Episode
Bonanza: Desperate Passage
Overview
Driving horses to Utah, the Cartwrights and Candy discover only two people left in a town wiped out by rampaging Paiute Indians. Together, Mary Burns and Josh Tanner must travel through hostile territory, along with the Cartwrights and Candy.
Details
- Series
- Bonanza
- Season
- Season 9
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 1967-11-05
- Runtime
- 49 min
Episode context
Desperate Passage is Episode 8 in Season 9 of Bonanza. It aired on 1967-11-05. The runtime is 49 min.
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