Name: Bonanza
Released: 1959-09-12T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

TV Show · Western · Adventure

The story of the all-male Cartwright family and their life on the family's thousand-acre spread, known as the Ponderosa, near Virginia City. Ben, with his three sons, battle life during and after the Civil War.

1959 · 49m

Starring Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker

EPISODE 19

The Gunmen

Little Joe and Hoss are mistaken for gunmen while in a small Texas town, and find themselves in the middle of a dangerous feud between two families.
EPISODE 20

The Fear Merchants

The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese stablehand who is being terrorised by a mayoral candidate's henchmen.
EPISODE 21

Spanish Grant

A former dance hall girl poses as a Spanish heiress to claim a land grant that includes part of the Ponderosa.
EPISODE 22

Blood on the Land

When Ben tries to stop the Drummonds from grazing his herd on the Ponderosa, Adam gets caught and is taken hostage, which starts a war.
EPISODE 23

Desert Justice

One of the Ponderosa ranch hand faces murder charges for killing the wife of a U.S. marshal who came to escort him to Los Angeles to stand trial.
EPISODE 24

The Stranger

As Ben prepares to run for governor, Joe must come to his rescue when a disabled police officer from New Orleans comes to arrest Ben on a 20-year-old murder charge.