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1.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Enter Mark Twain
(1959)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights help Virginia City reporter Samuel Langhorne Clemens investigate suspected shady goings-on between a railroad company and a local judge.
Director: Paul Landres | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 184
2.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Spanish Grant
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights try to disprove the validity of a Spanish land grant to stop the De La Cuesta family from seizing part of the Ponderosa and all of the Carson Valley settlers' homestead lands.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 203
3.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Desert Justice
(1960)
TV-G | 49 min | Western
As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Hoss and Adam eventually learn who is the good guy and who is not.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 235
4.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Avenger
(1960)
TV-G | 49 min | Western
Ben and Adam are locked in jail, about to hung for a crime they didn't commit. Joe and Hoss must find out why the witnesses to the alleged crime have perjured themselves before the ... See full summary »
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene
Votes: 252
5.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Mission
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Charlie Trent used to be an Army scout. Now he's the town drunk. Hoss helps him regain his self-esteem when he has him volunteer to lead a gold-bearing troop through the desert where there's very little water.
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 191
6.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Mill
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights' neighbor Tom Edwards has lived as a paraplegic, ever since an accident involving Ben Cartwright and a gun. His ranch is going to waste. His wife Joyce is a longtime friend ... See full summary »
Director: John Rich | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 189
7.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Meredith Smith
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After falling off a wagon, a dying friend asks Ben to make sure his large estate is given to a relative since he didn't have a will. After posting an ad in a newspaper, several people come forward to claim it.
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Robert Colbert
Votes: 112
8.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Trail Gang
(1960)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
About to set out on a cattle drive, Ben hires a young drifter named Sam Jackson as one of his drovers. What he doesn't know is that Jackson is really outlaw Johnny Logan, who signed on to ... See full summary »
Director: John Rich | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 145
9.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Dark Gate
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Ross Marquette's behavior over the past few months can't be easily explained -- beating his wife, rustling cattle, robbing a stage, killing a man. Adam is determined to find out why his friend is acting so strangely before it's too late.
Director: Robert Gordon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 148
10.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Duke
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
*SPOILERS* The Cartwrights challenge an arrogant and cruel British prizefighter, the Duke, and his alcoholic manager to a bout with John Heenan (the Benicia Boy), after the Cartwrights' ... See full summary »
Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 123
11.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Gift
(1961)
TV-G | 60 min | Western
Little Joe is off to buy a gift for his pa's birthday. He's unaware that where he is heading the local Indians are on the war path and they've got him in their gun sights.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 137
12.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Christmas Story
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A singer returns to Virginia City for Christmas along with his scheming uncle.
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Wayne Newton
Votes: 131
13.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Gift of Water
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
With tensions with a drought-stricken neighboring flatland rising, the Cartwrights decide to address the problem by helping a stubborn flatland homesteader dig a new well.
Director: Jesse Hibbs | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 133
14.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Crucible
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After being robbed in the desert, Adam stumbles onto a seemingly chivalrous prospector named Peter Kane, who offers him a mule and supplies for three days work. However, Kane is a demented ... See full summary »
Director: Paul Nickell | Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Votes: 166
15.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Long Night
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Adam has a day and a half to deliver a large bankdraft. He is ambushed by an escaped convict. When he is mistaken for one of the escapees by the posse, Adam is hardpressed to prove his identity. All they want to do is hang him.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 132
16.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Inger, My Love
(1962)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The back story behind Ben's three wives is up to Inger, Ben's second wife (and mother of Hoss). The story relates the first meeting between Ben and Inger, as Ben and a young Adam were traveling west.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 145
17.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Elegy for a Hangman
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Adam helps an angry young man to confront the "hanging judge" who sentenced his father to death in a high-stakes miscarriage of justice.
Director: Hollingsworth Morse | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 117
18.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Half a Rogue
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss harbors kindred spirit Big Jim Layton on the Ponderosa while trying to clear the wounded mountain man's name from charges of theft and murder.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 111
19.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Thunder Man
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
While Ann Wilson and her Uncle Fred are en route to her boyfriend Joe's birthday party, Fred suffers a sudden stroke and is rendered unconscious. A man claiming to be a Good Samaritan stops... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 134
20.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Rich Man, Poor Man
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
When Claude Miller is fired from his latest job, his girl and Little Joe scheme to help him regain his self respect by buying his worthless land. When he involves his brother Hoss to buy ... See full summary »
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 98
21.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Boss
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben confronts a former friend who has become a local strongman after monopolizing the freight business.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 118
22.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Little Man... Ten Feet Tall
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An Italian immigrant and his son seek a new life after fleeing violence in their home country.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 120
23.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Passion for Justice
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Famous author Charles Dickens visits the Ponderosa, and finds himself embroiled in controversy.
