Pernell RobertsFilmography

Checkered Flag

Synopsis: In this drama, a race car driver takes on the friend and rival driver who stole his lover. Macho posturing (some of it violent) ensues until the two learn to work together and become a winning team. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Perry Mason: The Case of the All-Star Assassin

Synopsis: In this entry in the long-running mystery series, Perry Mason must help a wounded hockey star who has been accused of killing an important sports figure. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

The Night Train to Kathmandu

Synopsis: In this youthful family adventure, a pair of teens are forced to leave California and move to Nepal with their parents. At first they are less than impressed by the country's culture and the colorful streets of their new city, but then the young girl falls in love with a good-looking, mysterious Read More

Desperado

Actors: Alex McArthur, Robert Vaughn

Synopsis: Desperado was the first of several made-for-TV movies revolving around the exploits of itinerant cowboy Duell McCall (Alex McArthur). This time around, McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town. As the only honest man in the territory (comparatively speaking), our Read More

Hotel

Actors: Bette Davis, Morgan Fairchild, Shirley Jones, Erin Moran, Mel Tormé

Synopsis: Arthur Hailey's novel Hotel had already served as the inspiration for a 1967 theatrical film when this TV pilot came along on September 21, 1983. Bette Davis stars as Laura Trent, the entrenched owner of the Hotel St. Gregory (moved from the novel's New Orleans to San Francisco, to allow for Read More

Incident at Crestridge

Synopsis: Another feminist western from the early 1980s, Incident at Crestridge has the novelty of a contemporary setting. Eileen Brennan plays a Wyoming woman repelled by the corruption in her city government. She decides to take a stand by running for sheriff. Practically every man in town is a slavering Read More

High Noon, Part Two: The Return of Will Kane

Actors: Lee Majors

Synopsis: Taking over for Gary Cooper, Lee Majors stars as Marshal Will Kane in this made-for-TV movie set a year after the original High Noon ends. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Night Rider

Synopsis: In this adventure, set in old New Orleans, a dashing man disguises himself with a mask and cape so that he can get revenge on those that murdered his family. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Hot Rod

Synopsis: A young racer attempts to win a dragstip competition where the outcome has already been fixed by the local mob, in this film alternately known as Hotrod and Rebel of the Road. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

The Magic of Lassie

Actors: James Stewart, Mickey Rooney, Pernell Roberts, Stephanie Zimbalist, Michael Sharrett

Synopsis: This first Lassie film in nearly three decades (discounting the various feature-length compilations of Lassie TV episodes) is worth watching for its veteran cast. Lassie is legally wrested from freckled-faced Michael Sharrett by evil Pernell Roberts, who hopes that the kid's grandpa Jimmy Stewart Read More

The Immigrants

Synopsis: Based on the best-selling novel by Howard Fast, the two-part, four-hour miniseries The Immigrants is the saga of Dan Lavetta (Stephen Macht). The son of an impoverished Italian immigrant family, Dan manages to emerge from the rubble of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake (cunningly re-created via Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Death by Good Intention

Synopsis: An affirmative-action program at a major metropolitan hospital is threatened when a young African American resident, who owes his job to the program, is suspected of causing a patient's death through negligence (to use the old cliché, the operation was successful but the patient died). The young Read More

The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue, Part 2

Synopsis: In the conclusion of a two-part story, Jim Rockford (James Garner) and rookie private eye Richie Brockelman (Dennis Dugan) continue to investigate the suspicious death of their mutual mentor Joe Tooley. When the trail of clues leads to crooked computer-company CEO Garth McGregor (Jackie Cooper) Read More

The Rockford Files: The House on Willis Avenue, Part 1

Synopsis: In the first half of a two-part story, Jim (James Garner) investigates the mysterious death of his mentor Joe Tooley (Paul Fix) on the Ventura Freeway. Assisting Jim--in a manner of speaking--is greenhorn detective Richie Brockelman (Dennis Dugan), who likewise suspects that Tooley's demise was no Read More

Centennial

Actors: William Atherton, Raymond Burr, Richard Chamberlain, Timothy Dalton, Alex Karras, Robert Conrad

Synopsis: The longest (26-1/2 hours), most expensive ($25 million) and most complicated (four directors, five producers, five cinematographers, almost 100 speaking parts, several hundred extras) project made for television up to that time, Centennial was shown in two- and three-hour installments over a Read More

Quincy, M.E.: Visitors in Paradise

Synopsis: Previously seen in timeslots ranging from 90 minutes to two hours, Quincy M.E. settles into its standard one-hour format with this episode. While vacationing in the resort town of Paradise, Quincy (Jack Klugman) is approached by young Jessica Casey (Hilary Thompson), whose alcoholic father John is Read More

Charlie Cobb: Nice Night for a Hanging

Synopsis: Nice Night for a Hanging was the feature-length pilot film for the never-sold TV series Charlie Cobb. Clu Gulager stars as Cobb, a private detective operating in the Old West. Our hero comes to California at the behest of a powerful rancher (Ralph Bellamy), and is hired to locate the rancher's Read More

Baretta: The Reunion

Actors: Robert Blake, Edward Grover, Tom Ewell

Synopsis: Mario Roccuzzo guest stars as Joey, a reformed alcoholic. As a personal favor to his friend, undercover cop Tony Baretta (Robert Blake), Joey pretends to fall off the wagon. It is all part of a scheme to get the goods on Joey's former boss, a blackmailer/pornographer/pimp who sidelines in murder. Read More

The Streets of San Francisco: Breakup

Synopsis: Vengeful ex-convict Harlan Betts (Lawrence Pressman) is determined to get even with high-profile attorney Larry Drake (Lawrence Pressman), who when serving as deputy district attorney sent Betts to prison. At the same time, Charlie Finn (Pernell Roberts), a businessman facing bankruptcy, is Read More

Captains and the Kings

Synopsis: One of four dramatic miniseries carried by NBC under the blanket title Best Sellers, Captains and the Kings was adapted from a novel by Taylor Caldwell. Covering a time span from 1857 to 1912, this was the saga of the Irish-immigrant Armagh clan, with emphasis on the rags-to-riches career of Read More

The Lives of Jenny Dolan

Synopsis: Looking like a million dollars in a series of fabulous outfits, Shirley Jones plays Jenny Dolan, an ex-investigative reporter. The widow of a wealthy businessman, Jenny suspects her husband met with foul play, and returns to reporting to prove her theory. She uncovers a political assassination Read More

Dead Man on the Run

Synopsis: In this thriller a federal officer acts upon his suspicion that the recent death of his predecessor was part of a conspiracy to kill a presidential candidate. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Alien Lover

Synopsis: Kate Mulgrew made her American TV debut in the taped 90-minute melodrama Alien Lover. She plays a lonely, orphaned teenager, recently released from a mental institution. While wandering around in the family attic, Mulgrew switches on an old television. She sees the image of a young man (John Ventantonio Read More

Sniper

Actors: Kurt Russell, Richard Yniguez, Ned Beatty

Synopsis: Made for television, Sniper originally aired under the title The Deadly Tower. In vivid, sweat-inducing detail, the film recreates the horror of August 4, 1966, when outwardly normal student Charles Whitman climbed to the tower of the University of Texas and began firing his rifle on the passersby Read More

Paco

Synopsis: In this children's adventure, Paco, an orphaned Colombian boy leaves the family farm to search for his uncle in the big city. Unfortunately, he discovers that his only living relative is running a youthful gang of jewel thieves. More trouble ensues when he forces poor Paco to join them. ~ Sandra Read More

Ironside: The Organizer

Synopsis: The team infiltrates a hotel where a gangland convention is being held. While Mark (Don Mitchell) and Ed (Don Galloway) go undercover as thugs, Ironside (Raymond Burr) poses as a visiting businessman. Their purpose: to thwart the efforts of mob kingpin Harry Blocker (Pernell Roberts) to unify all Read More

Candidate for Murder

Synopsis: Candidate for Murder stars Jimmy Stewart as folksy private detective Hawkins. Paul Burke costars as Hawkins' client, the campaign manager for a charismatic politician (John Ericson). A TV reporter who had threatened to release a damaging story about the politico has been murdered, and Burke is the Read More

Mission: Impossible: Imitation

Actors: Peter Graves, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Barbara McNair, Pernell Roberts

Synopsis: Originally seen on March 30, 1973, "Imitation" was the final first-run Mission:Impossible episode to be broadcast on CBS, even though it was the seventh of the 22 episodes filmed for the series' climactic 1972-73 season. Singer Barbara McNair guest stars as Jena Cole, the beautiful leader of a Read More

Banacek: To Steal a King

Synopsis: In this mystery, ace-detective Bancek looks into the case of a missing coin valued at $3-million. The priceless object was stolen from a hotel vault. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Assignment: Munich

Actors: Roy Scheider

Synopsis: Scenes of the real Munich are interspersed with shots of studio mockups in Assignment: Munich. Roy Scheider stars as an American expatriate running a saloon in Munich (shades of Casablanca). He agrees to help the US government locate a cache of gold, appropriated by the Nazis during the war. This Read More

The Bravos

Actors: Vincent Van Patten

Synopsis: Filmed in Flagstaff, Arizona, The Bravos top-bills George Peppard as a frontier cavalry commander. It is Peppard's job to protect his fort, and the wagon train passengers sheltered within, from the 2000 Kiowa Indian warriors who dot the surrounding hills. This being a 1972 TV movie, the Native Read More

The Adventures of Nick Carter

Actors: Robert Conrad, Shelley Winters, Broderick Crawford, Neville Brand, Pernell Roberts

Synopsis: Created for the "dime novels" in 1886, scientific detective Nick Carter has been transferred to film and radio several times in the past six decades, though most of these projects have tended to update his adventures. 1972's made-for-TV Adventures of Nick Carter restores the "turn of the century" Read More

Mission: Impossible: Death Squad

Actors: Peter Graves, Leonard Nimoy, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus, Pernell Roberts

Synopsis: With no pressing assignments at hand, Phelps and Barney head to the Caribbean for a long-overdue vacation. Falling in love with gorgeous artist Alma Ross (Cicely Tyson), Barney finds himself framed for the murder of Alma's ex-boyfriend. The instigator of the frame-up is crooked police chief Manuel Read More

San Francisco International

Synopsis: San Francisco International is a multiplotted drama set at the titular air transport center. Several storylines intersect at various junctures: A $3,000,000 cargo plane robbery, a teenaged boy commandeering an aircraft, and a violent confrontation between a nasty businessman and a an airheaded Read More

The Silent Gun

Actors: Pernell Roberts

Synopsis: The Silent Gun refers to the weapon no longer toted by Westerner Lloyd Bridges. Once a notorious gunfighter, Bridges has vowed never to shoot again after nearly killing a little girl. Thus, when faced with evil town boss Pernell Roberts, Bridges must rely on his wits to come out on top. This Read More

The Kashmiri Run

Synopsis: An American adventurer leads another man and a girl on an escape route out of Chinese communist-occupied Tibet. ~ Jason Ankeny, All Movie Guide Read More

