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Release Date:
12 September 1959 (USA)
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Plot:
The adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community. Full summary »
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Golden Globes.
Another 7 wins
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12 nominations
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NewsDesk:
(113 articles)
'S.W.A.T.' Star Steve Forrest Dies at 87
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 22 May 2013, 5:24 PM, PDT)
Meg Foster Discusses Leading The Lords of Salem
(From Cinelinx. 20 April 2013, 10:57 PM, PDT)
Blu-ray Release: Earthquake
(From Disc Dish. 25 March 2013, 3:55 PM, PDT)
(From The Hollywood Reporter. 22 May 2013, 5:24 PM, PDT)
Meg Foster Discusses Leading The Lords of Salem
(From Cinelinx. 20 April 2013, 10:57 PM, PDT)
Blu-ray Release: Earthquake
(From Disc Dish. 25 March 2013, 3:55 PM, PDT)
User Reviews:
Learn from one of the best TV Westerns!
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Cast
(Series Cast Summary - 4 of 745) | Lorne Greene | ... | Ben Cartwright / ... (429 episodes, 1959-1973) |
 | Michael Landon | ... | Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright / ... (426 episodes, 1959-1973) |
 | Dan Blocker | ... | Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright / ... (415 episodes, 1959-1972) |
 | Pernell Roberts | ... | Adam Cartwright (199 episodes, 1959-1965) |
Series Directed by | |||
| William F. Claxton | (56 episodes, 1962-1973) | ||
| Lewis Allen | (42 episodes, 1960-1973) | ||
| Leon Benson | (35 episodes, 1967-1970) | ||
| Don McDougall | (31 episodes, 1961-1965) | ||
| William Witney | (27 episodes, 1961-1967) | ||
| Christian Nyby | (26 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Michael Landon | (14 episodes, 1968-1973) | ||
| John Florea | (12 episodes, 1960-1965) | ||
| Leo Penn | (11 episodes, 1968-1972) | ||
| Herschel Daugherty | (11 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Gerd Oswald | (10 episodes, 1965-1967) | ||
| Don Richardson | (9 episodes, 1968-1971) | ||
| Robert Altman | (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| William Wiard | (8 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Tay Garnett | (7 episodes, 1963-1965) | ||
| Murray Golden | (6 episodes, 1963-1964) | ||
| Donald R. Daves | (6 episodes, 1966-1967) | ||
| Joseph Pevney | (6 episodes, 1968-1972) | ||
| Ralph E. Black | (5 episodes, 1964-1966) | ||
| R.G. Springsteen | (5 episodes, 1965-1966) | ||
| Virgil W. Vogel | (5 episodes, 1965-1966) | ||
| James Neilson | (4 episodes, 1960-1970) | ||
| John Rich | (4 episodes, 1960-1968) | ||
| Joseph Kane | (3 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Paul Landres | (3 episodes, 1959) | ||
| Charles F. Haas | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Arthur Lubin | (3 episodes, 1960) | ||
| Dick Moder | (3 episodes, 1961) | ||
| Robert L. Friend | (3 episodes, 1968-1969) | ||
| Marc Daniels | (3 episodes, 1968) | ||
| Philip Leacock | (3 episodes, 1971) | ||
| James P. Yarbrough | (2 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| Thomas Carr | (2 episodes, 1961) | ||
| William D. Faralla | (2 episodes, 1961) | ||
| Arthur H. Nadel | (2 episodes, 1963-1971) | ||
| Bernard McEveety | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | ||
| Robert Totten | (2 episodes, 1965) | ||
| Gerald Mayer | (2 episodes, 1967) | ||
| Nicholas Webster | (2 episodes, 1970-1972) | ||
| Nicholas Colasanto | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
| Alf Kjellin | (2 episodes, 1972) | ||
Series Writing credits | ||
| David Dortort | (255 episodes, 1959-1970) | |
| John Hawkins | (28 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| Michael Landon | (20 episodes, 1962-1973) | |
| Preston Wood | (19 episodes, 1962-1972) | |
| Thomas Thompson | (17 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Ward Hawkins | (17 episodes, 1961-1973) | |
| Frank Chase | (14 episodes, 1961-1969) | |
| Frank Cleaver | (12 episodes, 1962-1965) | |
| Jack B. Sowards | (11 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Robert Vincent Wright | (10 episodes, 1961-1971) | |
| B.W. Sandefur | (9 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Anthony Lawrence | (8 episodes, 1960-1963) | |
| Ken Pettus | (8 episodes, 1964-1971) | |
| Suzanne Clauser | (8 episodes, 1965-1972) | |
| Joel Murcott | (8 episodes, 1967-1973) | |
| Stanley Roberts | (8 episodes, 1969-1972) | |
| Alex Sharp | (7 episodes, 1963-1968) | |
| Carey Wilber | (5 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Paul Schneider | (5 episodes, 1965-1967) | |
| Walter Black | (5 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Gene L. Coon | (4 episodes, 1959-1961) | |
| Robert E. Thompson | (4 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| John Furia | (4 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Don Ingalls | (4 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| William R. Cox | (4 episodes, 1961-1966) | |
| Denne Bart Petitclerc | (4 episodes, 1961-1964) | |
