonard Stadd; Arthur Weingarten
• Director: James H. Brown
• Runtime: 15:00
• Company: VCI Entertainment
• Media Format: Series