Director: Murray Golden | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 127
24.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Question of Strength
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A stagecoach containing Hoss and two nuns is robbed. Later, one of the badly wounded robbers finds himself in their power.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 117
25.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Gold Mine
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe helps a young Mexican boy who has suffered from years of abuse by two sadistic slave owners who now want the lad's gold claim and will do anything to get it.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, David Canary
Votes: 87
26.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Journey Remembered
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben finds Hoss in the barn waiting for a mare to give birth. Ben can't help but remember that's how Hoss' mother (Inger) was. He then finds an old journal wherein he wrote down their trek ... See full summary »
Director: Irving J. Moore | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 109
27.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Legacy
(1963)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
When Ben goes missing and presumed dead after being shot by a poacher he was hunting alone, his sons search for the seemingly likely suspects: three innocent ex-convicts who fear being so suspected.
Director: Bernard McEveety | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 129
28.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Lila Conrad Story
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Adam and Little Joe try to find a fair trial for a saloon girl accused of theft and murder, hiding her from a corrupt sheriff's lynch mob after she stows away in the back of their supply ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 124
29.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Weary Willies
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights lend their support to The Weary Willies, a group of Civil War veterans who are struggling to re-enter society.
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 108
30.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Alias Joe Cartwright
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A stubborn, career army sergeant appears to be his only hope when Little Joe is arrested after being robbed and knocked unconscious by a look-a-like escaped army prisoner and is unable to ... See full summary »
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts
Votes: 132
31.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Wagon
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A murder suspect escapes a prison wagon. Sheriff Price Buchanan, who covets an appointment to Deputy U.S. Marshal, finds an injured Hoss. Buchanan, knowing his career is at risk if he fails... See full summary »
Director: James Neilson | Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 88
32.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
King of the Mountain
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss finds himself smack dab in the middle of a mountain family feud when he agrees to be the best man at ornery Big Jim Leyton's wedding.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 105
33.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Roper
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An Army lieutenant comes to the ranch with a wounded prisoner. When Will gets the town doctor, the prisoner's gang shows up and takes them all prisoner. With the promise of a lot of gold, ... See full summary »
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 107
34.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Desperado
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
It's a case of reverse racism, as a white-hating black outlaw couple kidnap Hoss and scheme to kill him.
Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Louis Gossett Jr.
Votes: 95
35.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Thanks for Everything, Friend
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Tom Wilson saves Adam from drowning. This begins a friendship he starts to regret when Tom steals a girl from her longtime boyfriend, is found with her father's open strongbox and standing over his dead body.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 127
36.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Three Brides for Hoss
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An ordinary day on the Ponderosa turns all but ordinary when three mail-order brides arrive claiming they're engaged to Hoss.
Director: Ralph E. Black | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Stuart Erwin
Votes: 97
37.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Scapegoat
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss rides up on Waldo Watson bungling yet another suicide attempt. He invites him home and the Cartwrights are wondering if they regret that as three men are trailing him and they mean to do him harm.
Director: Christian Nyby | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 104
38.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Between Heaven and Earth
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Little Joe and his friend Mitch chase a sheep-killing puma into a canyon and Joe climbs a steep slope to get a better look at the terrain. When he slips, dropping his rifle into a rock ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 126
39.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Old Sheba
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After Hoss injures traveling circus wrestler, Bearcat Sampson, during an exhibition match, Hoss and 'manager' Little Joe agree that Hoss will take the Bearcat's place in the ring while he ... See full summary »
Director: John Florea | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 114
40.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Knight to Remember
(1964)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Arrested for robbing the stagecoach he was riding, Adam can't convince the sheriff that the real bandits were run off by a knight in shining armor who called himself...King Arthur!
Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 117
41.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Flapjack Contest
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Intending to confront the card-shark who he believes bushwhacked and robbed him, Little Joe instead decides to get his money back by betting the shady gambler that big brother Hoss will win... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 119
42.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Flannel-Mouth Gun
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Worrying that a hired gun may just cause more trouble for the ranchers, Adam Cartwright votes 'no' when the Cattlemen's Association asks ruthless range detective, Sherman Clegg, to stop a ... See full summary »
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 104
43.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Ponderosa Birdman
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss goes above and beyond to help an eccentric, aging inventor and his overly-protective granddaughter realize their dream of manned flight.
