Bonanza

Sep 12, 1959 (en) Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family [49] Min
  • First Air Date
    Sep 12, 1959
  • Production
    NBC, NBC Studios
  • Rotten tomato
    75%
  • Original title
    Bonanza
  • Release
    Sep 12, 1959
  • en
    -

America's Favorite TV Western

Overview

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer

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Casts

  1. Lorne Greene

    Ben Cartwright

  2. Michael Landon

    Joe Cartwright

  3. David Canary

    Candy Canaday

  4. Tim Matheson

    Griff King

  5. Mitch Vogel

    Jamie Hunter Cartwright

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 5 / Crews : 1

Season 1 ( 1959-09-12)

A Rose for Lotta

Episode: 1

Death on Sun Mountain

Episode: 2

The Newcomers

Episode: 3

The Paiute War

Episode: 4

Enter Mark Twain

Episode: 5

The Julia Bulette Story

Episode: 6

The Saga of Annie O'Toole

Episode: 7

The Phillip Diedesheimer Story

Episode: 8

Mr. Henry Comstock

Episode: 9

The Magnificent Adah

Episode: 10

The Truckee Strip

Episode: 11

The Hanging Posse

Episode: 12

Vendetta

Episode: 13

The Sisters

Episode: 14

The Last Hunt

Episode: 15

El Toro Grande

Episode: 16

The Outcast

Episode: 17

A House Divided

Episode: 18

The Gunmen

Episode: 19

The Fear Merchants

Episode: 20

The Spanish Grant

Episode: 21

Blood on the Land

Episode: 22

Desert Justice

Episode: 23

The Stranger

Episode: 24

Escape to Ponderosa

Episode: 25

The Avenger

Episode: 26

The Last Trophy

Episode: 27

San Francisco

Episode: 28

Bitter Water

Episode: 29

Feet of Clay

Episode: 30

Dark Star

Episode: 31

Death at Dawn

Episode: 32

Season 2 ( 1960-09-10)

Showdown

Episode: 1

The Mission

Episode: 2

Badge Without Honor

Episode: 3

The Mill

Episode: 4

The Hopefuls

Episode: 5

Denver McKee

Episode: 6

Day of Reckoning

Episode: 7

The Abduction

Episode: 8

Breed of Violence

Episode: 9

The Last Viking

Episode: 10

The Trail Gang

Episode: 11

The Savage

Episode: 12

Silent Thunder

Episode: 13

The Ape

Episode: 14

The Blood Line

Episode: 15

The Courtship

Episode: 16

The Spitfire

Episode: 17

The Bride

Episode: 18

Bank Run

Episode: 19

The Fugitive

Episode: 20

Vengeance

Episode: 21

The Tax Collector

Episode: 22

The Rescue

Episode: 23

The Dark Gate

Episode: 24

The Duke

Episode: 25

Cutthroat Junction

Episode: 26

The Gift

Episode: 27

The Rival

Episode: 28

The Infernal Machine

Episode: 29

The Thunderhead Swindle

Episode: 30

The Secret

Episode: 31

The Dream Riders

Episode: 32

Elizabeth, My Love

Episode: 33

Sam Hill

Episode: 34

Season 3 ( 1961-09-24)

The Smiler

Episode: 1

Springtime

Episode: 2

The Honor of Cochise

Episode: 3

The Lonely House

Episode: 4

The Burma Rarity

Episode: 5

Broken Ballad

Episode: 6

The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch

Episode: 7

The Friendship

Episode: 8

The Countess

Episode: 9

The Horse Breaker

Episode: 10

Day of the Dragon

Episode: 11

The Frenchman

Episode: 12

The Tin Badge

Episode: 13

Gabrielle

Episode: 14

Land Grab

Episode: 15

The Tall Stranger

Episode: 16

The Lady from Baltimore

Episode: 17

The Ride

Episode: 18

The Storm

Episode: 19

The Auld Sod

Episode: 20

Gift of Water

Episode: 21

The Jackknife

Episode: 22

The Guilty

Episode: 23

The Wooing of Abigail Jones

Episode: 24

The Lawmaker

Episode: 25

Look to the Stars

Episode: 26

The Gamble

Episode: 27

The Crucible

Episode: 28

Inger, My Love

Episode: 29

Blessed Are They

Episode: 30

The Dowry

Episode: 31

The Long Night

Episode: 32

The Mountain Girl

Episode: 33

The Miracle Maker

Episode: 34

Season 4 ( 1962-09-23)

