Then, the flying saucer is spotted landing outside of town. West then gets involved in one of the wildest fight sequences of the entire series. The show starts with Jim West meeting Ben Victor in a bar. Windom was a busy actor during this period as he was also doing a Star Trek episode guest shot, The Doomsday Machine. William Windom, one of the best character actors on TV during the 60's & early 70's is great here as Ben Victor. This is an excellent episode with plenty of action and a good story to keep things moving along. It is a good episode, the only flaw being the final scene where we are told that Victor has been sent to jail for 10 to 20 years, whereas in the previous scene it looked as though he had been killed in an explosion. Leslie Parrish is even more beautiful than usual, and that's saying something. The 'flying pie plate' looks like something out of Jules Verne. As another reviewer has pointed out, there was a two-part 'Green Hornet' episode called 'Invasion From Outer Space' which had a similar premise. In exchange for their gold, the townspeople will be given priceless Venusian gems. They call it Mildem, but here on Earth its known as gold. Their ship needs fuel to return to Venus. As the preacher gets closer, a force-field keeps him at bay. Aboard are three beautiful Venusian females with green-tinged skin, among them 'Morn' ( the stunning Leslie Parrish ). A mysterious glowing object lands outside the town. A mad preacher named 'Hellfire Simon' ( Ford Rainey ) shows up at the saloon, warning of impending doom, and a brawl - in which Jim is involved - ensues. government gold in the safe of 'Ben Victor' ( William Windom ).

Dan Ullman's 'The Night Of The Flying Pie Plate' opens in the town of Morning Cloud, Arizona with Jim storing U.S.

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