Director: Herbert L. Strock | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 113
44.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Deadliest Game
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
While his troupe visits the Ponderosa, lonely, aging aerialist Guido Borelli hides his true feelings for his beautiful, young partner, Petina, but is quick to comfort her after a fistfight ... See full summary »
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 104
45.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Once a Doctor
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Suffering from an infected foot, Hoss finds unexpected relief from Professor Poppy, an itinerant patent-medicine peddler who secretly carries a medical bag. But Hoss soon finds that the ... See full summary »
Director: Tay Garnett | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 101
46.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
To Own the World
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A rich tycoon who is known for destroying anything that stands in the way of getting what he wants, vows to have the Ponderosa, no matter what the cost.
Director: Virgil W. Vogel | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 127
47.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Lothario Larkin
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights re-acquaint themselves (for better or worse) with a noted womanizer known as Lothario Larkin.
Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 100
48.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Strange One
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
While hunting cougar, Joe and Hoss find a young woman unconscious and bring her to the Ponderosa. The girl was abandoned in the wilderness by the wagon train she was traveling with because ... See full summary »
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Louise Sorel
Votes: 100
49.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
All Ye His Saints
(1965)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Little Michael Thorpe's father is accidentally shot and gravely injured. Believing that only God can save his father, and told by his Indian ranch hand that God lives on a mountain, Michael... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Leif Erickson
Votes: 110
50.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Emperor Norton
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben's old friend Joshua Norton is a brilliant inventor who has ideas for a new type of bridge. He is also an eccentric who fancies himself as, and dresses as, Emperor of the United States ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Sam Jaffe
Votes: 91
51.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Honor of Cochise
(1961)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights must try to get help for Adam, seriously wounded by an Apache bullet, and find out why Cochise and his warriors have threatened to kill them all if they don't hand over an army captain taking refuge in their trail camp.
Director: Don McDougall | Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Votes: 159
52.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Dollar's Worth of Trouble
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss and Little Joe fall victim to a con, involving a gypsy, a beautiful blonde, and a nearsighted gunfighter coming to town.
Director: Donald R. Daves | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Sally Kellerman
Votes: 90
53.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Ponderosa Explosion
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Brothers Hoss and Little Joe are sweet-talked by a pair of con men into "investing" in a pair of "exotic" animals who are indeed prolific--they're common rabbits.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Dub Taylor
Votes: 102
54.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Justice
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe sets out to avenge the death of his fiancée at the hands of a shy bank clerk who was infatuated with her.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Beau Bridges
Votes: 102
55.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Unseen Wound
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben visits his old friend Paul Rowan, the sheriff of Concho. His wife Katherine says he has been complaining of headaches for six months now. When he starts shooting innocent people he ... See full summary »
Director: Gerd Oswald | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Leslie Nielsen
Votes: 100
56.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Big Shadow on the Land
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A group of immigrant winegrowers sets up business on the Ponderosa.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Jack Kruschen
Votes: 92
57.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Fighters
(1966)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Hoss feels guilty about ending a boxer's career and vows never to fight again. However, his promise is put to the test when Joe is badly beaten.
Director: R.G. Springsteen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Michael Conrad
Votes: 92
58.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Deed and the Dilemma
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A bigot complicates Ben's efforts to help an immigrant wine-growing family.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Jack Kruschen
Votes: 80
59.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Man Without Land
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Matt Jeffers is about to lose his land. Back taxes, no water and owes his foreman wages. When his foreman finds water on the land he hatches a scheme to buy the land and stick Little Joe with all the blame.
Director: Donald R. Daves | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Jeremy Slate
Votes: 94
60.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Maestro Hoss
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A phony fortuneteller tells Hoss that he's a master violinist.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Zsa Zsa Gabor
Votes: 105
61.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Second Chance
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe and Hoss are out when they are attacked by Indians, Joe hit with an arrow. With Joe needing medical attention, they come across a small wagon train of misfits, heading East. Their only ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, James Gregory
Votes: 97
62.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Desperate Passage
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights and Candy come across a town deserted following an Indian attack. The sole survivor is a man locked up in the jail until a woman, claiming to have escaped the attack, turns up.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Steve Forrest
Votes: 109
63.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Sure Thing
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) buys a teen-age girl's stallion from her father, Burt Loughlin (Tom Tully), with the intention of letting the girl, Trudy Loughlin (Kim Darby), ride the horse ... See full summary »
Director: William Witney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Kim Darby
Votes: 87
64.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Six Black Horses
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
An old friend of Ben Cartwright comes to town to liven things up.