Four Rode Out

Synopsis: In this western, a Mexican desperado tries to flee his partner, a determined girl friend, and a US Marshal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

Ironside: The Kill a Cop

Synopsis: Vicious, cop-hating Frank Vincent (Pernell Roberts) threatens dire consequences when he is arrested on a drunk driving charge by Ed Brown (Don Galloway) and two other officers (one of whom is played by director-stuntman Hal Needham, the other by Bing Russell, father of film star Kurt Russell)). Read More

Mission: Impossible: The Mercenaries

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: Mercenary leader Colonel Han Krim (Pernell Roberts) promises to bring freedom to emerging African nations, all the while robbing the economic resources of those nations to fatten his own coffers. In order to discredit Krim and return his ill-gotten gains to their rightful owners, the IMF stages a Read More

Mission: Impossible: Operation

Actors: Peter Graves, Barbara Bain, Martin Landau, Greg Morris, Peter Lupus

Synopsis: Communist agent Stephan Gomalk (Michael Strong) intends to take control of the small European democracy ruled by his "friend", President Beyron Rurich (Pernell Roberts). Caught in the middle is archaeologist William Bennett (Aaron Fletcher), who stumbled onto Gomalk's scheme, suffered a heart Read More

Bonanza: The Deadliest Game

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Cesar Romero

Synopsis: A group of flamboyant Italian acrobats pay a visit to the Ponderosa. Despite his long friendship with Guido Borelli (Cesar Romero), leader of the acrobats, Ben Cartwright is disturbed over Borelli's exhibitions of jealousy whenever his sweetheart Pitina (Ilze Taurins) shows interest in another Read More

Bonanza: The Ballerina

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Barrie Chase

Synopsis: Dancer Barrie Chase, best known for her appearances on the TV specials of Fred Astaire, guest-stars in this Bonanza episode, written by her brother Frank Chase. Hoss Cartwright takes it upon himself to rescue racuous Kellie Conrad (Barrie) from dancing in saloons as her father Ned (Douglas Fowley) Read More

Bonanza: The Search

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

Synopsis: Pernell Roberts plays a dual role in this February 14, 1965 installment of Bonanza. Adam Cartwright discovers that his exact double, a man named Tom Burns, is posing as Adam to raise money under false pretense. With the help of a saloon girl named Ann (Lola Albright), Adam attempts to track down Read More

Bonanza: The Far, Far Better Thing

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Brenda Scott

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright and his friend Tuck (Warren Vanders) vie for the attentions of pretty Easterner Lucy Melviney (Brenda Scott), a sheltered young girl whose view of the world has been formed by the romantic literature she reads. When Lucinda is targeted for abduction by a renegade band of Paiutes Read More

Bonanza: Woman of Fire

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Joan Hackett

Synopsis: In this frontier spin on Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew, Joan Hackett guest-stars as Margarita, the fiery, sharp-tongued daughter of a Mexican nobleman (Jay Novello). Having frightened off most of her potential suitors, Margarita may never be married-a sorry state of affairs for younger Read More

Bonanza: The Flannel-Mouth Gun

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Earl Holliman

Synopsis: Held in thrall by a gang of rustlers, the local cattleman's association hires a professional gunman named Simmons (Robert Wilke) to deal with the outlaws. The Cartwrights vote against engaging the services of Simmons, fearing that he will cause more harm than good. Their predictions apparently Read More

Bonanza: Ponderosa Birdman

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ed Wynn

Synopsis: The great Ed Wynn appears on this Bonanza episodes a Phineas T. Klump, a lovable old eccentric who is determined to be the first man to fly. Klump hopes to achieve this goal with a bulky set of artificial feathered wings, with "true believer" Hoss Cartwright as his ground crew. But when Klump is Read More

Bonanza: The Flapjack Contest

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Johnny Seven

Synopsis: One of the handful of truly classic Bonanza episodes, "The Flapjack Contest" first aired January 3, 1965. Having entered the titular contest, Hoss Cartwright is put on a starvation diet by his brother Joe to ensure victory. Meanwhile, several other plot strands are woven into the proceedings Read More

Bonanza: A Good Night's Rest

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jean Willes

Synopsis: Poor Ben Cartwright is unable to get any peace and quiet on the Ponderosa, thanks to his uncommonly noisy offspring and their friends. In desperate need of a few hours' sleep, he checks into the Virginia City hotel. Not unexpectedly, comic chaos ensues, much of it caused by a bickering husband and Read More

Bonanza: To Own the World

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Telly Savalas

Synopsis: Telly Savalas guest-stars as Charles Hackett, the richest man in the world. Accustomed to getting what he wants, Hackett now covets the Ponderosa. When Ben Cartwright refuses to sell, Hackett uses every method at his disposal-fair and foul-to force Ben off his own property. But in so doing Read More

Bonanza: The Trap

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Steve Cochran

Synopsis: When her husband Booth (Steve Cochran) is murdered, Hallie Shannon (Joan Freeman) is convinced that her former sweetheart Joe Cartwright committed the dirty deed so that Joe and Hallie could be together again. Unfortunately, Booth's twin brother Buck (also Steve Cochran) is of the same opinion-and Read More

Bonanza: Dead and Gone

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Hoyt Axton

Synopsis: Singer Hoyt Axton made his dramatic debut in this episode of Bonanza, which first aired April 4, 1965. Axton is cast as drifter Howard Mead, whose singing skills are matched only by his predilection for running afoul of the law. While trying to straigthen Mead out, Adam Cartwright is forced to Read More

Bonanza: Once a Doctor

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Michael Rennie

Synopsis: Virginia City is visited by one Thomas Crippen (Ashley Cowan), an Englishman who has travelled all over the world in search of the man who "murdered" his wife on the operating table. Crippen is convinced that a doctor named Mundy is guilty of the crime-and as it turns out, Mundy is the real name Read More

Bonanza: Right is the Fourth R

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Everett Sloane

Synopsis: Adam Cartwright rescues long-suffering schoolteacher Barbara (Mariette Hartley), who has been tied to a burning post by her unruly pupils. While Barbara recovers from her ordeal, Adam takes over her classroom, determined to teach her contentious charges the history of the Nevada Territory. In so Read More

Bonanza: Hound Dog

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Bruce Yarnell

Synopsis: Bruce Yarnell pays a return visit to Bonanza as the Cartwright's cousin Muley Jones. Still the proud possessor of an ear-splitting singing voice, Muley is on this occasion accompanied by an equally noisy pack of hound dogs. Hoping to train the dogs to hunt the coyotes which have been preying upon Read More

Bonanza: The Saga of Muley Jones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Bruce Yarnell

Synopsis: Bruce Yarnell makes his first appearance as the Cartwrights' cousin Muley from Missouri. "Blessed" with a singing voice that can literally shatter glass, Muley manages to make life difficult for his rich relations-and also inadvetently louses up negotiations with a neighboring Indian tribe. The Read More

Bonanza: The Roper

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Williams

Synopsis: The focus is on new series regular Will Cartwright (Guy Williams) in the Peter Packer-scripted Bonanza episode "The Roper." In the absence of Ben and his sons, outlaws invade the Ponderosa, attempt to rob Ben's safe, and take Will as hostage. As the crooks await Ben's return-the better to demand Read More

Bonanza: No Less a Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ray Teal

Synopsis: In anticipation of a raid by the deadly Wagner outlaw gang, the townsfolk of Virginia City want to replace their ageing sheriff Roy Coffee, whom they feel is not equal to the task of standing up to the Wagners. Adam Cartwright is among the few who insists that Coffee remain in office-but even he Read More

Bonanza: Return to Honor

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Williams

Synopsis: First telecast March 22, 1964, "Return to Honor" served to introduce onetime Zorro star Guy Williams in the role of Ben Cartwright's nephew Will-a potential replacement for Adam Cartwright, should Pernell Roberts make good on his repeated threats to leave Bonanza. As the story opens, Ben receives Read More

Bonanza: The Dark Past

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dennis Hopper

Synopsis: The men of the Ponderosa cannot understand why bounty hunter Dev Farnum (Dennis Hopper) is so unfriendly and secretive. Could it have anything to do with the fact that Dev is the outcast son of a celebrated preacher? Or perhaps it is because the Cartwrights' house guest is Holly Burnside (Susan Read More

Bonanza: The Pressure Game

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Williams

Synopsis: Kathie Browne makes her third appearance as Adam Cartwright's erstwhile lady friend Laura Dayton. Encouraged by her Aunt Lil (Joan Blondell) to rush Adam into marriage, Laura decides to make her sweetheart jealous by playing up to Adam's cousin Will (Guy Williams). The scheme backfires when Laura Read More

Bonanza: A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Marlo Thomas

Synopsis: Hoping to purchase some fireworks from the Chinese Yiphee Trading Company, Hoss Cartwright gets his order scrambled, and as a result winds up with a "picture bride" named Tai Li (Marlo Thomas), aka Pink Cloud. Hardly the shy, retiring type, the feisty, outspoken Tai Li proceeds to make like Read More

Bonanza: Enter Thomas Bowers

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, William Marshall

Synopsis: This landmark Bonanza episode stars William Marshall (long before his tenure as "Blacula" and as "The King of Cartoons" on Pee-wee's Playhouse) in the role of celebrated black opera singer Thomas Bowers. Returning from a triumphant tour of Italy, Bowers encounters the rawest, most vicious forms of Read More

Bonanza: My Son, My Son

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Teresa Wright

Synopsis: A widower for many years, Ben Cartwright finally decides to take another bride, the lovely Katherine Saunders (Teresa Wright). Alas, the wedding plans are shelved when Katherine's son Eden (Dee Pollack) is accused of murder. Out of loyalty to his fiancee, Ben defends Eden from the law, but soon Read More

Bonanza: Alias Joe Cartwright

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

Synopsis: A deft blend of comedy and suspense, "Alias Joe Cartwright" affords series regular Michael Landon the opportunity to play a dual role: His usual characterization of Joe Cartwright, and murderous Army deserter Angus Borden. Mistaken for Borden, Joe is sentenced to a firing squad by martinet Captain Read More

Bonanza: The Lila Conrad Story

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Andrew Duggan

Synopsis: Patricia Blair guest-stars as dance hall girl Lila Conrad, who after killing a man in self-defense hides out in the Cartwright's supply wagon. Ben Cartwright and his sons try to protect Lila from the lynch-happy cronies of the man she killed, but their efforts are thwarted by stern and merciless Read More

Bonanza: Ponderosa Matador

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Marianna Hill

Synopsis: Written by Alex Sharp, the comic episode "Ponderosa Matador" finds the Cartwright boys vying for the attention of the lovely Dolores (Marianna Hill), the daughter of Ben's house guest Señor Tenino (Nestor Paiva). Discovering that Dolores is an aficionado of the bull ring, the boys decide to Read More