| Norman Lessing | (4 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Robert V. Barron | (4 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Warren Douglas | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Lois Hire | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| William L. Stuart | (4 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Peter Packer | (4 episodes, 1963-1964) | |
| Robert Sabaroff | (4 episodes, 1964-1967) | |
| Donn Mullally | (4 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| Jo Pagano | (4 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| William Blinn | (4 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Arthur Heinemann | (4 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| Robert Pirosh | (4 episodes, 1970-1972) | |
| Donald S. Sanford | (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| David Lang | (3 episodes, 1960-1968) | |
| Steve McNeil | (3 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| Laurence Heath | (3 episodes, 1960) | |
| Arnold Belgard | (3 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Lewis Reed | (3 episodes, 1961-1963) | |
| Elliott Arnold | (3 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| N.B. Stone Jr. | (3 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| Ed Adamson | (3 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Jerry Adelman | (3 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Robert Goodwin | (3 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| William F. Leicester | (3 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Mort Thaw | (3 episodes, 1966) | |
| Milton S. Gelman | (3 episodes, 1968-1970) | |
| Michael Fessier | (3 episodes, 1968) | |
| Arthur Weingarten | (3 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Herman Groves | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Al C. Ward | (2 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Oliver Crawford | (2 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| John T. Dugan | (2 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| Robert M. Fresco | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| George W. George | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Judy George | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Charles Lang | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| E.M. Parsons | (2 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Borden Chase | (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Dick Nelson | (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Richard P. McDonagh | (2 episodes, 1963-1970) | |
| Eric Norden | (2 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Leo Gordon | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Paul Leslie Peil | (2 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
| Robert Barron | (2 episodes, 1963-1964) | |
| Jack Turley | (2 episodes, 1964-1967) | |
| Daniel B. Ullman | (2 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
| Mort R. Lewis | (2 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Don Tait | (2 episodes, 1964-1965) | |
| Jessica Benson | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| William Bruckner | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| Murray Golden | (2 episodes, 1964) | |
| William Koenig | (2 episodes, 1965-1971) | |
| Martha Wilkerson | (2 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| Elliott Gilbert | (2 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| John M. Chester | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Frederick Louis Fox | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Helen B. Hicks | (2 episodes, 1966-1968) | |
| Sidney Ellis | (2 episodes, 1966-1967) | |
| Marc Michaels | (2 episodes, 1966) | |
| Jack Miller | (2 episodes, 1967-1970) | |
| Richard Wendley | (2 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| James Amesbury | (2 episodes, 1967) | |
| Peter Germano | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Alf Harris | (2 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| S.H. Barnett | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| Colin MacKenzie | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| William H. Wright | (2 episodes, 1968) | |
| D.C. Fontana | (2 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Larry Markes | (2 episodes, 1969-1970) | |
| Jess Carneol | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Kay Lenard | (2 episodes, 1969) | |
| Joseph Bonaduce | (2 episodes, 1972) | |
| Fred Hamilton | (1 episode, 1959) | |
Series Produced by | |||
| David Dortort | .... | producer / executive producer (425 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | associate producer / production executive / ... (242 episodes, 1961-1968) | |
| Richard Collins | .... | producer (127 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| John Hawkins | .... | associate producer (85 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Thomas Thompson | .... | associate producer (34 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Robert Blees | .... | producer (12 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Robert Stillman | .... | production executive (6 episodes, 1963-1965) | |
Series Original Music by | |||
| David Rose | (319 episodes, 1959-1973) | ||
| Harry Sukman | (18 episodes, 1969-1972) | ||
| Walter Scharf | (5 episodes, 1961-1963) | ||
Series Cinematography by | |||
