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Season 14 – Bonanza

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Ben Cartwright is the patriarch of an all-male Nevada ranching family. Set during and after the Civil War, "Bonanza" is the story of life on the family's thousand-acre spread, known as the Ponderosa, near Virginia City. Ben has his three sons, each with a different (and deceased) mother. Serious eldest son Adam hopes to follow in his father's footsteps; middle son Hoss is a gentle giant -- physically strong, but sometimes naive; and youngest son Little Joe is the most impetuous and romantic of the offspring.

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Ray B. @RayBrennanFilmmaker Nov 18 The Hunter Synopsis by Ray Brennan In a borderlands deserted Arizona, California, Nevada, Ghost Town, Tom Skerritt‘s character hunts down Little Joe . Desperate and on the run, dehydrated and passing out Michael Landon’s character set a trap. The trap works and corporal the, Tom Skerritt character, guilty of killing women and children, gets trapped in a cell. It’s not clear if the story is in a loop because it starts with him escaping a cell. In my opinion, I would say this is above average film work. there are French influences and some of this 1850 to 1870 drama. In my opinion, Michael Landon may have been exploited by NBC, pushed beyond his limits and forced to work a literal slave. See more Read all reviews
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Lorne Greene

Ben Cartwright

Michael Landon

Little Joe Cartwright

David Canary

Candy

Mitch Vogel

Jamie Hunter

Tim Matheson

Griff King

Bonnie Bedelia

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Episodes

Episode 1 Aired Sep 5, 1972 Forever Joe falls for a woman (Bonnie Bedelia) who arrives with her brother (Andrew Robinson) in Virginia City. Details Episode 2 Aired Sep 12, 1972 Forever John's gambling debts mount after Alice rejects him because of his alcoholism. Details Episode 3 Aired Sep 19, 1972 Heritage of Anger A man (Robert Lansing) returns from prison to find his land neglected and his wife (Fionnula Flanagan) exhausted. Details Episode 4 Aired Sep 26, 1972 The Initiation The leader (Ronny Howard) of a boy's club forces his followers, including Jamie, to cover up an initiate's death. Details Episode 5 Aired Oct 3, 1972 Riot! A convict stages a prison riot that ensnares Ben; guest Aldo Ray. Details Episode 6 Aired Oct 10, 1972 New Man Ex-convict Griff (Tim Matheson) has trouble adjusting to life on the Ponderosa; guest Ronny Cox. Details Episode 7 Aired Oct 24, 1972 Ambush at Rio Lobo Would-be robbers plan to use a pregnant woman (Sian Barbara Allen) as a decoy to stop a stagecoach; guest James Olson. Details Episode 8 Aired Oct 31, 1972 The Twenty-Sixth Grave Editor Samuel Clemens (Ken Howard) asks the Cartwrights to help him prove a government assayer is a killer. Details Episode 9 Aired Nov 14, 1972 Stallion Joe must risk his beloved stallion to save a wounded boy; guests Clu Gulager, Mitzi Hoag, Vincent Van Patten. Details Episode 10 Aired Nov 28, 1972 The Hidden Enemy A doctor's (Mike Farrell) morphine addiction is revealed during his trial for murder; guest David Huddleston. Details Episode 11 Aired Dec 5, 1972 The Sound of Loneliness An elderly man (Jack Albertson) takes in runaway orphan brothers, one of whom is mute. Details Episode 12 Aired Dec 19, 1972 The Bucket Dog To keep his Irish setter, Jamie must enter her in a field trial against a champion; guest Don Knight. Details Episode 13 Aired Dec 26, 1972 First Love Jamie falls for the wife (Pamela Franklin) of an insanely jealous schoolmaster (Jordan Rhodes). Details Episode 14 Aired Jan 2, 1973 The Witness Griff tries to locate the witness (Sally Kemp) who can clear Candy of murder and theft charges. Details Episode 15 Aired Jan 9, 1973 The Marriage of Theodora Duffy A deputy U.S. marshal (Karen Carlson) poses as Griff's wife to catch a Civil War criminal (Richard Eastham). Details Episode 16 Aired Jan 16, 1973 The Hunter An escaped mental patient (Tom Skerritt) makes Joe the object of a bizarre hunt. Details

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Bonanza — Season 14

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Season Info

Director
Michael Landon, Leo Penn, Lewis Allen, Alf Kjellin, William F. Claxton, Nicholas Webster, Nicholas Colasanto, E.W. Swackhamer
Executive Producer
David Dortort
Screenwriter
Jack Sowards, Joel Murcott, Stanley Roberts, Ward Hawkins, Arthur Heinemann, Douglas Day Stewart, Robert Pirosh, John Hawkins, Richard Collins, Michael Landon
Network
NBC
Rating
TV-G
Genre
Drama, Western
Original Language
English
Release Date
Sep 5, 1972