Bonanza: The Pure Truth

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Glenda Farrell

Synopsis: Suffering from a advanced case of "spring fever," Hoss Cartwright is nonetheless assigned to pick up a prisoner in the town of Rimrock. Alas, Hoss arrives in the wrong town, where he ends up being jailed as a bank robber. Escaping, he finds shelter in the shack of local recluse Loulabelle (Glenda Read More

Bonanza: Love Me Not

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Antoinette Bower

Synopsis: Another deft Bonanza combination of humor and tears, Frank Cleaver's teleplay for "Love Me Not" is more than a little beholden to Shaw's Candida. Antoinette Bower guest-stars as Joan, a white girl captured in childhood by the Paiutes. The tribal chief (Jack Bighead) presents Ben Cartwright with Read More

Bonanza: The Gentleman from New Orleans

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Dehner

Synopsis: The title character in this Bonanza episode is a middle-aged Frenchman (John Dehner) who claims to be legendary pirate-patriot Jean Lafitte. Making a nuisance of himself in Virginia City with his grandiose claims, "Lafitte" is thrown into jail, only to be bailed out by Hoss Cartwright, who is Read More

Bonanza: King of the Mountain

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Slim Pickens

Synopsis: Slim Pickens makes a return appearance in the role of shifty, slovenly mountaineer Jim Leyton. Incredibly, Jim has become engaged to the lovely Julie (Laurie Mitchell), despite his long-standing feud with Julie's well-named father Grizzly (Robert Middleton). Hoss Cartwright is yanked into this Read More

Bonanza: Triangle

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Williams

Synopsis: As originally intended, Kathie Browne was to make between eight and ten Bonanza appearances as widow Laura Dayton, so as to prepare audiences for the wedding of Laura and Adam Cartwright-and the eventual exit from the series of Pernell Roberts. In addition, Guy Williams had been brought in as Read More

Bonanza: Old Sheba

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, William Demarest

Synopsis: "Old Sheba" is a scraggly circus elephant, which the Cartwrights receive as payment for Hoss' one-night stand as a big-top performer. Ben and Adam insist that Hoss and Joe return the pachyderm, but the boys are convinced that they can take care of Old Sheba all by themselves. To make a long story Read More

Bonanza: A Man to Admire

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Gregory

Synopsis: Accused of murder, Hoss Cartwright puts his life in the hands of celebrated lawyer Whitney Parker (James Gregory). Unforunately, Parker's glory days are behind him: more to the point, he is now the town drunk. The Cartwrights struggle to keep Parker sober long enough to save Hoss from the gallows. Read More

Bonanza: Square Deal Sam

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ernest Truex

Synopsis: Ernest Truex guest-stars as "Square Deal Sam" Washburn, a veteran confidence trickster. Sam's latest suckers are the Cartwrights and their cook Hop Sing, whom he sweet-talks into a phony land deal. But redemption is at hand for Sam and his wife Martha (Nydia Westman), courtesy of a group of Read More

Bonanza: Between Heaven and Earth

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Jaeckel

Synopsis: This compelling Bonanza episode focuses almost exclusively on Little Joe Cartwright. Plagued by a fear of heights, Joe suffers severe nightmares after losing his rifle on precarious Eagles Peak. The only way Joe will find peace is to "conquer" the peak and retrieve his weapon-but he may not live Read More

Bonanza: The Saga of Squaw Charlie

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Anthony Caruso

Synopsis: Charlie (Anthony Caruso) is an old and somewhat shabby Indian. Regularly taunted and persecuted by the self-righteous townfolk. Charlie has only two friends in the world: Ben Cartwright, and a little girl named Angela (Vicki Ros). Things take a nasty turn when Angela vanishes and Charlie is Read More

Bonanza: Season 06

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: It was no secret that Pernell Roberts was wearying of his role as Adam Cartwright by the time Bonanza entered its sixth season on NBC. In fact, Roberts had been making noises about quitting the show for several years, but had always been persuaded to stick around. But come season six and the actor Read More

Bonanza: The Underdog

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Charles Bronson

Synopsis: Charles Bronson guest-stars as Harry Star, a halfbreed who is regularly subjected to the bigotry of the townsfolk. Feeling that Harry has been unjustly persecuted, Ben Cartwright hires the man as a ranchhand. What Ben doesn't know, but the audiences does, is that Harry is a member of a gang of Read More

Bonanza: A Knight to Remember

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Henry Jones

Synopsis: Guest star Henry Jones plays a flamboyant eccentric who imagines himself to be King Arthur. Wearing full armor, "Arthur" rescues Adam Cartwright from stagecoach bandits. When Adam is accused of masterminding the holdup, he finds that no one believes his wild yarn about a "knight in shining Read More

Bonanza: The Hostage

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Harold J. Stone

Synopsis: A gang of four criminals-three men, one women-kidnap Ben and hold him for a $100,000 ransom. Tension mounts as Ben tries to formulate an escape plan by turning the crooks against each other. The guest cast includes Harold J. Stone as Chad, Jacqueline Scott as Willa, and Conlan Carter as Tip. Read More

Bonanza: The Wild One

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Aldo Ray

Synopsis: "The Wild One" is ornery Lafe Jessup (Aldo Ray), a pugnacious horse wrangler who'd sooner pick a fight than eat or sleep. While trying to pummel Hoss Cartwright, Lafe is interrupted by Prudence (Kathryn Hays), the Quaker wife whom he'd deserted a few months back. Prudence announces that Lafe is Read More

Bonanza: Walter and the Outlaws

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Arthur Hunnicutt

Synopsis: Season Five of Bonanza came to a close on May 24, 1964 with the episode titled "Walter and the Outlaws", a sequel to the previous season's "Any Friend of Walter's" (the scripts for both episodes were written by Lois Hire). Arthur Hunnicutt returns as grizzled prospector Obie, who lives in a Read More

Bonanza: Invention of a Gunfighter

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Guy Stockwell

Synopsis: Publicly humiliated by town tough Al Mooney (Ron Foster), young Johnny Chapman (Guy Stockwell) asks his friend Joe Cartwright to teach him how to use a gun. Joe agrees, but eventually regrets this decision when Johnny becomes a cold-blooded bounty hunter. Making matters worse, Johnny has been Read More

Bonanza: The Scapegoat

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, George Kennedy

Synopsis: George Kennedy guest-stars as Waldo Watson, a born loser who has decided to end it all. Feeling pity for Waldo, Hoss Cartwright hires him as a Ponderosa ranch hand. Alas, not only is Waldo a clumsy and inept worker, but he also puts the Cartwrights' lives in danger, courtesy of a gang of Read More

Bonanza: A Dime's Worth of Glory

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Walter Brooke

Synopsis: Pulp novelist Tobias Finch (Walter Brooke) wants to write "The Saga of the Courageous Cartwrights"-but the courageous Cartwrights want no part of such an exploitive project. Undaunted, Finch decides to pen the life story of over-the-hill lawman Reed Laramore (Bruce Cabot), who revels in being Read More

Bonanza: Thanks for Everything, Friend

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Rory Calhoun

Synopsis: Adam Cartwright is rescued from drowning by Tom Wilson (Rory Calhoun), a man as lucky at cards as he is at love. Though grateful to Tom, Adam looks askance when Tom moves in on Matilda (Barbara Wilkin), the girlfriend of a man named Jerry (Tom Skerritt). When Tom is accused of killing Matilda's Read More

Bonanza: Logan's Treasure

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dan Duryea

Synopsis: When Sam Logan (Dan Duryea) was sent to prison, he claimed he didn't know where his partner Jack Crawford hid $100,000 in stolen gold. After serving 20 years, Sam is released, whereupon his trail is dogged by a number of shady and avaricious characters, among them a relentless bounty hunter named Read More

Bonanza: The Cheating Game

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathie Browne

Synopsis: In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Kathie Browne returns in the role of Laura Dayton, erstwhile sweetheart of Adam Cartwright. A smooth stranger named Ward Bannister (Peter Breck) arrives in town claiming that Laura's husband had willed her a fortune. Unaware that the duplicitous Bannister is Read More

Bonanza: Bullet for a Bride

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Marlyn Mason

Synopsis: Marlyn Mason guest-stars as Tessa Caldwell, who is accidentally blinded in a hunting accident caused by Joe Cartwright. More out of pity and guilt than love, Joe offers to marry the girl. Eventually, she regains her sight-but her covetous father (Denver Pyle), anxious to see his daughter wed to a Read More

Bonanza: The Way of Aaron

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Aneta Corsaut

Synopsis: Adam Cartwright falls in love with Rebecca (Aneta Corsaut), the daughter of Orthodox Jewish peddler Aaron Kaufman (Ludwig Donath). But when Adam asks for Rebecca's hand in marriage, the tradition-bound Aaron refuses to give his consent. Things go way beyond cultural differences when Kaufman's Read More

Bonanza: A Stranger Passed This Way

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Signe Hasso

Synopsis: Suffering from amnesia as the result of an accident, Hoss Cartwright is nursed back to health by an elderly farm couple, Christina (Signe Hasso) and Klaas (Robert Emhardt), who have recently lost their son Hendrick. When Hoss awakens, the couple gently informs him that he is Hendrick, and Read More

Bonanza: The Actress

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pat Crowley

Synopsis: Patricia Crowley guest-stars as beautiful Julia Grant, an aspiring actress whose lofty ambitions far outdistance her modest talents. Despite Julia's thespic shortcomings, Joe Cartwright falls in love with her and promises to advance her career. To that end, Joe elicits the advice of the legendary Read More

Bonanza: A Woman Lost

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ruta Lee

Synopsis: The "lost woman" of the title is Rita Marlowe (Ruta Lee), an alcoholic singer whom Ben Cartwright hopes to rehabilitate. But Rita is desperate for drinking money, and as a result accepts an offer of $200 to lure ex-prizefighter Mase Sindell (Don Megowan) back into the ring. The plan hits a snag Read More

Bonanza: Five Into the Wind

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Crowley

Synopsis: When their driver is killed, Joe Cartwright and several other stagecoach passengers are stranded in the desert, 50 miles from the nearest town. The little party is forced to rely upon ill-tempered, violent fur trapper Howard Benson (Kelly Thordsen) for survival. Exacerbating an already tense Read More

Bonanza: My Brother's Keeper

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carolyn Kearney

Synopsis: While hunting down a wolf, Adam Cartwright accidentally shoots and nearly kills his own brother Joe. Thoroughly disgusted by the violence indigenous to the West, Adam vows to leave Nevada for good. In this he is encouraged by Sheila (Carolyn Kearney), an ardent-but as it turns out Read More

Bonanza: Mirror of a Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ron Hayes

Synopsis: Ron Hayes appears in the dual role of virtuous family man Jud Lally and Jud's outlaw twin brother Rube Barnes. Forcing his brother to trade places with him, Rube steals a valuable stallion and commits a murder, crimes for which Jud is held responsible. The Cartwrights try to come to Jud's Read More