| Haskell B. Boggs | (134 episodes, 1960-1972) | ||
| William P. Whitley | (76 episodes, 1962-1968) | ||
| Ted Voigtlander | (32 episodes, 1968-1973) | ||
| Lester Shorr | (31 episodes, 1959-1960) | ||
| Walter Castle | (28 episodes, 1961-1962) | ||
| William E. Snyder | (17 episodes, 1960-1961) | ||
| Harkness Smith | (2 episodes, 1968) | ||
Series Film Editing by | |||
| Marvin Coil | (94 episodes, 1959-1969) | ||
| Ellsworth Hoagland | (81 episodes, 1959-1968) | ||
| Everett Douglas | (74 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Jack Harnish | (17 episodes, 1967-1972) | ||
| Danny B. Landres | (16 episodes, 1968-1970) | ||
| George Watters | (10 episodes, 1971-1973) | ||
| Richard L. Van Enger | (6 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Archie Marshek | (3 episodes, 1967) | ||
| Edward Haire | (3 episodes, 1969-1970) | ||
| Otho Lovering | (2 episodes, 1962) | ||
| Harry Coswick | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| Daniel A. Nathan | (2 episodes, 1970) | ||
| George A. Gittens | (2 episodes, 1971) | ||
Series Casting by | |||
| Joe Scully | (4 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| William Maybery | (3 episodes, 1960-1963) | ||
Series Art Direction by | |||
| A. Earl Hedrick | (331 episodes, 1959-1971) | ||
| Hal Pereira | (270 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| E. Preston Ames | (10 episodes, 1971-1972) | ||
| Carl Anderson | (4 episodes, 1972-1973) | ||
| George Renne | (2 episodes, 1971) | ||
Series Set Decoration by | |||
| Grace Gregory | (323 episodes, 1959-1972) | ||
| Sam Comer | (201 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Robert R. Benton | (79 episodes, 1959-1967) | ||
| Bob Signorelli | (9 episodes, 1971-1973) | ||
Series Makeup Department | |||
| Nellie Manley | .... | hair style supervisor / hair styling supervisor / ... (277 episodes, 1959-1967) | |
| Wally Westmore | .... | makeup supervisor / makeup artist (277 episodes, 1959-1967) | |
| Jeanette Marvin | .... | hair stylist / hair style supervisor / ... (63 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Marvin C. Thompson | .... | makeup supervisor / makeup artist (63 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Abe Haberman | .... | makeup artist / makeup supervisor (24 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Beau Wilson | .... | makeup artist (5 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
Series Production Management | |||
| Kent McCray | .... | production manager / production supervisor / ... (295 episodes, 1962-1973) | |
| Donald R. Daves | .... | unit production manager (57 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Andrew J. Durkus | .... | unit production manager (48 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| John Banse | .... | production supervisor (34 episodes, 1961-1962) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | production supervisor (30 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Shiu Look | .... | unit production manager (20 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Dick Mang | .... | unit production manager / unit manager (20 episodes, 1967-1968) | |
| Don Robb | .... | unit production manager / unit manager (8 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Ralph E. Black | .... | assistant director (66 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Donald R. Daves | .... | assistant director (51 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| John Burch | .... | assistant director (34 episodes, 1960-1962) | |
| Bill D'Arcy | .... | assistant director (27 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Miles Middough | .... | assistant director (26 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Charles R. Scott Jr. | .... | assistant director (19 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| Clancy Herne | .... | assistant director (17 episodes, 1966-1967) | |
| Walter Daniels | .... | assistant director (15 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Henry E. Brill | .... | assistant director (10 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Daniel McCauley | .... | assistant director (10 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Jack Voglin | .... | assistant director (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Nathan Barragar | .... | assistant director (6 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Bud Brill | .... | assistant director (5 episodes, 1960) | |
| John Barnwell | .... | assistant director (4 episodes, 1967) | |
| Ned Dobson | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Donald Roberts | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1960) | |
| Dale Hutchinson | .... | assistant director (3 episodes, 1961) | |
| George Walls | .... | assistant director (2 episodes, 1964-1966) | |
Series Art Department | |||
| Robert Ayres | .... | illustrator (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Sound Department | |||
| Bill Wistrom | .... | supervising sound editor (348 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Joel Moss | .... | sound recordist / sound (261 episodes, 1961-1970) | |
| Lyle Figland | .... | sound recordist (234 episodes, 1959-1968) | |
