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HONEY WEST - COMPLETE SERIES
Product Details
Format: DVD
Version: Full Screen
Rating: NR
Runtime: 900 minutes
Aspect: 1.33:1
Year: 1965-1966
Item #: 8515
Region: NTSC
Audio: Dolby Digital
Color: B&W
Language: English
Country: USA
UPC: 089859851520
ISBN: 1-55739-904-2
Summary
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.
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Bonus
Episode Selection
Vintage Commercials
Anne Francis Photo Gallery
Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery
Actors
Anne Francis
John Ericson
Irene Hervey
Guest stars: Louise Arthur, Marvin Brody, Ray Danton, Herschel Bernardi, Lloyd Bochner, William Bramley, Richard Loo, Henry Jones, James Best, Herb Edelman, Bobby Sherman, Maureen McCormick, Harry Basch, J. Pat O'Malley, Kevin McCarthy, Bert Parks, Wayne Rogers, Ellen Corby, Ralph Manza, Larry D. Mann, Frank Wilcox, Adam Williams, James Griffith
Directors
Thomas Carr
Bill Colleran
John Florea
Murray Golden
James Goldstone
Walter Grauman
Jerry Hopper
Ida Lupino
Sidney Miller
John Peyser
Seymour Robbie
Virgil W. Vogel
Paul Wendkos
Tom Gries
James H. Brown
Customer Reviews
Anne Francis was and still is Honey West, 8/1/2008 1:34:56 PM
Reviewer: Mr. Jim
Actress Anne Francis portrayed Honey West on television. The character made her first television appearance in an episode of the series Burke's Law (1965). The character was popular enough that the ABC network spun her off into the series Honey West (1965–1966), produced by Aaron Spelling. This was the first dramatic TV series in the U.S. with a female star in an action-adventure role traditionally played by a male actor. In addition to being television's first modern, independent, self-sufficient woman, Honey frequently engaged in energetic fight scenes and shootouts. She is also the first character, male or female, on U.S. television to use martial arts as self-defense. In keeping with the secret agent trend of the '60s, Honey was outfitted with a number of James Bond-type gimmicks: an exploding compact, a garter-belt gas mask, and tear-gas earrings. Her partner and man-Friday "Sam" (John Ericson) usually stayed in the background or sat in their high-tech surveillance van talking to Honey via a radio hidden in her lipstick case. Their relationship was kept platonic, and Honey usually had to rescue him instead of the other way around Her untamed feline qualites were reflected by her leopard spot and animal-print wardrobe and decor. She also kept an exotic pet ocelot and raced around in a convertible sportscar --- The risque aspect of the novels was toned down for television, although sultry Anne Francis nevertheless exuded a considerable sex appeal. -------- BIOS: Anne Francis, Date of Birth: 16 September 1930 - Ossining, New York, Date of Death: Still Living -------- John Ericson (aka: Joseph Meibes), Date of Birth: 23 September 1926 - Düsseldorf, Germany, Date of Death: Still Living -------- Great Job and thanks to Robert Blair and his staff at VCI Entertainment --- VCI was named in Variety and Hollywood Reporter as the first company to produce and release motion pictures directly to the home marketplace
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