Bonanza: Elegy for a Hangman

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright plays host to Judge Whitaker (Otto Kruger), better known to one and all as "Hanging Harry." Among those sentenced to death by Whitaker was the father of Bob Jolley (Keir Dullea), who, believing his dad was innocent, now relentlessly dogs Whitaker's trail, trying to goad the Judge Read More

Bonanza: Song in the Dark

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gregory Walcott

Synopsis: Gregory Walcott is cast as Danny Morgan, a guitar-strumming "travelling troubadour." Grateful that Danny once saved his life, Adam Cartwright returns the favor by hiring the wandering minstrel as a ranchhand. The plot thickens when Danny is accused of murdering Widow Baker, with the sole witness Read More

Bonanza: The Colonel

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Larkin

Synopsis: "The Colonel" is habitual liar Frank Medford, an old friend of Ben Cartwright. Now a poverty-stricken travelling salesman, Frank is determined to convince everyone that he is as successful as Ben. Thus, Frank tells one of his celebrated whoppers, claming to be a millionaire. It takes the love of a Read More

Bonanza: Half a Rogue

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Slim Pickens

Synopsis: Slim Pickens makes his first appearance as the rogueish but lovable mountaineer Jim Leyton. Wounded while busting out of jail, Jim tries to steal Hoss Cartwright's horse for a quick getaway, then passes out from his injuries. When he comes to, Jim tries to beat his murder rap by claiming that Hoss Read More

Bonanza: The Hayburner

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, William Demarest

Synopsis: In this comic episode, Adam and Hoss Cartwright want to enter their newly purchased thoroughbred in the Virginia City Sweepstakes. Alas, Hoss loses the horse in a card game, and now must move heaven and earth to win the nag back. Complication piles upon complication, culminating in a wild Read More

Bonanza: Marie, My Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Felicia Farr

Synopsis: The third of the "Ben Cartwright's Wives" trilogy (his marriages to first wife Elizabeth and second wife Inger were recounted in 1961 and 1962, respectively), "Marie, My Love" originally aired on February 10, 1963. While his son Joe hovers between life and death after suffering a fall, Ben Read More

Bonanza: The Last Haircut

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Perry Lopez

Synopsis: While sitting in a barber's chair, Carlos Rodriguez (Alex Montoya) is killed by impatient customer Duke Miller (Perry Lopez. The only person who could possibly identify Duke as the murderer is Joe Cartwright-who, unfortunately, was unconscious during the tragedy. Feeling responsible for Rodriguez' Read More

Bonanza: Little Man--Ten Feet Tall

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ross Martin

Synopsis: Written by Eric Norden and Frank Arno, "Little Man-Ten Feet Tall" focuses on the relationship between Ponderosa ranchhand Nick Biancci (Ross Martin) and Nick's impressionable young son Mario (Michael Davis. Though Mario is prepared to fulfill Nick's dreams by becoming a concert guitarist, he Read More

Bonanza: The Waiting Game

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathie Browne

Synopsis: Originally telecast December 8, 1963, "The Waiting Game" introduces Kathie Browne in the recurring role of Laura Dayton. When Laura's husband Frank (Wade Preston) is killed, she decides not to reveal this tragic fact to her wide-eyed little daughter Peggy (Katie Sweet), who is anxiously awaiting Read More

Bonanza: The Quality of Mercy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Richard Rust

Synopsis: Investigating a mine cave-in, Joe Cartwright finds his friend Seth Pruitt (Richard Rust standing over the dead body of Seth's future father-in-law. Admitting to murder, Seth explains that the dead man suffered extensive injuries in the cave-in, and begged to be killed rather than live out his life Read More

Bonanza: Journey Remembered

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Inga Swenson

Synopsis: In this sequel to the 1962 Bonanza episode "Inger, My Love," Ben Cartwright once again waxes nostalgic over his late second wife, Inger (again played by Inga Swenson). In a lengthy flashback, Ben and Inger head westward to a remote frontier outpost, where they are besieged by hostile Indians. In Read More

Bonanza: The Legacy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert H. Harris

Synopsis: While tracking down a gang of poachers, Ben Cartwright is shot and left for dead. Convinced that Ben is dead, his griefstricken sons head off in three different directions to bring their father's "murderer" to justice. Meanwhile, Ben recovers from his wounds and makes his way back to the Read More

Bonanza: Any Friend of Walter's

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Arthur Hunnicutt

Synopsis: One of the best-remembered and best-loved Bonanza episodes, "Any Friend of Walter's" first aired on March 24, 1963. While travelling to visit his sweetie Bessie Sue (Katie Sue), Hoss Cartwright is forced to take shelter in the shack occupied by scroungy prospector Obie (Arthur Hunnicutt) and Read More

Bonanza: Season 05

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Bonanza begins its fifth season with the poignant episode "She Walks in Beauty," a tour de force for guest star Gena Rowlands. Even better is the next episode on the docket, "A Passion for Justice," one of several Bonanza installments in which rancher Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his Read More

Bonanza: Hoss and the Leprechauns

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Sean McClory

Synopsis: In this classic-and hilarious-Bonanza episode, Hoss Cartwright returns to the Ponderosa with a strongbox of gold, which he claims to have received from a band of "Little People"-Leprechauns, in fact. Though Hoss' family and friends don't quite swallow his story of his tiny benefactors, they cannot Read More

Bonanza: Rain from Heaven

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Anderson

Synopsis: John Anderson is cast as fiercely proud rainmaker Tulsa Weems, who is averse to charging money for his services, doing so only to afford medical care for his daughter Mary Beth (Eileen Chesis). When Tulsa is arrested for pulling a gun on Ben Cartwright, Ben's son Hoss takes it upon himself to look Read More

Bonanza: A Passion for Justice

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jonathan Harris

Synopsis: Future Lost in Space bad guy Jonathan Harris stars in this Bonanza episode as celebrated British novelist Charles Dickens. When the Virginia City newspaper begins serializing Dickens' latest novel without his permission, the author arrives in town to register a protest-and gets arrested and fined Read More

Bonanza: She Walks in Beauty

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gena Rowlands

Synopsis: The fifth season of Bonanza commenced on September 22, 1963 with the episode titled "She Walks in Beauty." Gena Rowlands guest-stars as Ragan Miller, whose ravishing good looks have brought her nothing but misery and disastrous romantic relationships. Despising all men, she merely uses them to get Read More

Bonanza: Twilight Town

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Davey Davison

Synopsis: While a surprise party awaits him at the Ponderosa, Little Joe Cartwright finds himself stranded in the desert after his horse is stolen. Passing out from the heat, he awakens in the mysterious town of Martinville, festooned with surreal images and populated by eerily bizarre characters. The Read More

Bonanza: Calamity Over the Comstock

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Stefanie Powers

Synopsis: Stefanie Powers guest-stars as the legendary, cantankerous Calamity Jane. Having promised not to reveal that Calamity is a "mere woman" so that she can collect an inheritance, Joe finds himself attracted to the two-fisted, straight-shootin' hoyden. He also ends up as the apex of a romantic Read More

Bonanza: A Question of Strength

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ilka Windish

Synopsis: A gang of bandits attacks the stagecoach carrying Hoss Cartwright and two nuns, elderly Mother Veronica (Ilka Windish) and young Sister Mary Kathleen (Judy Carne). When the younger of the nuns anxiously surrenders the money collected for a new convent hospital, the older nun rebukes her, informing Read More

Bonanza: The Toy Soldier

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Philip Abbott

Synopsis: Brilliant artist James Callahan (Phillip Abbott) is burdened with two heavy crosses: He is not only an alcoholic, but also a social pariah because of his marriage to Paiute woman Esther (Donna Martell). When Adam Cartwright tries to extricate Callahan from his drunken self-pity, his efforts are Read More

Bonanza: The Saga of Whizzer McGee

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, George Brenlin

Synopsis: George Brenlin is cast as Whizzer McGee, a short-statured scrapper who doesn't take kindly to people making fun of his size. As a result, Whizzer loses job after job, usually by pummeling his latest employer into unconsciousness. It appears that Whizzer's fortunes will improve when he is Read More

Bonanza: The Prime of Life

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jay C. Flippen

Synopsis: While trying to land a lucrative lumber contract with the railroad, Ben Cartwright once again finds himself in competition with his old and hated rival, ruthless ranchowner Barney Fuller (Jay C. Flippen). Determined to prove that he is up to the challenge, Ben displays an uncharacteristic streak Read More

Bonanza: The Boss

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carroll O'Connor

Synopsis: A decidedly pre-All in the Family Carroll O'Connor stars as freight line owner Tom Slayden. Using underhanded and monopolistic tactics, Slayden has managed to crown himself the unofficial boss of Virginia City. The Cartwrights become mixed up with the ruthlessly ambitious Slayden when one of his Read More

Bonanza: Thunder Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Simon Oakland

Synopsis: The "Thunder Man" is explosives expert William Poole (Simon Oakland), who in addition to his demolition skills, happens to be a serial killer. No sooner has the episode gotten under way than Poole has murdered Joe Cartwright's girlfriend Ann. The sole witness is Ann's father, who has suffered a Read More

Bonanza: Rich Man, Poor Man

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Fiedler

Synopsis: Perennial loser Claude Miller (John Fiedler) becomes a winner overnight when he strikes a rich silver lode. Determined to get even with the people who had previously subjected him to ridicule, Claude buys out his tormentors' mortgages. Alas, once a loser, always a loser: Claude's plans for revenge Read More

Bonanza: The Wooing of Abigail Jones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Vaughn Monroe

Synopsis: Singer Vaughn Monroe guest-stars as shy Ponderosa ranchhand Hank Meyers. In love with schoolteacher Abigail Jones (Eileen Ryan), Hank is too timid to reveal his feelings to her. Thus, in true "Miles Standish" fashion, Hank asks Adam Cartwright to act as go-between-with the expected results. Norma Read More

Bonanza: The Guilty

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lyle Bettger

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright is an eyewitness when ex-convict Jack Groat (Charles Maxwell shoots down the son of Ben's old friend Lem Partridge (Lyle Bettger). Inasmuch as Groat had previously been thrown in prison for the murder of Lem's wife, Lem cannot understand why Ben did not intervene when Groat Read More

Bonanza: Gift of Water

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Royal Dano

Synopsis: With the terrritory in the grip of a devastating drought, the local farmers, led by Jason Gant (Royal Dano) hope to use the water supply near the Ponderosa. Unfortunately, the neighboring ranchers take objection to this, organizing a vigilante group to drive off the farmers. Feeling personally Read More

Bonanza: The Jackknife

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Bethel Leslie

Synopsis: Hoping to catch a band of cattle rustlers, the Cartwrights lay a trap for the bandits, while Adam Cartwright scouts the area for possible thieves. Coming upon the injured Matthew Grant (John Archer), Adam assumes that Grant is one of the rustlers. Knowing that his father Ben intends to shoot first Read More

