Episode

Bonanza: Big Shadow on the Land

Name: Bonanza: Big Shadow on the Land
Released: 1966-04-17
Duration: 49 min
Cast: Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Pernell Roberts, Victor Sen Yung

BonanzaSeason 71966-04-17

Overview

Italian immigrants are determined to establish their own vineyard on Ponderosa property.

Details

Series: Bonanza
Season: Season 7
Episode: Episode 29
Air date: 1966-04-17
Runtime: 49 min

Episode context

Big Shadow on the Land is Episode 29 in Season 7 of Bonanza. It aired on 1966-04-17. The runtime is 49 min.

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Episode 27: The Genius 1966-04-03 | 49 min Hoss chooses a difficult path when he decides to rehabilitate a famous poet, Will Smith, who is really William Warlock Evans, who spends too much time drinking and eventually his wife arrives at the Ponderosa.

Episode 31: Home from the Sea 1966-05-01 | 49 min A sailor, claiming to be one of Adam's closest friends, is given a warm welcome by the Cartwrights, who have no way of knowing the man and his accomplice plan on robbing them.

Episode 26: Shining in Spain 1966-03-27 | 49 min Young, adoring Wendy Daniels has come to Virginia City to meet up with her father, Taylor Daniels, who has been traveling on business for the last five years. Joe is attracted to Wendy, but he faces stiff competition for her affections. She idolizes her father and cannot stop talking about his great business visions, although she has not seen him in five years. The Cartwrights realize there is something wrong when Wendy's supposedly rich father leaves her stranded in Virginia City with no money. When she is evicted from the hotel after running up a debt of $50, Joe takes her to the Ponderosa, only to have her dreams of her father shattered when he shows up flat broke.

Episode 32: The Last Mission 1966-05-08 | 49 min Ben and Hoss unwittingly aid a vengeful army colonel who plans to wipe out every Indian he can with a Gatling gun.

Episode 25: The Trouble with Jamie 1966-03-20 | 49 min The Cartwrights attempt to straighten out the snobbish young son of Ben's cousin.

Episode 33: A Dollar's Worth of Trouble 1966-05-15 | 49 min Hoss finds himself in another mess, this one involving a beautiful blonde, a moonshiner, and a nearsighted outlaw who is allergic to chocolate and flowers.

Episode 24: Her Brother's Keeper 1966-03-06 | 49 min Ben and Claire Armory fall in love, but their future is jeopardized by her disabled brother.

Episode 23: The Emperor Norton 1966-02-27 | 49 min Joshua Norton, an eccentric and formerly wealthy San Francisco merchant who considers himself Emperor of the United States and Protector of Mexico, comes to the Ponderosa. Authorities want to have him committed, and Ben contacts Mark Twain to testify to Norton's sanity.

Episode 22: Three Brides for Hoss 1966-02-20 | 49 min Not one, but three mail-order brides show up unexpectedly at the Ponderosa, all of them believing they are to marry Hoss.

Episode 21: The Code 1966-02-13 | 49 min Joe is goaded into facing gunman Dan Taggert, unaware there is more to be prearranged than he realizes.