| Winston H. Leverett | .... | sound recordist (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Harley Ramsey | .... | sound recordist (32 episodes, 1969-1973) | |
| John Wilkinson | .... | sound recordist (30 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Harold Lewis | .... | sound recordist (26 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Harry Lindgren | .... | sound recordist (26 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Jack F. Lilly | .... | sound recordist / sound (22 episodes, 1968-1969) | |
| Richard Weaver | .... | sound recordist (18 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
Series Special Effects by | |||
| Johnny Borgese | .... | special effects / special effects crew (146 episodes, 1959-1963) | |
Series Visual Effects by | |||
| Farciot Edouart | .... | process photography (9 episodes, 1959-1964) | |
Series Stunts | |||
| Bob Miles | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Landon / ... (98 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Bill Clark | .... | stunts / stunt double: Dan Blocker / ... (66 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Hal Burton | .... | stunts / stunt double / ... (16 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Henry Wills | .... | stunt double: Pernell Roberts / stunts / ... (14 episodes, 1961-1972) | |
| Alex Sharp | .... | stunts / stunt double: George Kennedy / ... (13 episodes, 1961-1968) | |
| Troy Melton | .... | stunts / stunt double: 'James Beck (IV / ... (9 episodes, 1959-1969) | |
| Diamond Farnsworth | .... | stunts (7 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Robert F. Hoy | .... | stunts (6 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| Bobby Somers | .... | stunts (5 episodes, 1972-1973) | |
| Jesse Wayne | .... | stunts (4 episodes, 1965-1970) | |
| Fred Carson | .... | stunts / stunt double: Michael Ross (3 episodes, 1961-1967) | |
| Clint Sharp | .... | stunts / stunt double (3 episodes, 1963-1967) | |
| Jack N. Young | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1959) | |
| Buddy Van Horn | .... | stunt double: 'Carl Reindel' (qv / stunt double: Guy Williams (2 episodes, 1962-1964) | |
| Carol Daniels | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1962) | |
| Jerry Summers | .... | stunts (2 episodes, 1965-1969) | |
Series Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Richard Debolt | .... | camera & mechanical design (333 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Wilbur Kinnett | .... | chief set electrician (19 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| James V. King | .... | camera operator (13 episodes, 1959) | |
Series Casting Department | |||
| William Maybery | .... | casting supervisor (282 episodes, 1959-1968) | |
| Milt Hamerman | .... | casting supervisor (52 episodes, 1968-1972) | |
| Frank Kennedy | .... | extras casting: locations (4 episodes, 1972) | |
Series Costume and Wardrobe Department | |||
| Dario Piazza | .... | costumer / costumer: men (110 episodes, 1966-1973) | |
| Floydine Alexander | .... | costumer: women (20 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
Series Editorial Department | |||
| Edward P. Ancona Jr. | .... | color consultant (316 episodes, 1960-1973) | |
| Bill Wistrom | .... | post-production coordinator (160 episodes, 1967-1973) | |
| Marvin Coil | .... | supervising editor (59 episodes, 1968-1973) | |
| Alex Quiroga | .... | color consultant (31 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Music Department | |||
| Ray Evans | .... | composer: theme music (373 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Jay Livingston | .... | composer: theme music (371 episodes, 1959-1973) | |
| Edna Bullock | .... | music editor (69 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| William Lava | .... | music supervisor / composer: theme music (67 episodes, 1960-1965) | |
| David Rose | .... | composer: theme music (54 episodes, 1970-1972) | |
| Bob Bain | .... | musician: guitar (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Tommy Tedesco | .... | musician: guitar soloist (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
Series Transportation Department | |||
| Frank Khoury | .... | driver (1 episode, 1971) | |
Series Other crew | |||
| Frank Cleaver | .... | story consultant (134 episodes, 1961-1965) | |
| May Wale Brown | .... | script supervisor / script continuity (97 episodes, 1964-1973) | |
| Robert Stillman | .... | production executive (94 episodes, 1962-1965) | |
| John Hawkins | .... | story consultant / executive story consultant (55 episodes, 1966-1969) | |
| Thomas Thompson | .... | executive consultant / story editor (39 episodes, 1960-1967) | |
| Denne Bart Petitclerc | .... | story consultant (33 episodes, 1965-1966) | |
| John S. Peters | .... | technical advisor (32 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| James W. Lane | .... | production executive (27 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Richard P. McDonagh | .... | story consultant (26 episodes, 1962-1963) | |
| Ward Hawkins | .... | story editor (25 episodes, 1968-1971) | |
| Patricia Falken Smith | .... | story editor (13 episodes, 1959-1960) | |
| Laurence Heath | .... | story consultant (12 episodes, 1960) | |
| Edward W. Walsh | .... | story editor (8 episodes, 1960-1961) | |