Bonanza: Look to the Stars

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, William Schallert

Synopsis: In 1907, the brilliant physicist Albert Abraham Michelson won the Nobel Prize for developing the optical precision instruments which made it possible for his fellow scientists to measure light waves. According to Bonanza scriptwriters Robert Fresco and Paul Rink, the German-born Michelson spent Read More

Bonanza: The Jury

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Betts

Synopsis: Eleven of the twelve jurors in the murder trial of Jamie Wrenn (Jack Betts) have voted for a guilty verdict. The sole holdout is Hoss Cartwright, who harbors the old familiar "reasonable doubts." When it appears as though Hoss has received a bribe, his brother Adam takes a hand in the matter. Also Read More

Bonanza: The Lawmaker

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Arthur Franz

Synopsis: While sharing lunch with Adam and Joe Cartwright, Sheriff Coffee notices a holdup gang in the Virginia City express office. Attempting to capture the outlaws, Coffee is trampled by a horse stampede instigated by the crooks. As Coffee recovers from his injuries, Asa Moran (Arthur Franz is named Read More

Bonanza: The Good Samaritan

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jeanne Cooper

Synopsis: "The Good Samaritan" is Hoss Cartwright, who plays cupid for a pair of lonely souls: Newly widowed Abigail Hinton (Jeanne Cooper) and recently jilted Wade Tyree (Don Collier). After Abby and Wade are married, however, Hoss' well-intentioned help becomes a major hindrance. Also appearing is Noreen Read More

Bonanza: Season 04

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: The fourth season of Bonanza introduces Barry Coe in the role of Clay Stafford, a new ranch hand on the Ponderosa. Reportedly, Coe had been brought in as a potential series regular, just in case star Pernell Roberts (Adam Cartwright) made good his oft-repeated threats to leave the show. However, Roberts Read More

Bonanza: The Storm

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Brooke Hayward

Synopsis: Brooke Hayward, the daughter of producer Leland Hayward and actress Margaret Sullavan, appears in this Bonanza episode as Laura White, the childhood sweetheart of Joe Cartwright. Now all grown up, Laura wants to marry Joe, but neither he nor her father Captain White (Frank Overton) approve of this Read More

Bonanza: The Mountain Girl

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Nina Shipman

Synopsis: The title character in the May 13, 1962 Bonanza episode "The Mountain Girl" is Trudy Harker, played by Nina Shipman. Raised in the hills by her reclusive grandfather Seth (Will Wright), Trudy is left in Joe Cartwright's care when Seth dies. Honoring a promise to the girl's late grandfather, Joe is Read More

Bonanza: Crucible

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lee Marvin

Synopsis: After completing a grueling cattle drive, Adam Cartwright takes a trip into the wilderness for some peace and quiet, Instead, he is robbed and stripped of his weapons and clothing by a pair of vicious outlaws. Left to die in the middle of nowhere, Adam attempts to make the grueling journey to Read More

Bonanza: The Tall Stranger

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathie Browne

Synopsis: Before settling into the semi-regular role of Adam Cartwright's fiancée Laura Dayton during the 1963-64 season, Kathie Browne appeared as two different characters in two earlier Bonanza episodes. In "The Tall Stranger," Browne was cast as Margie Owens, the daughter of the town banker (Russell Read More

Bonanza: The Auld Sod

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Dunn

Synopsis: James Dunn guest-stars as Danny Lynch, an elderly Ponderosa ranch hand. Upon learning that his mother Nellie (Cheerio Meredith) has left Ireland to pay him a visit, Danny goes into a panic: For lo these many years, he has been lying to his mother that he is in charge of the Ponderosa. To Read More

Bonanza: The Ride

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jan Merlin

Synopsis: The hooded man who robbed and killed the manager of the Goat Springs bank line turns out to be Adam Cartwright's longtime friend Bill Enders (Jan Merlin). Even though Adam is certain that he saw Bill at the scene of the murder, another witness claims that Bill was 90 miles away when the crime Read More

Bonanza: The Lady from Baltimore

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mercedes McCambridge

Synopsis: Mercedes McCambridge guest-stars as Deborrah Banning, the wife of Baltimore publisher Horace Manning (Hayden Rorke). Having married for money and social prestige, Deborrah ended up living in poverty and obscurity due to her husband's many financial failures. Now living vicariously through her Read More

Bonanza: The Deadly Ones

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Will Kuluva

Synopsis: Will Kuluva guest-stars as General Diaz, a self-styled Mexican patriot who raids gold shipments in order to finance his campaign against the Emperor Maximillian. Taking the Cartwrights hostage, Juarez forces Ben to assist in the robbery of a gold wagon. At first hostile towards Diaz, Ben comes to Read More

Bonanza: Gallegher's Sons

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Strauss

Synopsis: "Gallegher's Sons" are a pair of pre-teen girls named Will (Eileen Chesis) and Charlie (Larrain Gillespie), who have been raised as boys by their chauvinistic father. When Gallegher dies, the girls are left to fend for themselves, which they do until they are discovered by passerby Hoss Read More

Bonanza: The Beginning

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carl Reindel

Synopsis: Abducted by the Shoshones at the age of six, teenager Billy Horn (Carl Reindel is brought back to the White Man's world by Ben Cartwright. As Billy tries to adjust to a different set of rules and values, he forms a strong friendship with Ben's son Joe. Meanwhile, a slick operator named Milton Read More

Bonanza: The War Comes to Washoe

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Harry Townes

Synopsis: Once again, the loyalties of the Cartwright clan are divided by the ongoing Civil War. Confederate sympathizer Judge Terry (Harry Townes) hopes to use the Cartwrights' influence to become the governor of Nevada. As a byproduct of this political finagling, Joe Cartwright falls in love with the Read More

Bonanza: Knight Errant

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Doucette

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright agrees to meet and provide transportation for Lotty (Judi Meredith), the mail-order bride of his temporarily incapacitated friend Walter Prescott (John Doucette). Hoss' gallantry backfires when Lotty falls in love with him--whereupon the disgruntled Prescott hires a bounty Read More

Bonanza: The Decision

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, DeForest Kelley

Synopsis: Seriously injured in a fall, Hoss Cartwright is in desperate need of medical attention. Alas, the only available doctor is a man named Jones (DeForest Kelley), who has been sentenced to hang for murder. Ben Cartwright's pleas to Judge Grant (John Hoyt) to temporarily release Dr. Jones so that he Read More

Bonanza: The First Born

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Barry Coe

Synopsis: Season Four of Bonanza began on September 23, 1962 with what was intended to be a landmark episode. In "The First Born", Barry Coe plays Clay Stafford, a new ranchhand on the Ponderosa. Ordered to leave Virginia City after killing a man in self-defense (or so it seems), Clay reveals an astonishing Read More

Bonanza: The Miracle Worker

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ed Nelson

Synopsis: This 100th episode of Bonanza begins as Susan Blanchard (Pat Breslin) is injured in a wagon crash. Though there is nothing physically wrong with her, Susan is psychosomatically incapable of leaving her bed. Enter faith healer Garth (Ed Nelson), who promises to make Susan walk again if she will Read More

Bonanza: The Quest

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Grant Richards

Synopsis: Tired of living in the shadow of older brothers Adam and Hoss, Joe Cartwright demands that his father Ben give him more of a say in running the Ponderosa. Impressed, Ben hands Joe the solo responsibly of suppling timber to a mining company's construction project. As he begins this assignment, Joe Read More

Bonanza: A Hot Day for a Hanging

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Denver Pyle

Synopsis: On behalf of his father Ben Cartwright, Hoss delivers a large sum of money to the town of Dutchman Flats. Upon his arrival, however, Hoss is arrested by Sheriff Stedman (Denver Pyle) on a charge of bank robbery. Stedman knows that Hoss is innocent, but he's anxious to prove his worth to the Read More

Bonanza: The Artist

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dan O'Herlihy

Synopsis: Dan O'Herlihy guest-stars as Matthew Raine, a brilliant artist who has gone blind. Wallowing in self-pity, Matthew begins coming out of his self-imposed exile when he befriends housekeeper Ann Loring (Virginia Grey). But a nasty character named Gavin (Arch Johnson), is determined to keep the Read More

Bonanza: The Dowry

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Luciana Paluzzi

Synopsis: The Cartwrights take a hand in matters when bandits reportedly steal the $100,000 dowry intended for the wedding of Michele Dubois (Luciana Paluzzi), the daughter of self-proclaimed land baron Alexander Dubois (Steven Geray). While the Cartwright sons stand guard over the injured DuBois during his Read More

Bonanza: The Gamble

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Charles McGraw

Synopsis: While on a cattle drive, the Cartwright men make a stopover in the town of Alkali. The next morning, the Cartwrights are tossed into the local jail, accused of robbing the town's bank and killing several innocent bystanders. Escaping from his cell, Joe Cartwright tries to summon help before his Read More

Bonanza: Inger, My Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Inga Swenson

Synopsis: In the 1961 Bonanza episode "Elizabeth, My Love," Ben Cartwright's thoughts drifted back to his first wife Elizabeth, the mother of his oldest son Adam. In the April 15, 1962 installment "Inger, My Love", Ben recalls his life with wife number two, Scandanavian émigré Inger Borgstrom (Inga Read More

Bonanza: Blessed Are They

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Brown

Synopsis: The townsfolk of Virginia City find their loyalties divided right down the middle during the raging feud between the Mahans and the Clarkes. It is up to Ben Cartwright to negotiate a cease-fire, and also to decide which family will get custody of twin grandchildren. Helping Ben weather this crisis Read More

Bonanza: The Way Station

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Vaughn

Synopsis: Both Adam Cartwright and fugitive killer Luke Martin (Robert Vaughn) seek shelter from a storm in the way station run by old Jesse (Trevor Bardette) and his granddaughter Marty (Dawn Wells). Sensing that the impressionable Marty is fascinated by the charismatic Martin, Adam intervenes and tells Read More

Bonanza: The Deserter

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Claude Akins

Synopsis: The Cartwrights are visited by Colonel Edward J. Dunwoody (Claude Akins), who is searching for an Army deserter. The fugitive turns out to be Bill Winters (Robert Sampson), the Cartwrights' well-liked neighbor-and, as it happens, Colonel Dunwoody's son. Meanwhile, the Shoshones plan to wreak Read More

Bonanza: The Long Night

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Coburn

Synopsis: Hoping to meet the deadline for a crucial business transaction, Adam Cartwright rushes to the town of Bowline, with a bank draft in hand. En route, he is ambushed by, and forced to change clothes with, an escaped convict named Poindexter (Bing Russell, who later joined Bonanza in the semiregular Read More

Bonanza: The Secret

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Russell Collins

Synopsis: Little Joe Cartwright is hauled into court, accused of murdering a pregnant girl named Mary Parson. The girl's father Jake (Crahan Denton) and her brothers all claim that Mary planned to elope with Joe on the night of her death, which is news to Joe. Helping to tighten the noose around the Read More

