The 14season run of bonanza began with this introductory episode, originally aired on september 12, 1959, entitled a rose for lotta. With bens blessing, cayley uses the ponderosa as the site of his latest experimental flight. All the previous directors couldnt get in down the first year and early the second year, with the filming encompassing 811 days. Watch bonanza episodes, get episode information, recaps and more. Sidney blackmer gueststars as baloon ascensionist major cayley, an old army friend of ben cartwright.
A gang robs the virginia city bank then hides out near the ponderosa until things quiet down. Our database contains 861 articles and 4,453 images. Bonanza showdown, full episode classic western tv series. Bonanza season 2 episode 8 the abduction video dailymotion. I have enjoyed watching the episodes over and over again. Hoss befriends charlie trent, a man who was once the best scout in the army. The syndication reruns on tv are of course edited and washedout looking, and the cheap public domain collections of episodes from seasons 1 and 2 are washedout looking, and the original theme music replaced with some horrific generic crap.
My watchlist keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Jamie joins an elite club and endures the initiation rites. In its initial season, bonanza aired on saturday evenings and placed. The season opens with the virginia city bank being robbed. 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. Welcome to bonanza wiki, the encyclopedia about bonanza that anyone can edit. The youngest member of the gang manages to get a job on the ponderosa as a bronc buster with the intention of informing the bank robbers of any posses that may threaten their hideout. Watch all 36 bonanza episodes from season 2,view pictures, get episode information and more. Excon john dundee is being released from prison and ben tries to help his old friend readjust to society. Bonanza full episodes season 1 episode 2 death on sun mountain. The premiere was on september 12, 1959, and the final episode broadcast on january 16, 1973. I had purchased the german dvds as the original music was on them, unlike all the other dvds of bonanza circulating round the usa and found in dollar bins etc. If you are a bonanza fan they are must for your collection. The son of a recentlydeceased rainmaker, jamie ann.
Lorne greene, michael landon, dan blocker, peter whitney actor bonanza 2x2 the mission hoss befriends an old drunk named charlie trent, who at one time had been the best scout the army had. Bonanza bonanza season 14 episode 1 forever part 2 written by michael landon directed by michael landon guest starring. However, their marriage ends in tragedy when alice is murdered and their house. With michael landon, lorne greene, pernell roberts, dan blocker. Bonanza full episodes season 1 episode 1 a rose for lotta.
Bonanza the savage season 2 episode 12 michael landon by westerntvseries. He is found by ruth, a white shoshone woman who was long believed to. Not long after badtempered frank scott is hanged for murdering a young woman in a dark virginia city alley, witness for the prosecution, hoss cartwright, sees a man in a carson city saloon who looks just like frank, hears him whistling the same strange tune the killer whistled that fateful night, and begins to fear that his testimony has sent the wrong man to the gallows. Richard bartlett directed this episode and was the first director to get the filming schedule on track at 512 days. Bonanza 2 x 6 denver mckee lorne greene, michael landon by westerntvseries.
On september 10, 1960, bonanza launched its second season with the episode titled showdown. Bonanza is an american western television series developed and produced by david dortort and broadcast in the united states for 14 seasons on the nbc network. Little joe finally finds true love with alice harper. They are married and soon learn that she is expecting a child. The cartwrights go up against two san francisco men who plan to get rich by killing off the antelope herdswhich the indians rely on for. Watch all 34 bonanza episodes from season 1,view pictures, get episode information and more. After a gang of outlaws robs a bank in virginia city, one of them gets a job on the ponderosa to keep an eye on the authorities. While traveling, adam is wounded by indians and left for dead. One of the robbers, sam kirby, gets hired as a ranch hand at. Bonanza season 2 episode 33 elizabeth, my love video. By the second season in 1960, they would be used for the beginning credit chapter title, then by the third year in 1961, the new beginning credits with.
Set in nevada, in the 1860s, bonanza chronicled the adventures of the cartwright family who owned a large ranch the ponderosa. Dusty rhodes arrives with a young teen orphan, jamie hunter, in tow. Bonanza full episodes season 1 episode 1 a rose for. Bonanza full episodes season 1 episode 2 death on sun.
The entire run of the series 431 hourlong episodes was produced in color. On the lam from the law, bank robber sam kirby ben cooper and his gang hide out on the ponderosa. Bonanza season 1 episode 3 the newcomers video dailymotion. Ben sends hoss and joe to sacremento to check on the widow of an old friend. Lotta crabtree is hired by mining tycoon alpheus troy to lure one of the cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for ponderosa timber rights. Antelopes are being slaughtered by two poachers which violates the cartwrights agreement with the paiutes. Bonanza is an american western television series developed and produced by david dortort. Bonanza s02e01 showdown season 2 episode 1 michael landon by westerntvseries. Watch bonanza season 12, episode 2 a matter of faith.
Johns only interest, however, is revenge on those wh. One of the gang members, sam kirby, hires on at the ponderosa as a ranch hand so he can keep an eye on the movement of the posse and alert the rest of the gang if the cavalry gets called in. Bonanza season 2 episode 2 the mission michael landon. An outlaw gang robs virginia citys bank and makes off with almost all of its money. Tvguide has every full episode so you can stayuptodate and watch your favorite show bonanza anytime, anywhere. Guest star yvonne decarlo plays renowned entertainer lotta. Ben cartwright and his three sons by three wives ride herd over the sprawling ponderosa spread in 1860s nevada in one of the most handsomely. Bonanza is an nbcproduced television series that ran on the nbc network from september 12, 1959 to january 16, 1973. This seasons the outcast is the first episode to use the watercolor chapter title after the first commercial intermission.