The Night of the Running Death

If you are a fan of the series, a faithful follower as I am, and if you have good memory, you will notice that some things in this episode are pretty close to another one, from the first season, called NIGHT OF THE SUDDEN DEATH. In this episode - the black and white one - Jim West is also attacked by surprise in a hotel room by a masked man, who appears to have particular skills, athletic skills I mean. He used his powerful legs and iron abdominals to put West's belly under pressure, like a human hydraulic press. And later in the story, West and Gordon were related in their investigation with a circus, where there was a kind of acrobat with the same athletic skills as the mysterious goon. In this very episode, from the third season, West is also attacked in a hotel room by a masked man, particularely strong, especially with his hands; and later in the story, our Gov agents will have to investigate in a circus where - guess what - you find a strong man with iron stell hands...

This episode starts with West visiting a hotel to meet a contact only in the dark hotel room he is nearly choked to death by the man who just killed his contact. The contact utters as his dying words "Enzo, silver", at least that is what West hears.

Then West joins up with two covered wagons heading for Denver, Colorado with a strong man, a midget(CoCo), a gambler, a casino owner, 4 women, and Jonathan Ashley Kingston (Artemus) aboard. The driver is a well known character actor from films & television & is there too.

Along the trail to Denver, a couple of folks are murdered. West & Artie are sure that Enzo, the famous European killer, is aboard the wagons & desperately try to find him before they arrive in Denver. Failing that, the plot thickens when they arrive in Denver.

Interesting that Ross Martin would use the same character name he has here in his disguise as the killer in an upcoming Columbo episode. This episode runs short even though it gets a lot of plot done in 50 minutes. When everything is wrapped up, there is a short comedy blackout with West & Artemus riding on the train playing chess. This episode does try to surprise the viewer & if you have not already seen it, the final revealing of who Enzo is might surprise you.