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1. The Long Goodbye (1973)

R | 112 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Private investigator Philip Marlowe helps a friend out of a jam, but in doing so gets implicated in his wife's murder.

Director: Robert Altman | Stars: Elliott Gould, Nina van Pallandt, Sterling Hayden, Mark Rydell

Votes: 37,224 | Gross: $0.96M

2. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Place to Hide (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A friend of Ben's asks to stay at the Ponderosa for a time. Soon Ben discovers the woman is trying to plan a rendezvous with her husband who is a fugitive Confederate officer. Ben must decide where his loyalties lay.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 86

3. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Visit to Upright (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben's ability to close a lucrative cattle purchase with a picky heiress hinges on Hoss and Joe's ability to sell a dilapidated saloon they were duped into buying. However, they are convinced that the shanty contains a hidden treasure.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 83

4. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Frenzy (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben's friendship with the Kosovos, a young immigrant family from Serbia, puts him in danger when family patriarch Nick suffers a psychotic snap, goes on a rampage and barricades them in ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Kathleen Widdoes

Votes: 79

5. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: He Was Only Seven (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jamie's 7-year-old friend, Jonah Morgan, is badly wounded when he and Jamie walk into the Virginia City Bank during a robbery by the evil Springer gang. The boy later dies of his injuries. Joe and Jamie accompany Jonah's grief-hardened, paraplegic grandfather on the hunt for Springer and his cronies.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 103

6. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: One Ace Too Many (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

In his second attempt to cash in on Ben's good name, crooked lookalike Bradley Meredith learns that the Cartwrights are in Carson City and, posing as Ben, pretends that he is seriously ill ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 100

7. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Search in Limbo (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Cartwrights attempt to reconstruct a 24-hour period of Ben's life after he fears he may have been the unknown gunman who shot down Sid Langley, a corrupt real estate broker who has ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 76

8. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Second Sight (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Hoss turns to a clairvoyant named Judith Corman to help in a search for Jamie, who has gotten lost in the high country. However, Judith is reluctant to help out, fearing that her psychic ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 84

9. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Shanklin (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A band of rogue ex-Confederate soldiers comes to the Ponderosa to demand a $25,000 ransom. Hoss tries to disrupt the robbery and is critically wounded by the group's leader, Shanklin. While... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 95

10. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Customs of the Country (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

In a satirical look at unusual, silly laws and customs, Joe and Hoss try to explain to their skeptical father why their delivery run to Agua Santos, Mexico took so long. An unimpressed Ben ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Alfonso Arau

Votes: 86

11. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Lonely Man (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

In a rare episode with Hop Sing in the spotlight, the Cartwrights' cook is panning for gold during a vacation when he falls in love with a white woman. The relationship blossoms into an ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Kelly Jean Peters

Votes: 117

12. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Saddle Stiff (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Cactus Murphy, an embittered ranch whom Ben fired, suggests that the Cartwright patriarch is getting a little old to "put in a real week's work." Ben's response: Take a job under the ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 93

13. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Younger Brothers' Younger Brother (1972)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

It's a case of comic mistaken identity when Hoss - on a delivery run for the Ponderosa - is mistaken as a member of the bumbling Younger Brothers gang. Ben and Joe are eventually able to convince the authorities to let Hoss go, but not after a series of misunderstandings wherein they too are involved with the Youngers' gang.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 89

14. Flip (1970–1974)
Episode: Episode #2.16 (1972)

Comedy, Music

Flip is a returning astronaut who needs sex explained to him by Dan Blocker. Flip, as Reverend Leroy, clarifies contest rules to his congregational ladies. Ray Charles has a unique interpretation of "Look What They've Done to My Song."

Director: Tim Kiley | Stars: Flip Wilson, Dan Blocker, Ray Charles, Clara Ward

15. V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971– )

Documentary

V.I.P.-Schaukel is a 45 minute documentary-family-news-talk show starring Margret Dünser as Host. The series premiered on Sun May 09, 1971 on ZDF and Folge 37 - Final Show last aired on Fri May 09, 1980.

Stars: Margret Dünser, Carroll Righter, Prince Philip, Rhonda Fleming

Votes: 186

16. Drei mal neun (1970–1974)
Episode: Bayernhalle in München (1971)

Game-Show, Talk-Show

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Director: Kurt Ulrich | Stars: Wim Thoelke, Dan Blocker, Benny Goodman, Max Greger

17. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Deck of Aces (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben's dead-on lookalike, the scheming Bradley Meredith, causes serious problems when he poses as the Cartwright patriarch and sells area ranchers' land to the railroad. Ben, who refused to ... See full summary »

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Alan Oppenheimer

Votes: 92

18. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Home for Jamie (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben begins the process to legally adopt Jamie as his son, but the process is complicated when Jamie's maternal grandfather, Ferris Callahan, comes forward wanting custody. Ben must bear the... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 88

19. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Single Pilgrim (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Hoss is seriously wounded by a member of the Brennan clan, Virginia natives who are settling out West, across the state of Nevada. The Brennans debate whether to seek much-needed medical attention for Hoss or let him die.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Beth Brickell