Bonanza: Thunderhead Swindle

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Judson Pratt

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright's suspicions are aroused when scruffy prospectors Cunningham (Parley Baer) and Furnas (Walter Coy) arrive in town, claiming to have struck a valuable silver lode at Thunderhead Mine. Investigating, Ben discovers that Jim Bronson (Judson Pratt), former owner of the mine, has been Read More

Bonanza: The Dream Riders

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Sidney Blackmer

Synopsis: Sidney Blackmer guest-stars as baloon ascensionist Major Cayley, an old Army friend of Ben Cartwright. With Ben's blessing, Cayley uses the Ponderosa as the site of his latest experimental flight. What Ben doesn't know is that the Major hopes to use all the excitement attending the flight as a Read More

Bonanza: The Infernal Machine

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Eddie Ryder

Synopsis: "The Infernal Machine" is a horseless carriage, invented by Hoss Cartwright's friend Daniel Pettibone (Eddie Ryder). Attempting to obtain financing for Dan's creation, Hoss is turned down by everyone except a city slicker named Throckmorton (Willard Waterman). Once this glib stranger agrees to Read More

Bonanza: The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Arnold Stang

Synopsis: In this comic episode, mail-order huckster Gideon Flinch (Ian Wolfe), alias Homer T. Cranston, fleeces ornery Bullethead Burke (Harry Swoger) of 5,000 dollars. When Bullethead shows up in Virginia City seeking revenge, Gideon's quick-thinking niece Jennifer (Sue Anne Langdon) convinces the surly Read More

Bonanza: Broken Ballad

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Culp

Synopsis: Robert Culp guest-stars as former gunfighter Ed Payson. When he tries to buy supplies from general store owner Will Cass (Dabbs Greer), he is coldly refused service; it seems that, before hanging up his guns, Ed killed Will's son. Befriending Ed, Adam Cartwright tries to mollify Cass, but things Read More

Bonanza: The Countess

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Maggie Hayes

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright's former sweetheart Lydia (Maggie Hayes), now the wealthy and widowed Lady Lydia Chadwick, returns to Virginia City. Upon her arrival, she makes a beeline to the Ponderosa, hoping to rekindle her romance with Ben. When he resists her charms, Lady Lydia vows to ruin him financially Read More

Bonanza: The Friendship

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dean Jones

Synopsis: Joe Cartwright's life is saved by chain-gang prisoner Danny Kidd (Dean Jones), who has spent virtually his entire life behind bars. Out of gratitude, Joe manages to secure Danny's freedom. The rest of the episode deals with Danny's trials and tribulations as he makes the difficult and painful Read More

The Errand Boy

Actors: Jerry Lewis, Brian Donlevy, Howard McNear, Dick Wesson, Robert Ivers, Pat Dahl

Synopsis: The second of Jerry Lewis' directorial endeavors, The Errand Boy, like its predecessor The Bellboy, is essentially a series of "spot gags," some hilarious, others only moderately amusing. The gossamer-thin plot finds Morty Tashman (Lewis) being hired by the CEO of "Paramutuel Pictures" (Brian Donlevy Read More

Bonanza: The Dark Gate

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, James Coburn

Synopsis: James Coburn guest-stars as Ross Marquett, an old friend of Adam Cartwright. But Ross' friendship abruptly and unexpectedly turns sour when he accuses Adam of fooling around with his wife (CeCe Whitney). The otherwise easygoing Marquett's behavior becomes increasingly erratic over the next few Read More

Bonanza: Season 03

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: On the occasion of its third season on NBC, the full-color Western Bonanza was moved from its old Saturday night slot to a more advantageous Sunday evening berth, thereby inheriting a scheduling gap left vacant by the departure of singing star Dinah Shore. Bonanza also inherited Shore's longtime Read More

Bonanza: The Duke

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Maxwell Reed

Synopsis: Originally telecast March 11, 1961, "The Duke" stars Maxwell Reed as the title character, an egomaniacal and selfish British prizefighter. Arriving in Virginia City, the Duke of London challenges all comers to a public bout, goading several locals into fisticuffs by fooling around with their Read More

Bonanza: The Horse Breaker

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ben Cooper

Synopsis: While working at the Ponderosa, wrangler Johnny Lightly (Ben Cooper) suffers an accident that costs him the use of both legs. Though Dr. Kay (Addison Richards theorizes that the injuries may not last, Johnny has given up the will to live. The only hope for Johnny's recovery rests in his growing Read More

Bonanza: The Gift

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Martin Landau

Synopsis: Originally scheduled to air on March 18, 1961, the Bonanza episode "The Gift" finally made its first appearance on April 1 of that same year. Determined to capture a white Arabian stallion as a birthday present for his father, Joe Cartwright makes a treacherous desert journey to Yuma, Arizona. Read More

Bonanza: Cut Throat Junction

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Lansing

Synopsis: The Cartwrights accompany freight-company troubleshooter Ted Trask (Robert Lansing) to the far from peaceful community of Cut Throat Junction. Trask has been hired to round up a gang of thieves, and has been given a full and free hand to accomplish his goal. But when he is abruptly fired in the Read More

Bonanza: Land Grab

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John McGiver

Synopsis: Mike Sullivan (George Mitchell) and his cronies pitch camp at the Ponderosa, claiming that they've been sold a generous portion of the ranch's best land. It turns out that Sullivan and others have been hornswoggled by a fellow named John Zink, or maybe John Polk. Ben Cartwright finds himself in a Read More

Bonanza: The Rival

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Peggy Ann Garner

Synopsis: Despite irrefutable evidence which places Jim Applegate (Charles Aidman) at the scene of a lynching, Hoss Cartwright doesn't reveal this information to Sheriff Coffee. It is not friendship or loyalty which motivates Hoss' silence: Both he and Jim are in love with Cameo Johnson (Peggy Ann Garner) Read More

Bonanza: The Frenchman

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

Synopsis: Written by Norman Lessing, "The Frenchman" stars Andre Phillipe as the title character, a flamboyant gent who claims to be the reincarnation of François Villon. Hoss Cartwright, at first only mildly annoyed by the Frenchman's empty boasts, ends up verbally clashing with the man, and as a result is Read More

Bonanza: Day of the Dragon

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lisa Lu

Synopsis: Sue Ling (Lisa Lu), a Chinese slave girl purchased by the infamous General Tsung (Richard Loo), is kidnapped and held for ransom by low-lifes Gordon (Mort Mills) and Barrett (Harry Lauter). But when Joe Cartwright plays poker with the two kidnappers, he unwittingly ends up with Sue Ling as his Read More

Bonanza: Gabrielle

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Abbott

Synopsis: The Cartwrights rescue 11-year-old Gabrielle Wickham (Diane Mountford), a blind orphan girl whom they find wandering aimlessly in the snow. Gabrielle is hoping against hope to locate her grandfather, Zachariah Wickham (John Abbott). Alas, Zachariah turns out to be a contentious hermit who hates Read More

Bonanza: The Tin Badge

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Vic Morrow

Synopsis: To show up his teasing brothers, Joe Cartwright accepts the position of sheriff in the little town of Rubicon. Little does Joe know that the men behind his nomination, gunslinger Ab Brock (Vic Morrow) and crooked Mayor Goshen (John Litel), intend to use the youngest Cartwright boy as the fall guy Read More

Bonanza: Sam Hill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Claude Akins

Synopsis: Claude Akins guest-stars as the titular Sam Hill, a blacksmith of extraordinary strength. Pressured to give up the land on which his mother is buried, Sam discovers that he has been sold out by his own father, an irresponsible drunkard-and that the new owner of the property is a self-styled Read More

Bonanza: The Fugitive

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Frank Silvera

Synopsis: When Carl (James Best), the son of former Ponderosa foreman Will Reagan (Will Wright), is reported killed, Adam Cartwright decides to investigate. Riding to the border town of Plata, Mexico, Adam has ostensibly arrived to claim the body, but is actually seeking out the reasons for Carl's sudden Read More

Bonanza: Vengeance

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Adam Williams

Synopsis: Hoss Cartwright is forced to kill neighboring farmer Willie Twilight (Keith Richards) in self-defense, whereupon Willie's brother Red (Adam Williams) promises to get even. When Hoss is shot in the back, it is Little Joe's turn to swear vengeance against Red. Beverly Tyler rounds out the guest cast Read More

Bonanza: Tax Collector

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathie Browne

Synopsis: At the behest of a local bureaucrat, good-for-nothing Jock Henry (Eddie Firestone) becomes Virginia City's tax collector. Jock also becomes drunk with power, levying huge, unfair assessments against everybody in the vicinity. Thus it is when Jock is faced with a series of profound personal crises Read More

Bonanza: Bank Run

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ian Wolfe

Synopsis: First broadcast January 28, 1961, "Bank Run" was one of several second-season Bonanza episodes directed by Robert Altman. Left in charge of the Ponderosa, Joe Cartwright receives word that town banker Harrison (Ian Wolfe) plans to create a phony bank panic so he can foreclose on a mining property Read More

Bonanza: The Courtship

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Julie Adams

Synopsis: Julie Adams guest-stars as Helen, the widow of Ben Cartwright's old friend Josh Layton. As beautiful as she is charming, Helen has a fatal flaw: She is a chronic gambler, one who tends to drag her lovers down into her own bottomless pit of debt and despair. Now Helen has caught the eye of Read More

Bonanza: The Spitfire

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Katherine Warren

Synopsis: Forced to shoot and kill tresspasser Jeb Hoad, Joe Cartwright is set upon by Jeb's wildcat daughter Willow (Anita Sands). Managing to subdue the girl, Joe brings her back to the Ponderosa, where, feeling responsible for her, he tries to transform her into a "proper" lady with the help of the Read More

Bonanza: The Bride

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John McIntire

Synopsis: During Ben Cartwright's absence, a woman named Jennifer (Suzanne Lloyd) shows up at the Ponderosa, claiming to be Ben's new wife-and she has a marriage license to back up her claims. The Cartwright boys soon determine that Jennifer has been fleeced by a con artist who has been posing as their Read More

Bonanza: The Rescue

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Leif Erickson

Synopsis: Accusing Josh Tatum (Leif Erickson) of stealing cattle, Ben Cartwright gets into a fight with Tatum, and is seriously injured for his troubles. Ben's sons Joe, Adam and Hoss swear to avenge their father by taking care of Tatum themselves. Unfortunately, the well-intentioned Cartwright boys are not Read More

Bonanza: The Lonely House

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Faith Domergue

Synopsis: Wounded bandit Track (Paul Richards) takes refuge at the home of widow Lee Bolden (Faith Domergue). Another of Lee's house guests, Joe Cartwright, recognizes Trock as a fugitive from justice. At first prepared to reveal Trock's identity, Joe hesitates when he realizes that Lee is falling in love Read More

Bonanza: The Honor of Cochise

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jeff Morrow

Synopsis: Jeff Morrow guest-stars as legendary Apache chief Cochise, who despite his avowed peaceful stance has sworn vengeance against Cavalry captain Moss Johnson (DeForrest Kelley). While Johnson takes refuge at the Ponderosa, Ben Cartwright, surrounded by a batallion of Cochise's deadliest warriors, is Read More