The First Born

Episode: 1

The Quest

Episode: 2

The Artist

Episode: 3

A Hot Day for a Hanging

Episode: 4

The Deserter

Episode: 5

The Way Station

Episode: 6

The War Comes to Washoe

Episode: 7

Knight Errant

Episode: 8

The Beginning

Episode: 9

The Deadly Ones

Episode: 10

Gallagher's Sons

Episode: 11

The Decision

Episode: 12

The Good Samaritan

Episode: 13

The Jury

Episode: 14

The Colonel

Episode: 15

Song in the Dark

Episode: 16

Elegy for a Hangman

Episode: 17

Half a Rogue

Episode: 18

The Last Haircut

Episode: 19

Marie, My Love

Episode: 20

The Hayburner

Episode: 21

The Actress

Episode: 22

A Stranger Passed This Way

Episode: 23

The Way of Aaron

Episode: 24

A Woman Lost

Episode: 25

Any Friend of Walter's

Episode: 26

Mirror of a Man

Episode: 27

My Brother's Keeper

Episode: 28

Five into the Wind

Episode: 29

Saga of Whizzer McGee

Episode: 30

Thunder Man

Episode: 31

Rich Man, Poor Man

Episode: 32

The Boss

Episode: 33

Little Man... Ten Feet Tall

Episode: 34

Season 5 ( 1963-09-22)

She Walks in Beauty

Episode: 1

A Passion for Justice

Episode: 2

Rain from Heaven

Episode: 3

Twilight Town

Episode: 4

The Toy Soldier

Episode: 5

A Question of Strength

Episode: 6

Calamity over the Comstock

Episode: 7

Journey Remembered

Episode: 8

The Quality of Mercy

Episode: 9

The Waiting Game

Episode: 10

The Legacy

Episode: 11

Hoss and the Leprechauns

Episode: 12

The Prime of Life

Episode: 13

The Lila Conrad Story

Episode: 14

Ponderosa Matador

Episode: 15

My Son, My Son

Episode: 16

Alias Joe Cartwright

Episode: 17

The Gentleman from New Orleans

Episode: 18

The Cheating Game

Episode: 19

Bullet for a Bride

Episode: 20

King of the Mountain

Episode: 21

Love Me Not

Episode: 22

The Pure Truth

Episode: 23

No Less a Man

Episode: 24

Return to Honor

Episode: 25

The Saga of Muley Jones

Episode: 26

The Roper

Episode: 27

A Pink Cloud Comes from Old Cathay

Episode: 28

The Companeros

Episode: 29

Enter Thomas Bowers

Episode: 30

The Dark Past

Episode: 31

The Pressure Game

Episode: 32

Triangle

Episode: 33

Walter and the Outlaws

Episode: 34

Season 6 ( 1964-09-20)

Invention of a Gunfighter

Episode: 1

The Hostage

Episode: 2

The Wild One

Episode: 3

Thanks for Everything, Friend

Episode: 4

Logan's Treasure

Episode: 5

The Scapegoat

Episode: 6

A Dime's Worth of Glory

Episode: 7

Square Deal Sam

Episode: 8

Between Heaven and Earth

Episode: 9

Old Sheba

Episode: 10

A Man to Admire

Episode: 11

The Underdog

Episode: 12

A Knight to Remember

Episode: 13

The Saga of Squaw Charlie

Episode: 14

The Flapjack Contest

Episode: 15

The Far, Far Better Thing

Episode: 16

Woman of Fire

Episode: 17

The Ballerina

Episode: 18

The Flannel-Mouth Gun

Episode: 19

The Ponderosa Birdman

Episode: 20

The Search

Episode: 21

The Deadliest Game

Episode: 22

Once a Doctor

Episode: 23

Right Is the Fourth R

Episode: 24

Hound Dog

Episode: 25

The Trap

Episode: 26

Dead and Gone

Episode: 27

A Good Night's Rest

Episode: 28

To Own the World

Episode: 29

Lothario Larkin

Episode: 30

The Return

Episode: 31

Jonah

Episode: 32

The Spotlight

Episode: 33

Patchwork Man

Episode: 34

Season 7 ( 1965-09-12)

The Debt

Episode: 1

The Dilemma

Episode: 2

The Brass Box

Episode: 3

The Other Son

Episode: 4

The Lonely Runner

Episode: 5

Devil on Her Shoulder

Episode: 6

Found Child

Episode: 7

The Meredith Smith

Episode: 8

Mighty is the Word

Episode: 9

The Strange One

Episode: 10

The Reluctant Rebel

Episode: 11

Five Sundowns to Sunup

Episode: 12

A Natural Wizard

Episode: 13

All Ye His Saints

Episode: 14

The Dublin Lad

Episode: 15

To Kill a Buffalo

Episode: 16

Ride the Wind (1)