Director: Donald R. Daves | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Burgess Meredith
Votes: 86
65.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Justice Deferred
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Not long after bad-tempered 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... See full summary »
Director: Gerald Mayer | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Simon Oakland
Votes: 101
66.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Gold Detector
(1967)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Professor MacNultey is the inventor of a "Willy Wonka like" machine, which he sells to Hoss claiming it has the ability to detect gold. However, all it can really detect is the lie behind the 'gold detection' theory.
Director: Donald R. Daves | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Wally Cox
Votes: 87
67.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Trackers
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Virginia City bank is robbed and a clerk killed. Cully Maco, just released from prison, is the only suspect. When the posse catches up to him, he claims he didn't know about the latest ... See full summary »
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Warren Stevens
Votes: 89
68.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Burning Sky
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
When a new employee on the Ponderosa brings his Native American wife, a racist neighbor goes out of his way to stir up trouble against them and the Cartwrights.
Director: John Rich | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Dawn Wells
Votes: 124
69.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Crime of Johnny Mule
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
With Hoss being the lone hold-out during the murder trial of Johnny Mule, he will only have a short time to gather evidence before a new trial is set. But when Johnny breaks out of jail, things look bad.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Noah Beery Jr.
Votes: 97
70.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
In Defense of Honor
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Longtime hand 'adopted' into the Cartwright family as a baby decides to return to the Indian tribe to which he was born. Indian haters stir up trouble that puts the new treaty in jeopardy.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lou Antonio
Votes: 87
71.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
To Die in Darkness
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Candy and Ben are imprisoned in a mine for a month by a man set on revenge. Years before, the man was wrongly incarcerated by the testimony of Ben Cartwright.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, James Whitmore
Votes: 114
72.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Different Pines, Same Wind
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Little Joe devises a mission to claim some government land that would impede deforestation by a timber baron. He encounters a cantankerous old lady living on the land and Joe finds she is reluctant to file a claim.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Irene Tedrow
Votes: 104
73.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Child
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
While visiting a remote town to await the arrival of Ben, Little Joe and Candy, Hoss is wrongly arrested for the murder and robbery of a hermit miner. When a lynch mob starts to gather, ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Yaphet Kotto
Votes: 99
74.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Real People of Muddy Creek
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Only a few brave souls remain in Muddy Creek to help Ben and Little Joe defend a town jail and its occupant from the Harper outlaw gang.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Joe Don Baker
Votes: 111
75.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Passing of a King
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben sells a prize bull to an old friend, whose unscrupulous son has taken charge of the ranch from his father. The son double-crosses Ben over the agreed price of the bull, only offering to... See full summary »
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Jeremy Slate
Votes: 93
76.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Catch as Catch Can
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
While in small town Tin Bucket to sell Ponderosa cowhides, Candy is accused of cheating in a card game and the Cartwrights are dogged by a mysterious rumor that claims they have fallen on hard times and are desperate for money.
Director: Robert L. Friend | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Paul Richards
Votes: 97
77.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Little Girl Lost
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben receives a "package" shipped via Wells Fargo Express. It is a little girl. She is the daughter of a cousin of Ben. The Cartwrights soon find she is a firebrand who doesn't want to stay on the Ponderosa.
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Antoinette Bower
Votes: 99
78.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Survivors
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A white woman, abducted by the Paiutes and thought to be dead, is brought back to Virginia City and reunited with her husband. When it is found she has an Indian baby with a Paiute chief, ... See full summary »
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mariette Hartley
Votes: 90
79.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Company of Forgotten Men
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Candy is kidnapped by retired Army Sergeant Mike Russell and his band of fellow former soldiers when he uncovers their plan to blast their way into the Carson City Mint to steal the pension... See full summary »
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, James Gregory
Votes: 86
80.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Clarion
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben Cartwright's effort to help friend Ruth Manning defend her ownership of nearby Gunlock's town newspaper, The Clarion, earns him the wrath of a corrupt, powerful judge who wants The Clarion for himself and will do anything to get it.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Phyllis Thaxter
Votes: 92
81.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Arrival of Eddie
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
After Eddie returns to town and learns Hoss accidentally shot his father, it's up to Hoss to gain Eddie's forgiveness and make amends, and at the same time foil a blackmail plot.