Bonanza: Springtime

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Carradine

Synopsis: The Cartwright boys' fraternal horseplay takes a painful turn when they accidentally injure their hired hand Jebediah Milbank (John Carradine). As Milbank recovers in Ben Cartwright's bedroom, Ben orders his rambunctious sons to tend to Jeb's unfinished responsibilities-and to that end, he Read More

Bonanza: The Smiler

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Herschel Bernardi

Synopsis: Bonanza marked the beginning of its third season by moving from Saturdays at 7:30 PM EST to its now-legendary Sunday 9 PM berth, where it would remain for the next eleven years. Telecast September 24, 1961, the inaugural third-season episode, "The Smiler", was written by Lewis Reed. Defending the Read More

Bonanza: Elizabeth, My Love

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Geraldine Brooks

Synopsis: While Ben Cartwright nurses his son Adam through a high fever, his thoughts drift back to Adam's late mother, Ben's first wife Elizabeth (Geraldine Brooks. Ben also recalls his seafaring days under the command of Captain Abel Morgan Stoddard (Torin Thatcher), Elizabeth's father. Also in the cast Read More

Bonanza: The Burma Rarity

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Beatrice Kay

Synopsis: Con artists Morgan (Wally Brown) and Axe (Dave Willock) flimflam Clementine Hawkins (Beatrice Kay), a former dance-hall girl turned boarding-house keeper, with an elaborate scam involving "The Burma Rarity", a priceless emerald. Inasmuch as Ben Cartwright introduced Clementine to the crooks, he Read More

Bonanza: Badge Without Honor

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Dan Duryea

Synopsis: Among the most popular TV Western series ever, Bonanza starred Lorne Green as Ben Cartwright and Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts as his sons Little Joe, Hoss and Adam. In the episode "Bade Without Honor," first aired in 1960, a stranger arrives in town; he says he's a Deputy Read More

Bonanza: The Blood Line

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jan Sterling

Synopsis: Written by William Raynor and Myles Wilder, "The Blood Line" opens as Luke Grayson (played by former B-western star Allan Lane) goes on a violent drunken rampage, forcing Ben Cartwright to shoot and kill the man. Grayson's son Todd (David Macklin), newly arrived from the East, swears vengeance Read More

Bonanza: Season 02

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Although Bonanza had failed to make much of a dent in the ratings of its CBS competition during its first season on NBC, the full-color Western series returned to its Saturday night "death slot" opposite Mason for its second season. Evidently, NBC's persistence paid off: by the end of season two, Bonanza Read More

Bonanza: Desert Justice

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Claude Akins

Synopsis: Young Billy Walker (Wesley Lau) is accused of murdering the wife of Marshal Dowd (Claude Akins). Walker's employers, the Cartwrights, hope that Billy will get a fair trial, but it soon becomes obvious that Dowd intends to kill the boy before the case can be heard. Thus it is that Adam and Hoss Read More

Bonanza: The Avenger

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Vic Morrow

Synopsis: Ben and Adam Cartwright are convicted of murder and sentenced to the gallows. Rushing to their defense is a secretive stranger named Lassiter (Vic Morrow). Grateful but bewildered, the Cartwrights try to find out why Lassiter is willing to help them, whereupon they learn that the stranger's own Read More

Bonanza: San Francisco Holiday

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Kathleen Crowley

Synopsis: At the end of a cattle drive, the Cartwrights and their cowhands look forward to rest and relaxation in San Francisco, Instead, two of Ben's gullible drovers are shanghaied on a boat bound for Hong Kong. While searching for his missing employees, Ben is himself shanghaied, forcing Hoss and Joe to Read More

Bonanza: The Stranger

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lloyd Nolan

Synopsis: Lloyd Nolan guest-stars as New Orleans police inspector Charles Leduque, a man who harbors a deep and festering grudge against Ben Cartwright. On the eve of Ben's gubernatorial campaign, Leduque shows up in town bearing a warrant for Ben's arrest -- on a charge of murder. Though it appears that Read More

Bonanza: Escape to the Ponderosa

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Grant Williams

Synopsis: Three army deserters -- Sutton (Joe Maross, Tyler (Grant Williams), and Mertz (James Parnell) -- take refuge on the Ponderosa, beating Little Joe senseless. Outraged, the Cartwrights join a military posse under the command of relentless Captain Bolton (Chris Alcaide). The supporting cast includes Read More

Bonanza: The Hopefuls

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Larry Gates

Synopsis: Guest star Larry Gates is cast as Jacob Darien, the leader of a Quaker sect which has purchased land in California. While crossing the Ponderosa in a special wagon transporting the money for the land transaction, Jacob's daughter Regina (Patricia Donahue) persuades her father to have Adam and Hoss Read More

Bonanza: Silent Thunder

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Stella Stevens

Synopsis: Stella Stevens guest-stars as Ann Croft, a sheltered deaf-mute girl. Joe Cartwright tries to teach Ann sign language, only to be thwarted by the girl's fiercely overprotective father Albie (Albert Salmi). In the course of John Furia Jr.'s teleplay, Ann ends up saving her father's life, and also Read More

Bonanza: Dark Star

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Hugo Haas

Synopsis: Considered to be a witch, gypsy girl Tirza (Susan Harrison) has been condemned to death by her own tribe. Taking refuge on the Ponderosa, Tirza falls in love with Joe Cartwright, who is determined to prove to one and all that the girl is not the sorceress she appears to be. Cult film director Hugo Read More

Bonanza: Bitter Water

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Rhys Williams

Synopsis: The Cartwrights object to Todd McKaren's (Don Dubbins) plan to sell his family's land to ruthless miner Len Keith (Robert Simon), pointing out that the region's water supply will be polluted. McKaren's father Andy (Rhys Williams) likewise opposes the sale, if only to break up the romance between Read More

Bonanza: Feet of Clay

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, David Ladd

Synopsis: David Ladd, the son of movie idol Alan Ladd (and a future film executive in his own right) guest-stars as young Billy Allen, left all alone in the world by the death of his mother. Hoping to snap Billy out of his melancholy, Hoss Cartwright becomes close friends with the boy. Billy's loyalties and Read More

Bonanza: The Mission

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Henry Hull

Synopsis: Feeling responsible for the massacre of a troop of soldiers, former Army scout Charlie Trent (Henry Hull) has become the town drunk. But when Cavalry Captain Pender (John Dehner) sends word to Virginia City that he is in need of a reliable scout for a dangerous misison, Hoss Cartwright recommends Read More

Bonanza: The Mill

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Claude Akins

Synopsis: Crippled farmer Tom Edwards (Harry Townes) holds Ben Cartwright responsible for the accident which destroyed the use of his legs. Edwards' bitterness is fueled by his hired hand Ezekial (Claude Akins), who while plying Tom with liquor is also methodically cheating him out of his life savings. It Read More

Bonanza: Death at Dawn

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Robert Middleton

Synopsis: The first season of Bonanza came to an end on April 30, 1960, with the episode titled "Death at Dawn." Laurence Mascott's teleplay would seem to have been influenced by the like-vintage TV series The Untouchables, as a gang of 19th century gangsters holds Virginia City in thrall, forcing the Read More

Bonanza: Showdown

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ben Cooper

Synopsis: On September 10, 1960, Bonanza launched its second season with the episode titled "Showdown." On the lam from the law, bank robber Sam Kirby (Ben Cooper) and his gang hide out on the Ponderosa. Hoping to keep track of his pursuers, Sam secures a job as a ranchhand under an assumed name. Everybody Read More

Bonanza: El Toro Grande

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ricardo Cortez

Synopsis: Little Joe and Hoss set out for Monterey, CA, bearing the cash with which they intend to purchase a prize bull for their father Ben. En route, they are ambushed by bandits. But this is hardly the end of their troubles, as the two brothers also contend with a youthful thief, a pack of starving Read More

Bonanza: The Outcast

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Lord

Synopsis: The townspeople of Virginia City turn against Leta Malvet (Susan Oliver when her father and brother are hanged for murder. With nowhere else to turn, Leta latches on to the only person to show her any kindness: Clay Renton (Jack Lord), a "retired" outlaw. Also appearing are Edward C. Platt as Read More

Bonanza: Day of Reckoning

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ricardo Montalban

Synopsis: As a reward for saving Ben Cartwright's life, an Indian named Matsou (Ricardo Montalban) is given a small parcel of Ponderosa land. Ben's Indian-hating neighbor Ike Daggett (Karl Swenson) violently objects to Matsou's presence. When his wife is killed in a raid, Daggett, holding Matsou Read More

Bonanza: Blood on the Land

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Everett Sloane

Synopsis: Crooked sheepherder Jeb Drummond (Everett Sloane) is caught trying to graze his flock on the Ponderosa without permission. Ben Cartwright orders Jeb and his sons Billy (Ray Daley) and Burton (Tom Reese) to get out and stay out. But Jeb has other plans -- and he kidnaps Ben's son Adam to make sure Read More

Bonanza: The Gunmen

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

Synopsis: At the height of the bloody feud between the McFaddens and the Hadfields, Alonzo McFadden (Douglas Spencer) hires the dreaded Slade brothers to kill Anse Hadfield (Jonathan Gilmore). As it happens, the Slades bear a remarkable resemblance to Hoss and Little Joe Cartwright. A strong supporting cast Read More

Bonanza: The Fear Merchants

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gene Evans

Synopsis: The ugly consequences of bigotry are examined in this episode of Bonanza. Gene Evans plays Andrew Fulmer, who runs for mayor of Virginia City on a "hate all outsiders" platform. Backed up by hired thugs, Fulmer targets the town's Chinese population for his most violent persecution. The hostility Read More

Bonanza: House Divided

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Cameron Mitchell

Synopsis: Southern sympathizer Fred Kyle (Cameron Mitchell arrives in Virginia City, hoping to raise money for the Confederate cause. Upon learning that the citizens' loyalties are evenly divided, Kyle attempts to stir up hostility for his own benefit. The Cartwrights become involved when Little Joe begins Read More

Bonanza: The Spanish Grant

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Patricia Medina

Synopsis: Patricia Medina guest-stars as Rosita Morales, a former cabaret dancer. A pair of con artists, Luga (Sebastian Cabot) and Sanchez (Paul Picerni), hire Rosita to pose as Spanish noblewoman Isabella Marie Inez de la Cuesta. It is the first step in a scheme to claim the valuable De La Cuesta Land Read More

Bonanza: The Abduction

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Gerald Mohr

Synopsis: While attending a gaudy carnival with their girlfriends, Joe and Hoss Cartwright are plunged into a baffling mystery when Joe's sweetheart (Jackie Russell) disappears. Determined to locate the missing girl, Joe is forced to venture into the very special and secret world of the "carnies", who Read More

