Bonanza - Escape to Ponderosa

Synopsis: BONANZA is a sprawling western television series about wealthy rancher Ben Cartwright and his three sons---Adam (Pernell Roberts), a two-fisted gunfighter with a penchant for design and... BONANZA is a sprawling western television series about wealthy rancher Ben Cartwright and his three sons---Adam (Pernell Roberts), a two-fisted gunfighter with a penchant for design and engineering; Hoss (Dan Blocker), a huge and slightly dimwitted but good-hearted strongman in a big white ten-gallon hat; and Little Joe (Michael Landon, later of LITTLE HOUSE ON THE PRAIRIE), a young hothead always getting into trouble over women or disputes of any imaginable description with almost anybody. Like all 1950s TV western series leads, the Cartwrights were superb fistfighters, able to knock almost anyone unconscious with a single blow from either fist. Ben had the enviable advantage of having apparently been everywhere and done everything prior to settling down on his thousand-acre empire ("the Ponderosa") outside Virginia City, Nevada, so he could always speak from an intimidating reservoir of experience. In "Escape to Ponderosa," three frightened Army deserters (James Parnell, Grant Williams, and Joe Maross) assault Little Joe, leading Ben and his sons to assist a savagely sadistic Army captain (Chris Alcaide) in apprehending them. [More]

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

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