| Jo Pagano | .... | story consultant (6 episodes, 1965) | |
| Brian McKay | .... | story editor (6 episodes, 1969) | |
| Sidney Marshall | .... | executive story consultant (6 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| Erika Wernher | .... | script continuity (4 episodes, 1971-1972) | |
| William D. Gordon | .... | executive story consultant (3 episodes, 1972) | |
| Anthony Wilson | .... | story consultant (2 episodes, 1963) | |
| William Douglas Lansford | .... | story consultant (2 episodes, 1966) | |
| Jack B. Sowards | .... | executive story consultant / story editor (2 episodes, 1970-1973) | |
| Clyde Ware | .... | executive story consultant (2 episodes, 1972) | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC) (1959-1973) (USA) (TV)
- Arbeitsgemeinschaft der öffentlich-rechtlichen Rundfunkanstalten der Bundesrepublik Deutschland (ARD) (1962-1965) (West Germany) (TV)
- Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF) (1967-1977) (West Germany) (TV)
- Sat.1 (1989-1990) (West Germany) (TV)
- Sat.1 (1990-1994) (Germany) (TV)
- Kabel 1 (1997) (Germany) (TV)
- Reel Media International (2004) (worldwide) (all media) (31 episodes)
- Al!ve AG (2005-) (Germany) (DVD)
- Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
- Liberty Channel / LBN / WTLU (2006) (USA) (TV)
- Reel Media International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
- Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT) (19??) (Belgium) (TV)
- Fiction Pictures (2008) (Greece) (TV)
- Katholieke Radio Omroep (KRO) (19??) (Netherlands) (TV)
- Madacy Entertainment (????) (USA) (DVD)
- Madacy Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
- Soul media (2010) (Denmark) (DVD)
- Weton Wesgram (200?) (Netherlands) (DVD)
- Chevrolet Motor Company-GMC Division original sponsor
- Paramount Studios filmed at
- Warner Bros. Studios Filmed at
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49 min (430 episodes)
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Argentina:Atp | Australia:G (some episodes) | Finland:K-11 (DVD) (2006) | Australia:PG (some episodes)
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Did You Know?
Trivia:
The character 'Ben Cartwright' was ranked #2 in TV Guide's list of the "50 Greatest TV Dads of All Time" (20 June 2004 issue).See more »
Goofs:
Anachronisms: During the first season opening credits, the Cartwrights can be seen galloping on horses on a dirt road that contains an unmistakable set of tire tracks from the truck carrying the camera in front of them.See more »
Quotes:
Ben Cartwright:You and your education.
Adam Cartwright:Education is progress! Now what have you got against it?
Ben Cartwright:I don't have anything against education - as long as it doesn't interfere with your thinking!
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Adam Cartwright:Education is progress! Now what have you got against it?
Ben Cartwright:I don't have anything against education - as long as it doesn't interfere with your thinking!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Boston Legal: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (#2.20)" (2006)See more »
Soundtrack:
BonanzaSee more »
FAQ
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Feature film makers have many lessons to learn from this classic western serial. Although each episode was made on a small budget when compared to the Hollywood "A" features of today, all of the production values of great classic movies of the golden age -- painterly composition and design, emotionally effective acting, lyrical music, suspenseful storytelling, beautiful timing, strong dramatic dialogue, elegantly choreographed action, powerful themes, colorful period costumes, folksy comic relief -- all of these values were at a consistently high level from show to show, with never an awkward effect or a misfit scene. Each of the featured characters was drawn in a unique and stylish way, suggesting the storybook characterization that distinguishes the best of the Hollywood golden age. Every one of the episodes stands well as a feature length movie in its own right and would look as good on the big screen as on TV. There's plenty of feeling, no padding or softness, and no mindless experimentation with technique or vulgarity such as has ruined so many westerns made since 1970.
It's difficult to understand why an approach which succeeded for so long was abandoned in the 1970's by both television and feature film makers. Many producers turned instead in the direction indicated by spaghetti westerns. Compared to classic westerns like "Bonanza," spaghetti westerns were much less lyrical and took more of a gutter eye view of the old west, stripping it of its romantic appeal and substituting what to a misguided new generation seemed a dirtier and therefore more authentic realism. In retrospect, Hollywood gave up way too much for the little that it got in return. The success of a vast body of works similar in appeal to "Bonanza" (including many of the other action adventure TV serials made from the '40s to the '60s) is proof that there is a widespread taste that is radically different from the one which has predominated in Hollywood since the '70s. Let's hope that one day we'll see the return of Bonanza's classic values to the screen.