Episode: 17

Ride the Wind (2)

Episode: 18

Destiny's Child

Episode: 19

Peace Officer

Episode: 20

The Code

Episode: 21

Three Brides for Hoss

Episode: 22

The Emperor Norton

Episode: 23

Her Brother's Keeper

Episode: 24

The Trouble with Jamie

Episode: 25

Shining in Spain

Episode: 26

The Genius

Episode: 27

The Unwritten Commandment

Episode: 28

Big Shadow on the Land

Episode: 29

The Fighters

Episode: 30

Home from the Sea

Episode: 31

The Last Mission

Episode: 32

A Dollar's Worth of Trouble

Episode: 33

Season 8 ( 1966-09-11)

Something Hurt, Something Wild

Episode: 1

Horse of a Different Hue

Episode: 2

A Time to Step Down

Episode: 3

The Pursued (1)

Episode: 4

The Pursued (2)

Episode: 5

To Bloom for Thee

Episode: 6

Credit for a Kill

Episode: 7

Four Sisters from Boston

Episode: 8

Old Charlie

Episode: 9

Ballad of the Ponderosa

Episode: 10

The Oath

Episode: 11

A Real Nice, Friendly Little Town

Episode: 12

The Bridegroom

Episode: 13

Tommy

Episode: 14

A Christmas Story

Episode: 15

Ponderosa Explosion

Episode: 16

Justice

Episode: 17

A Bride for Buford

Episode: 18

Black Friday

Episode: 19

The Unseen Wound

Episode: 20

Journey to Terror

Episode: 21

Amigo

Episode: 22

A Woman in the House

Episode: 23

Judgment at Red Creek

Episode: 24

Joe Cartwright, Detective

Episode: 25

Dark Enough to See the Stars

Episode: 26

The Deed and the Dilemma

Episode: 27

The Prince

Episode: 28

A Man Without Land

Episode: 29

Napoleon's Children

Episode: 30

The Wormwood Cup

Episode: 31

Clarissa

Episode: 32

Maestro Hoss

Episode: 33

The Greedy Ones

Episode: 34

Season 9 ( 1967-09-17)

Second Chance

Episode: 1

Sense of Duty

Episode: 2

The Conquistadors

Episode: 3

Judgment at Olympus

Episode: 4

Night of Reckoning

Episode: 5

False Witness

Episode: 6

The Gentle Ones

Episode: 7

Desperate Passage

Episode: 8

The Sure Thing

Episode: 9

Showdown at Tahoe

Episode: 10

Six Black Horses

Episode: 11

Check Rein

Episode: 12

Justice Deferred

Episode: 13

The Gold Detector

Episode: 14

The Trackers

Episode: 15

A Girl Named George

Episode: 16

The Thirteenth Man

Episode: 17

The Burning Sky

Episode: 18

The Price of Salt

Episode: 19

Blood Tie

Episode: 20

The Crime of Johnny Mule

Episode: 21

The Late Ben Cartwright

Episode: 22

Star Crossed

Episode: 23

Trouble Town

Episode: 24

Commitment at Angelus

Episode: 25

A Dream to Dream

Episode: 26

In Defense of Honor

Episode: 27

To Die in Darkness

Episode: 28

The Bottle Fighter

Episode: 29

The Arrival of Eddie

Episode: 30

The Stronghold

Episode: 31

Pride of a Man

Episode: 32

A Severe Case of Matrimony

Episode: 33

Stage Door Johnnies

Episode: 34

Season 10 ( 1968-09-15)

Different Pines, Same Wind

Episode: 1

Child

Episode: 2

Salute to Yesterday

Episode: 3

The Real People of Muddy Creek

Episode: 4

The Passing of a King

Episode: 5

The Last Vote

Episode: 6

Catch as Catch Can

Episode: 7

Little Girl Lost

Episode: 8

The Survivors

Episode: 9

The Sound of Drums

Episode: 10

Queen High

Episode: 11

Yonder Man

Episode: 12

Mark of Guilt

Episode: 13

A World Full of Cannibals

Episode: 14

Sweet Annie Laurie

Episode: 15

My Friend, My Enemy

Episode: 16

Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds

Episode: 17

Erin

Episode: 18

Company of Forgotten Men

Episode: 19

The Clarion

Episode: 20

The Lady and the Mountain Lion

Episode: 21

Five Candles

Episode: 22

The Wish

Episode: 23

The Deserter

Episode: 24

Emily

Episode: 25

The Running Man

Episode: 26

The Unwanted

Episode: 27

Speak No Evil

Episode: 28

The Fence

Episode: 29

A Ride in the Sun

Episode: 30

Season 11 ( 1969-09-14)

