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''Honey West'' is an American crime drama in a DramaticHalfHour format that aired for [[ShortRunner one season of thirty episodes]] on Creator/{{ABC}} in 1965 and 1966. The show was spun off from the ''Series/BurkesLaw'' episode "Who Killed the Jackpot?" and based on a series of novels by Forest and Gloria Fickling. It stars Creator/AnneFrancis as the owner of a high-tech private detective firm, where she works with her partner Sam Bolt (John Ericson).
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!!''Honey West'' contains examples of:
* ActionGirl: Honey can effortlessly beat up almost any man.
* AndStarring: Starring Anne Francis, co-starring John Ericson.
* BeefBandage: In "The Abominable Snowman," Sam drapes a raw steak meant for Bruce over his black eye after getting in a fistfight.
* BinocularShot: Done in "A Matter of Wife and Death" when Sam watches Honey and the woman they're protecting from the van.
* {{Blackmail}}: The villain of "The Swingin' Mrs. Jones" seduces rich men's wives and secretly films them so he and his accomplices can blackmail them.
* BookcasePassage:
** A sliding panel in Honey's office leads to her apartment.
** A syndicate in "Whatever Lola Wants..." has a sliding mirror leading to their secret lair.
* BriefcaseFullOfMoney: How a stolen art dealer in "The Owl and the Eye" pays for the [[MacGuffin Ming Owl]].
* CementShoes: Referenced by one of the villains of "Live a Little... Kill a Little": "In an hour I'll be dropping them into the sea from your boat, weighted down!"
* ConcealingCanvas: A thief in "The Owl and the Eye" hides the Ming Owl behind a portrait of his mother.
* CutAndPasteNote: A character in "A Matter of Wife and Death" receives one that says "THERE'S NO PLACE TO GO I'M GOING TO GET YOU."
* DeadManHonking: In "Live a Little... Kill a Little," Honey finds a dying man slumped against his steering wheel. She pulls him back long enough to hear his LastWords. When she lets him go, he slumps back onto the steering wheel, setting off the horn.
* FoodSlap: In "Whatever Lola Wants..." Lola throws her drink in Sam's face so she can wrench free from him and escape.
* HumanMail: The villains of "Whatever Lola Wants..." try to mail Honey to the syndicate in Caracas.
* IrisOut: The opening sequence ends this way.
* MakeupWeapon: Honey and Sam communicate with microphones hidden in a lipstick case and a pair of sunglasses.
* MatchCut: The opening credits contain a dissolve from Bruce's face to Honey's.
* MsFanservice: Anne Francis in tight catsuits. Anne Francis in sexy evening gowns. Anne Francis in bikinis. Yep, this show delivers!
* NeverASelfMadeWoman: Honey inherited her detective firm from her father.
* NoEndorHolocaust: "Whatever Lola Wants..." ends with the explosion of a mansion that had just been hosting a party. The only reaction this gets is a OneLiner from Honey, with no mention of whether the guests got out okay.
* PhonyPsychic: Faustini (Creator/NehemiahPersoff) in "Like Visions and Omens and All That Jazz", who's out to fleece his rich client, an heiress.
* SecurityBlanket: Bruce has one and attacks Sam for trying to take it away.
* ShoePhone: Honey and Sam communicate with microphones hidden in objects such as a lipstick case and a pair of sunglasses.
* SoftGlass: In "The Owl and the Eye," Honey shatters a window with her shoe.
* SpiesInAVan: Honey and Sam drive around in a surveillance van with "H. W. Bolt, TV Repairing" written on the side.
* TheTeaser: Every episode opens with one.
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