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List Price: $39.99Amazon.com's Price: $34.99 You Save: $5.00 (13%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: HONEY WEST: THE COMPLETE SERIES (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0089859851520
Format: Box set, Black & White, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Vci Entertainment
Manufacturer: Vci Entertainment
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Vci Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 02, 2008
Running Time: 900 minutes
Sales Rank: 5433
Studio: Vci Entertainment
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Product Description:
As televisions first title roll female Private Eye, Honey West would take on any tough case. After the death of her father, the sexy private detective took over his high-tech PI firm. Being assisted by the rugged Sam Bolt and her pet ocelot Bruce, she could handle herself mingling with millionaires just as well as scaling a thirty foot wall.
Bonus Features: Episode Selection, Vintage Commercials, Anne Francis Photo Gallery, Behind the Scenes Photo Gallery Specs: 4-DVD9s; Dolby Digital; 900 minutes; B&W; 1.33:1 Aspect Ratio; MPAA NR; Year - 1965-1966
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"A girl's place is in the home." Someone forgot to tell Honey West (Anne Francis), a "private eye-ful" unlike any character American television had ever seen. Created in the 1950s by Skip and Gloria Fickling for a series of steamy pulp fictions, Honey was introduced on TV in an episode of Burke's Law, in which she matched wits with Gene Barry's playboy chief of homicide (that would have been a nice extra in this set). A woman of exotic charms, Honey was seriously sexy, glamorously outfitted, proficient in karate and judo, and kept a pet ocelot. Who wouldn't want to see her in her own weekly series? Honey ran her late father's Los Angeles detective agency with hot-headed Sam (John Ericson), a former junior partner, who provided her with such Bondian gadgets as tear gas earrings and an radio transmitter disguised as a martini olive. The first episode, "The Swingin' Mrs. Jones" establishes the show's cool vibe and cult appeal. Honey sets herself up at a resort as "blackmail bait." And over the course of the 30 episodes, it only gets hotter, as Honey pursues a gang of thieves that includes a Honey look-alike (and is fronted by Alan Reed, the voice of Fred Flintstone!), solves the mystery of a kidnapped rock and roll musician (Bobby Sherman), protects a woman receiving death threats, and foils an insurance fraud scam (in the award-winning episode, "The Grey Lady," written by future Columbo collaborators William Link and Richard Levinson). Along the way, she inevitably runs afoul of the police ("When your father was head of the agency, I never had any trouble") or enrages Sam with her impulsive actions. The cleverly plotted half hour black-and-white episodes feature witty dialogue, jazzy scores (dig the accordion!), and great action (Honey is a knockout in more ways than one). By 1965, when Honey West premiered, spies and detectives rivaled cowboys in popularity. Honey was the first female detective to front her own series, and certainly the first detective to be spied luxuriating in a bubble bath. Honey West only ran one season. For this, we can reportedly blame the top-rated Gomer Pyle and the arrival on the same network of The Avengers, with Diana Rigg's Emma Peel. But Honey West still delivers retro kicks. As one high society hostess remarks to Honey in one episode, "You're welcome at any party of mine." --Donald Liebenson
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Anne Francis will forever be remembered as Honey West. Honey inherited her father's detective agency. With the help of her partner Sam Bolt (John Ericson) they solved 30 cases before ABC cancelled them and sent them to syndication reruns. Also on hand for support is Honey's Aunt Meg (Irene Hervey) and for security Honey had Bruce, her pet ocelot.
This was a bright fast paced show. Due to the 30 min (25 w/o commercials) run time, there was little chance for complex plots, red herrings, ... Read More
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Honey West is a product of its time. During the series initial airing almost 40 years ago, I can easily see how it became a classic cult series. But time has not be nice to the series. The production value definitely shows its age and some episodes are difficult to sit through.
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If you're here reading reviews of "Honey West: The Complete Series," there's a pretty good chance that the reason you're interested in this DVD can be summed up in two words--"Anne Francis." There's also a pretty good chance that you're male, that you were born fairly close to the middle of the last century and that you first encountered the lovely Miss Francis starring as Altaira in the 1956 film "Forbidden Planet."
If you fit this profile, and, as I did, developed a huge pre-pubescent crush ... Read More
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I wish I could say some good things about this set but, alas, I'm not able. There's a very good reason why Honey West only had one season in before the cancellation notice arrived: It wasn't a very good show.
Lame...lame... LAME.
Anne Francis should have had MOLE-cular surgery. It's not that she's unattractive, she isn't, but it was so distracting!
Another thing is the show was only thirty minutes long which was a death knell for dramas in 1965. There wasn't time to ... Read More
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I imagine myself, on a break from Calculus homework on - what evening of the week was that? - watching Anne Francis upon the screen . . . Not quite the visual bliss of "Forbidden Planet," but . . .
. . . sorry, folks, it just doesn't work anymore. The awkward fight scenes, Sam's ineffectual rants at Honey's independence, Honey in action while Sam listens in via her wired earrings or (aargh!) those folding glasses . . . well, be honest now. It's forced, isn't it? And TV acting and production standards ... Read More
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