Episode
Bonanza: A World Full of Cannibals
Overview
Ben agrees to hide a government witness in a land fraud case at the Ponderosa as part of the witness protection program. However, the witness - who along with eight men committed various crimes in connection with the case - is in constant danger, as his co-defendants ruthlessly track him down in an attempt to seal his silence.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 10
- Episode
- Episode 14
- Air date
- 1968-12-22
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
A World Full of Cannibals is Episode 14 in Season 10 of Bonanza. It aired on 1968-12-22. The runtime is 49 min.
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Episode 13: Mark of Guilt
Hop Sing tells Hoss and Candy they can use the ancient Chinese art of fingerprinting to prove Joe is innocent of murder.
Episode 15: Sweet Annie Laurie
Hoss offers to help Annie Laurie, a beautiful young woman who is running away from her abusive husband, a career criminal who is determined to keep his wife under his control and travel with her throughout the southwest, any which way he can.
More episodes from this season
Episode 12: Yonder Man
An army scout Ben once knew comes to the Ponderosa and asks Ben to stake a cattle ranch in Mira Flores, Mexico.
Episode 16: My Friend, My Enemy
Only the testimony of an Indian wanted for horse theft can clear Candy of murder.
Episode 11: Queen High
Joe and Candy win a stamping mill in a poker game, but the fact of them not knowing how to run it, is the least of their worries.
Episode 17: Mrs. Wharton and the Lesser Breeds
Candy sets out to help a feisty and elderly British woman recover the jewels stolen from her in a stage holdup.
Episode 10: The Sound of Drums
In the third and final installment of the Rossi family, Georgio Rossi doesn't understand why he cannot allow Indians who have left the reservation to live on his land.
Episode 18: Erin
A neighbor of the Cartwrights threatens Hoss' fiancé, Erin - a beautiful young woman who has been raised by Indians since her childhood - when Ben allows the Paiutes to camp on Ponderosa land.
Episode 9: The Survivors
A white woman abducted years before by the Paiutes is reunited with her husband, who is less than pleased to learn she has given birth to an Indian baby.
Episode 19: Company of Forgotten Men
A retired Army sergeant, bitter that he never received his pension from the government, kidnaps one-time friend Candy and forces him to go along with a daring plan to blow up the U.S. mint in Carson City and hold the gold and silver for ransom.
Episode 8: Little Girl Lost
A bratty 10-year-old girl named Samantha, whose mother is Ben's cousin and is a third cousin of Hoss and Little Joe, comes to the Ponderosa. While she proves to be a handful, Ben (who tracks down the girl's mother) really has his hands full when her grandfather comes to the Ponderosa demanding custody.
Episode 20: The Clarion
Ben's friend is struggling to keep her newspaper going in the face of harrassment by the town boss of Gunlock, so without telling her, Ben buys the business.