Bonanza: The Ape

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Cal Bolder

Synopsis: Hulking, childlike Arnie Guthrie (Cal Bolder) can't control his temper-and even worse, he doesn't know his own strength. Clumsily attempting to force his attentions upon saloon girl Shari (Karen Sharpe), Arnie is reprimanded by Adam and Joe Cartwright, whereupon he beats up both men! Regarding Read More

Bonanza: The Savage

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Anna-Lisa

Synopsis: En route to Virginia City, Adam Cartwright bears witness as Chief Chato (Hal Jon Norman) kills two white trappers who have dared to venture upon a Shoshone burial ground. But Chato refuses to scalp the corpses, eliciting the name "White Buffalo Woman" as he walks off. Later on, Adam rescues the Read More

Bonanza: Denver McKee

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Franchot Tone

Synopsis: B-picture auteur Jacques Tourneur served as director for the October 15, 1960 Bonanza episode "Denver McKee." The title character, played by Franchot Tone, is a former lawman who wants to give his beloved daughter Connie (Natalie Trundy) everything that money can buy. To that end, McKee has Read More

Bonanza: The Last Trophy

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Hazel Court

Synopsis: The Cartwrights play host to former big game hunter Lord Marion Dunsford (Edward Ashley) and his wife Lady Beatrice (Hazel Court). Having grown to abhor violence and bloodshed, Dunsford is now an object of contempt and ridicule to his wife, who prefers the company of "real men" like Adam Read More

Bonanza: The Last Viking

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Neville Brand

Synopsis: Among the most popular TV Western series ever, Bonanza starred Lorne Green as Ben Cartwright and Michael Landon, Dan Blocker and Pernell Roberts as his sons Little Joe, Hoss and Adam. In this episode, "The Last Viking," aired in 1960, a friend of Ben, Gunnar Borgstrom, arrives to visit the Read More

Bonanza: Breed of Violence

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Ericson

Synopsis: To escape her strict and oppressive father Sheriff Kincaid (Val Avery), headstrong Dolly (Myrna Fahey) rebelliously courts disaster by associating with disreputable men. On this occasion, Dolly skips town with rakishly charming Vince Dagen (John Ericson), blissfully unaware that Vince is an Read More

Bonanza: The Trail Gang

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis: Outlaw Johnny Logan (Dick Davalos) has sworn to kill a sheriff (James Westerfield) who is also named Logan-and who happens to be Johnny's father. Travelling under the alias of Sam Jackson, Johnny signs on as a Ponderosa drover, intending to murder Sheriff Logan when the Ponderosa herd passes Read More

Ride Lonesome

Actors: Randolph Scott, Karen Steele, Pernell Roberts, James Best, Lee Van Cleef

Synopsis: This is one of several solid B-grade Westerns produced at the height of the genre's popularity in the '50s by the partnership of director Budd Boetticher, star Randolph Scott, and writer Burt Kennedy. Scott stars as Ben Brigade, a taciturn bounty hunter who captures wanted murderer Billy John (James Best Read More

One Step Beyond: The Vision

Synopsis: In the darkest days of World War One, four French soldiers (one of them played by a young, pre-Bonanza Pernell Roberts) see a strange light in the sky--whereupon they throw down their weapons and apparently desert their posts. Assigned to defend the soldiers during their court martial, Capt. Emil Read More

Bonanza: Enter Mark Twain

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Howard Duff

Synopsis: Howard Duff guest-stars as Sam Clemens, who in the days before his fame and fortune as "Mark Twain" could be found working as a reporter on the Virginia City Enterprise. The Cartwrights come to Clemens' assistance when the young journalist endeavors to expose an illegal collusion between Judge Read More

Bonanza: The Magnificent Adah

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ruth Roman

Synopsis: Legendary stage actress Adah Isaacs Menken (Ruth Roman) brings her celebrated Mazeppa troupe to Virginia City. Ben Cartwright welcomes the opportunity to renew his longstanding friendship with the "lady in pink tights." As for Ben's sons Adam, Hoss, and Little Joe, they become convinced that Adah Read More

Bonanza: Season 01

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon

Synopsis: Not many media pundits gave Bonanza much of a chance when the hour-long Western series inaugurated its first season in the fall of 1959. Sure, it was filmed in beautiful color; and yes, the acting was superb, the writing terrific, the production values first-rate. But how could NBC hope to compete Read More

Bonanza: The Philip Diedshiemer Story

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, John Beal

Synopsis: Engineer Philip Diedshiemer (John Beal) arrives in Virginia City, where, in partnership with Adam Cartwright, he creates a timbering system called "square set," which is designed to make the Deep Silver Mines safe from cave-ins. Trouble ensues when the mine owners refuse to pay Diedshiemer for his Read More

Bonanza: Mr. Henry T. P. Comstock

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Carson

Synopsis: In the ninth episode of the series Bonanza, we get an episode-length flashback into history. While working on the Ponderosa, the Cartwrights are fired on by an old sourdough who claims they're on his land, presenting them with a deed signed by Mr. Henry T.P. Comstock. Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) Read More

Bonanza: The Julia Bulette Story

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jane Greer

Synopsis: Film noir icon Jane Greer guest-stars as Julia Burnette, a hard-shelled Virginia City saloon owner. Despite Julia's checkered past, Little Joe Cartwright is smitten by her beauty and charm. Ignoring the admonitions of his father and brothers, Joe falls in love with the much older woman. Written by Al C. Ward Read More

Bonanza: The Sisters

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Buddy Ebsen

Synopsis: Sue Ellen Terry is shot and killed while disembarking from a stagecoach. The town drunk claims that the shot was fired by Adam Cartwright, who'd been paying court to Sue Ellen despite her questionable reputation. Though Adam protests his innocence, the men of Virginia City -- many of whom had Read More

Bonanza: The Hanging Posse

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Onslow Stevens

Synopsis: Determined to track down the man who murdered his wife, Flint Johnson (Onslow Stevens) forms a posse. Adam and Little Joe Cartwright, longtime friends of Johnson, join the posse to make sure that proper justice is meted out -- but Johnson has no intention of allowing the law to take its course. Read More

Bonanza: The Vendetta

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Mort Mills

Synopsis: Though seriously wounded during a bank robbery, Ben Cartwright manages to kill a member of the Morgan gang. When outlaw leader Carl Morgan (Mort Mill) swears revenge, the citizens of Virginia City flee in terror, leaving Ben and his son Hoss to their fate. Only the town drunk and a nervous Eastern Read More

Bonanza: The Last Hunt

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Chana Eden

Synopsis: While on a mountain expedition in the dead of winter, Hoss and Little Joe come upon an Indian woman (Chana Eden) who is about to give birth. Building a shelter for the woman, the two Cartwright boys stay by her side until the baby is born, then bring both mother and child back to the Ponderosa. Read More

Bonanza: The Truckee Strip

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Carl Benton Reid

Synopsis: Both Ben Cartwright and Luther Bishop (Carl Benton Reid) lay claim to the strip of land separating their two spreads. Though there's no love lost between Cartwright and Bishop, Ben is willing to allow the law to determine ownership of the disputed strip. But ruthless land baron Jason Cauter (S. Read More

Bonanza: The Newcomers

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Inger Stevens

Synopsis: Inger Stevens guest-stars as Emily Pennington, the frail and sickly fiancée of itinerant miner Black McCall. Arriving on the Ponderosa, McCall asks that Emily be allowed to stay until her health improves. Hoss grows fond of the girl, but can't shake his fundamental mistrust of McCall's motives. Read More

Bonanza: A Rose for Lotta

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Yvonne De Carlo

Synopsis: The 14-season run of Bonanza began with this introductory episode, originally aired on September 12, 1959, entitled "A Rose for Lotta." Guest star {$Yvonne DeCarlo) plays renowned entertainer Lotta Crabtree, who finds herself duped into a plot against the Cartwright family and their ranch, the Read More

Bonanza: The Saga of Annie O'Toole

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Ida Lupino

Synopsis: Ida Lupino is cast as the titular Annie O'Toole, who along with her father (John Patrick) arrives in Washoe Diggings with a gold claim filed by her fiancé Swede Lumberg (Alan Hale Jr.). When Annie's father dies, Adam Cartwright helps her establish a restaurant to keep her solvent. Annie is going Read More

Bonanza [TV Series]

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary

Synopsis: The first hour-long network Western series telecast in color, Bonanza was also the granddaddy of all "property" Westerns, future examples of which included The Virginian, The Big Valley, and The High Chaparral. The series took place during and after the Civil War in Virginia City, NV. Lorne Greene Read More

Bonanza: The Paiute War

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Jack Warden

Synopsis: Unscrupulous trader Mike Wilson (Jack Warden molests two Paiute Indian women, then manages to place the blame on Adam Cartwright. This incident, added to others sparked by Wilson, mushrooms into a full-scale war between the Paiutes and the California Militia. In the thick of the hostilities, the Read More

Bonanza: Death on Sun Mountain

Actors: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Barry Sullivan

Synopsis: Ben Cartwright finds out that Mark Burdette (Barry Sullivan) and Early Thorne (Leo Gordon) have been illegally slaughtering the antelope on the Paiute Indians' property, then selling the meat to the miners at an exorbitant price. To thwart the two poachers and protect the Indians' food supply, Ben Read More

Shirley Temple's Storybook [TV Series]

The Sheepman

Actors: Glenn Ford, Shirley MacLaine, Leslie Nielsen, Mickey Shaughnessy, Edgar Buchanan

Synopsis: The Sheepman was touted as a comedy by some of MGM's publicity people. It really isn't, but this western does have its lighthearted moments. Glenn Ford stars as a hard-bitten sheep farmer, running up against the opposition of cattle ranchers. Shirley MacLaine is a no-nonsense frontier girl who Read More

Have Gun, Will Travel: Hey Boy's Revenge

Synopsis: Paladin (Richard Boone) forsakes his usual fee to do a personal favor for San Francisco bellhop Hey Boy (Kam Tong). It seems that the bellhop's brother (Philip Ahn), hired as a railroad laborer in Utah, was mysteriously killed while protesting the brutal working conditions of his fellow Chinese. Read More

Shirley Temple's Storybook: Rumplestiltskin

Actors: John Raitt, Phyllis Love, Kurt Kasznar, Shai Ophir, Jonathan Harris

Synopsis: The second edition of the famous fairy tale anthology Shirley Temple's Storybook (and the second to be telecast live), was this semi-musical version of the Grimm brothers' "Rumpelstiltskin." Because miller Hanz Franz (Kurt Kasznar) has bragged to one and all that his daughter, Elsa (Phyllis Love) Read More

Desire under the Elms

Actors: Sophia Loren, Anthony Perkins, Burl Ives, Frank Overton, Pernell Roberts

Synopsis: Director Delbert Mann and screenwriter Irwin Shaw adapt Eugene O'Neill's 20th-century version of a Greek tragedy to the screen with a bit more discretion than need be. The story takes place in the New England of the 1840s. Emotionally cool but passionately hot farmer Burl Ives the smoldering Sophia Loren Read More