Another Windmill to Go

Episode: 1

The Witness

Episode: 2

The Silence at Stillwater

Episode: 3

A Lawman's Lot Is Not a Happy One

Episode: 4

Anatomy of a Lynching

Episode: 5

To Stop a War

Episode: 6

The Medal

Episode: 7

The Stalker

Episode: 8

Meena

Episode: 9

A Darker Shadow

Episode: 10

Dead Wrong

Episode: 11

Old Friends

Episode: 12

Abner Willoughby's Return

Episode: 13

It's a Small World

Episode: 14

Danger Road

Episode: 15

The Big Jackpot

Episode: 16

The Trouble with Amy

Episode: 17

The Lady and the Mark

Episode: 18

Is There Any Man Here

Episode: 19

The Law and Billy Burgess

Episode: 20

Long Way to Ogden

Episode: 21

Return Engagement

Episode: 22

The Gold Mine

Episode: 23

Decision at Los Robles

Episode: 24

Caution, Easter Bunny Crossing

Episode: 25

The Horse Traders

Episode: 26

What Are Pardners For?

Episode: 27

A Matter of Circumstance

Episode: 28

Season12 ( 1970-09-13)

The Night Virginia City Died

Episode: 1

A Matter of Faith

Episode: 2

The Weary Willies

Episode: 3

The Wagon

Episode: 4

The Power of Life and Death

Episode: 5

Gideon, the Good

Episode: 6

The Trouble with Trouble

Episode: 7

Thornton's Account

Episode: 8

The Love Child

Episode: 9

El Jefe

Episode: 10

The Luck of Pepper Shannon

Episode: 11

The Impostors

Episode: 12

Honest John

Episode: 13

For a Young Lady

Episode: 14

A Single Pilgrim

Episode: 15

The Gold-Plated Rifle

Episode: 16

Top Hand

Episode: 17

A Deck of Aces

Episode: 18

The Desperado

Episode: 19

The Reluctant American

Episode: 20

Shadow of a Hero

Episode: 21

The Silent Killer

Episode: 22

Terror at 2:00

Episode: 23

The Stillness Within

Episode: 24

A Time to Die

Episode: 25

Winter Kill

Episode: 26

Kingdom of Fear

Episode: 27

An Earthquake Called Callahan

Episode: 28

Season 13 ( 1971-09-19)

The Grand Swing

Episode: 1

Fallen Woman

Episode: 2

Bushwhacked

Episode: 3

Rock-a-Bye, Hoss

Episode: 4

The Prisoners

Episode: 5

Cassie

Episode: 6

Don't Cry, My Son

Episode: 7

Face of Fear

Episode: 8

Blind Hunch

Episode: 9

The Iron Butterfly

Episode: 10

The Rattlesnake Brigade

Episode: 11

Easy Come, Easy Go

Episode: 12

A Home for Jamie

Episode: 13

Warbonnet

Episode: 14

A Lonely Man

Episode: 15

Second Sight

Episode: 16

The Saddle Stiff

Episode: 17

Frenzy

Episode: 18

Customs of the Country

Episode: 19

Shanklin

Episode: 20

Search in Limbo

Episode: 21

He Was Only Seven

Episode: 22

The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother

Episode: 23

A Place to Hide

Episode: 24

A Visit to Upright

Episode: 25

One Ace Too Many

Episode: 26

Season 14 ( 1972-09-12)

Forever

Episode: 1

Forever (2)

Episode: 2

Heritage of Anger

Episode: 3

The Initiation

Episode: 4

Riot!

Episode: 5

New Man

Episode: 6

Ambush at Rio Lobo

Episode: 7

The 26th Grave

Episode: 8

Stallion

Episode: 9

The Hidden Enemy

Episode: 10

The Sound of Sadness

Episode: 11

The Bucket Dog

Episode: 12

First Love

Episode: 13

The Witness

Episode: 14

The Marriage of Theodora Duffy

Episode: 15

The Hunter

Episode: 16
Sep 12, 1959 (en)
Western, Action & Adventure, Drama, Family
[49] Min
  • First Air Date Sep 12, 1959
  • Production
    NBC, NBC Studios
  • Rotten tomato 75%
Original Title Bonanza
en

America's Favorite TV Western

Overview

The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Producer