Director: Marc Daniels | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Jan-Michael Vincent
Votes: 89
82.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Witness
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A young woman named Jenny Winters claims to have witnessed a stagecoach robbery which involves one man being killed. After she identifies the culprits as the Logan gang, Ben allows Jenny to... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 94
83.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Silence at Stillwater
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Candy is accused of a string of serious crimes, including murder, robbery and arson in Stillwater, and when the Cartwrights come to his defense, the sheriff refuses to cooperate. Even worse... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Lejtes | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 83
84.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Darker Shadow
(1969)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe's friend Wade Turner, a storekeeper who is engaged and has been offered a promotion at work, tries to deal with a devastating brain tumor that leaves him with a paralyzing sensitivity ... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 83
85.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
It's a Small World
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Circus midget and new widower George Marshall struggles to deal with the prejudice of Mr. Flint, the town's banker, when he refuses to hire him despite Ben's recommendation.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 88
86.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Lady and the Mark
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Former Ponderosa ranch hand Chris Keller seeks refuge at his old workplace after con artists stalk him for his $67,000 fortune. While at the Ponderosa, he meets a beautiful young woman who has plans of her own for the money.
Director: Leon Benson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 82
87.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Is There Any Man Here?
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The daughter of Ben's friend Harry Collier, Jennifer, develops a huge crush for the Cartwright patriarch. Ben notes that Jennifer is the same age as oldest son (and long-since departed Adam... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 84
88.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Law and Billy Burgess
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A temporary schoolhouse is opened on the Ponderosa, and one of the students is an angry teen-aged boy named Billy Burgess. After a difficult day at school, Billy angrily wishes that his ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 99
89.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Return Engagement
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Eleven years after Lotta Crabtree's last stop in Virginia City caused trouble for a young Joe Cartwright, actress Lotta Crabtree's daughter returns for another engagement in the Nevada town... See full summary »
Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, David Canary
Votes: 84
90.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
What Are Pardners For?
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A pair of Easterners have read tall tales about the Wild West and come to Virginia City to live out their dream - be bank robbers in the tradition of their heroes. Hoss somehow becomes involved with their adventures.
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, David Canary
Votes: 88
91.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Love Child
(1970)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Old-school Zach Randolph refuses to make amends with his gravely ill daughter, Etta, because her son had been born out of wedlock. Joe risks his family's friendship with the Randolphs to set the stubborn old man straight.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 103
92.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Cassie
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights assist Jamie's friend, Cassie O'Casey, and Cassie's mother in dealing with their father and husband, Kevin, who is running a race horse scam. Hoss uses a "fixed" horse race of his own to outwit Kevin.
Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 80
93.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Blind Hunch
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Civil War veteran Will Hewitt returns to Virginia City, blinded and determined to solve the mystery behind the death of his brother.
Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 78
94.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Easy Come, Easy Go
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In the third and final episode featuring the Calhouns, Luke is bankrupted after a stock investment gone bad, so he and his daughter Meena move to the Ponderosa until he can get back on his ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ann Prentiss
Votes: 79
95.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
A Home for Jamie
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Ben begins the process to legally adopt Jamie as his son, but the process is complicated when Jamie's maternal grandfather, Ferris Callahan, comes forward wanting custody. Ben must bear the... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 88
96.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Warbonnet
(1971)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Joe is caught in the middle of a bitter dispute between an aging Native American chief and the man who stole the Indian's warbonnet years ago as a saloon decoration.
Director: Arthur H. Nadel | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 104
97.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Saddle Stiff
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Cactus Murphy, an embittered ranch whom Ben fired, suggests that the Cartwright patriarch is getting a little old to "put in a real week's work." Ben's response: Take a job under the ... See full summary »
Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 93
98.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
The Customs of the Country
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
In a satirical look at unusual, silly laws and customs, Joe and Hoss try to explain to their skeptical father why their delivery run to Agua Santos, Mexico took so long. An unimpressed Ben ... See full summary »
Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Alfonso Arau
Votes: 86
99.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Shanklin
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
A band of rogue ex-Confederate soldiers comes to the Ponderosa to demand a $25,000 ransom. Hoss tries to disrupt the robbery and is critically wounded by the group's leader, Shanklin. While... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 95
100.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
Search in Limbo
(1972)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
The Cartwrights attempt to reconstruct a 24-hour period of Ben's life after he fears he may have been the unknown gunman who shot down Sid Langley, a corrupt real estate broker who has ... See full summary »
Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel
Votes: 76
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