Product Details

• Actors: William Shatner, Leonard Nimoy, Roger C. Carmel, Karen Steele, DeForest Kelley
• Directors: Harvey Hart
• Writers: Gene Roddenberry, Stephen Kandel
• Producers: Gene Roddenberry, John D.F. Black, Robert H. Justman
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: CBS Paramount International Television
• VHS Release Date: April 15, 1994
• Run Time: 46 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6300213080
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #330,385 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

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The popular and sexy "Mudd's Women" introduces the character of interstellar huckster and fugitive Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel, later to return in another classic episode, "I, Mudd"). The Enterprise beams aboard Harry and three beautiful and scantily clad women whom the con man is carrying as cargo. The transport damages the starship, forcing Captain Kirk (William Shatner) to take a detour to a mining world for a supply of dilithium crystals. Harry uses the women as bait to get the miners to help him flee from the authorities--but a revelation about his liberal use of an attraction-enhancement drug adds a twist to things. This clever and novel installment in the series grafted the unlikely element of a petty, colorful crook onto a science fiction show, an obvious forerunner of Deep Space Nine's inclusion of Quark among its own major characters. --Tom Keogh

From the Back Cover

Kirk pays a price when he beams aboard a scoundrl, Harry Mudd, and his cargo... three beautiful women looking for husbands!

TREK TRIVIA
Gene Dynarski (Ben Childress) became the first guest star to cross over from one Trek series to another. He appeared in two episodes of the original series ("Mudd's Women" and "The Mark of Gideon") and later in The Next Generation's "11001001" episode. Roger C. Carmel (Harry Mudd) returned in "I, Mudd" and in the animated series "Mudd's Passion".
Watch for the editing blooper that shows McCoy in the sick bay at the same time he's in the transporter room!

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars "This is me cargo.", October 29, 2003

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Steven Y. "Pop Culture Addict" (Marvel Universe 616) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 4: Mudd's Women [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Even in the far reaches of space, one must be careful not to be victimized by the con-man. And since the Ferengi would not make their presence known for another century in the Star Trek universe, Harry Mudd (Roger C. Carmel) gladly took advantage of any profitable venture that presented itself. If there still were snake oil men in the 23rd century, Mudd was their poster boy.

The U.S.S. Enterprise saves the crew of an unknown ship from destruction. The doomed ship's survivors beam aboard and are revealed to be Harry Mudd and three beautiful women: Ruth Bonaventure (Maggie Thrett), Eve McHuron (Karen Steele) and Magda Kovacs (Susan Denberg). Mudd tells Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner) that he was taking the women to Ophiuchus VI to be brides for the settlers there. However, the Enterprise heads to Rigel XII instead to replace their burned-out lithium crystals. Once there, Mudd's women are exposed as frauds - their outward beauty was the result of an illegal drug.

Well, Star Trek hit a bump in the road with "Mudd's Women." The only redeeming aspect of this episode is its biting commentary on manufactured beauty. Aside from that, it is boring, slow, and tedious. The character of Harry Mudd would fare better when he returned later in the series but his initial outing is nothing memorable. He is fondly remembered today only because of his subsequent appearance in "I, Mudd." If "Mudd's Women" was Mudd's sole appearance in the series then he would now only be an answer to a second-tier Star Trek trivia question.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mudds women: Stardate 1329.1 Classic Trek at it's best., June 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 4: Mudd's Women [VHS] (VHS Tape)

The U.S.S Enterprise NCC 1701 pursues a Class J cargo ship which is not responding to hails. After the cargo ship pushes her engines to far and breaks down in an asteroid field, Captain Krik rescues Harry Mudd, a space trader who specialises in wives. But in capturing Harry Mudd the Enterprise is crippled and on auxilary power must get new dilithium crystals from mining planet Rigel 12. However after Harry Mudd is arrested by Captain James T Kirk, for various criminal charges, Harry has other plans for the crew of the Enterprise. A very good episode by Gene Roddenberry which gives us plenty of humour from the cast of Star Trek and some classical moments of the original series. We also see Harry Mudd again in another episode later in the series.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars I Like This Episode, January 4, 2000

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SHLAPSTICK (CARMEN SANDIEGO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Star Trek - The Original Series, Episode 4: Mudd's Women [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This was my 3rd Star Trek I ever saw and I loved it.The U.S.S. Enterprise computers reveal that Mudd has been charged with a number of infractions of the law. In pursuit of Mudd's ship, the U.S.S. Enterprise has burned out it's dilithium crystals, which power the starship's engines, and Kirk orders them to proceed as quickly as possible to the nearest dilithium mining planet. That planet is Rigel XII, which is inhabited by only three miners.

Mudd manages to contact Ben Childress, the head miner, and make a deal with him. Mudd promises to deliver the three beautiful women to the lonely miners in exchange for dilithium crystals and their help in escaping Kirk.

Upon reaching the planet, Eve tries to escape, having fallen for Kirk and not wanting to marry one of the miners, but Ben Childress brings her back. They discover that the women are using an extremely illegal Venus drug to make them beautiful and without they become quite plain. By the time the fraud is discovered, Magda and Ruth are already married to the miners, to the satisfaction of all parties involved. Eve, who realizes that Kirk is married to his career and to his starship, settles for marrying Ben. Kirk gets the crystals he needs for the U.S.S. Enterprise and Harry Mudd, on whom he has filed criminal charges.