Votes: 97

20. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: A Time to Die (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Ben's friend, April Christopher, is bitten by a rabid wolf during her visit. With no treatment available, the Cartwrights and April's family struggle to watch her condition deteriorate.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 101

21. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: An Earthquake Called Callahan (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A traveling professional boxer named Tom Callahan is the only person who can prove Dusty Rhodes' innocence when the Ponderosa foreman is falsely jailed. But when Callahan stubbornly refuses... See full summary »

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Victor French

Votes: 82

22. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Blind Hunch (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Civil War veteran Will Hewitt returns to Virginia City, blinded and determined to solve the mystery behind the death of his brother.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 78

23. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Bushwhacked! (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Two ranchers find a seriously wounded Little Joe in the Nevada desert. As he struggles for life, Joe mumbles incoherently about his surrealistic nightmares about a teepee and a wagon wheel. Ben and Hoss are left to decipher what Joe is talking about and determine what happened.

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Peggy McCay

Votes: 98

24. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Cassie (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

The Cartwrights assist Jamie's friend, Cassie O'Casey, and Cassie's mother in dealing with their father and husband, Kevin, who is running a race horse scam. Hoss uses a "fixed" horse race of his own to outwit Kevin.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 80

25. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Don't Cry, My Son (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Virginia City's new doctor, Mark Sloan, is dealt a double-blow when his wife leaves him, blaming him for their baby being stillborn. In the heat of the moment, Sloan kidnaps the baby of another woman.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Richard Mulligan

Votes: 84

26. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Easy Come, Easy Go (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

In the third and final episode featuring the Calhouns, Luke is bankrupted after a stock investment gone bad, so he and his daughter Meena move to the Ponderosa until he can get back on his ... See full summary »

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ann Prentiss

Votes: 79

27. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Face of Fear (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jamie's girlfriend, Neta Thatcher, witnesses a drifter named Griff Bannon rob and kill a man at a roadside camp. Bannon - who assumes his victim's identity and inherits his fortune - is aware that Neta has witnessed the crime and begins stalking her. Neta is terrified to tell anyone about the crime she witnessed, but has even more problems on her hands: Her tough love father, who refuses to allow... See full summary »

Director: Chris Christenberry | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 84

28. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Fallen Woman (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jill Conway is an alcoholic mother whose husband was sent to prison (for robbery) on Hoss' testimony. In a pent-up rage, Jill demands that Hoss look after her son, Petey. Hoss, however, wants Jill to see this as an opportunity to reform herself and is determined to use tough love to help her realize it.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 85

29. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: For a Young Lady (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jamie's friend Carrie Sturgis, herself an orphan, is the subject of a heated custody battle between her scheming aunt and uncle, Gifford and Vella Owens, and her gravely ill grandfather. ... See full summary »

Director: Don Richardson | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 86

30. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Kingdom of Fear (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A delusional mining tycoon has the Cartwrights and Candy arrested on false trespassing charges and sentences them to slave labor at a gold mine.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Alfred Ryder

Votes: 102

31. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Rock-A-Bye Hoss (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A "beautiful baby" contest that Hoss is judging quickly turns into a circus, thanks to the fortune-hunting parents who are determined to win at all costs.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 96

32. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Shadow of a Hero (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Gen. Ira Cloninger, an old friend of the Cartwrights, is toasted at a ceremony as a hero and asked to run for governor. Cloninger accepts and Ben enthusiastically backs the candidate - ... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Dean Jagger

Votes: 89

33. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Terror at 2:00 (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

A white supremacist named Mr. Ganns plans to disrupt a peace-treaty signing between the people of Virginia City and the Paiutes by massacring the entire town, then pin the blame on the Indian tribe.

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 106

34. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Desperado (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

It's a case of reverse racism, as a white-hating black outlaw couple kidnap Hoss and scheme to kill him.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Louis Gossett Jr.

Votes: 95

35. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Gold-Plated Rifle (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

In this adaptation of the Prodigal Son, Jamie - who is struggling to adjust to life on the Ponderosa and at his new school - damages Ben's valuable rifle. Refusing to take responsibility, he runs away.

Director: Joseph Pevney | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 91

36. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Grand Swing (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Against Ben's orders, Jamie drives a supply wagon on a route he's not supposed to; he loses control and wrecks the wagon. Jamie escapes uninjured but one of the horses is so badly hurt it ... See full summary »

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 97

37. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Iron Butterfly (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Vengeful Senator Bennett pins the blame on Hoss when his son is killed by his ex-girlfriend, Lola. The Cartwrights do all they can to stop Sen. Bennett from destroying the Ponderosa.

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mariette Hartley

Votes: 79

38. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Prisoners (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Little Joe helps an old-time sheriff escort cunning outlaw Hank Simmons to jail. The crafty Simmons kills the sheriff and injures Joe, but Joe turns out to always be one step ahead of Simmons.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Michael Witney

Votes: 85

39. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Rattlesnake Brigade (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jamie and three of his schoolmates - Lester, Judith and Roberto - are kidnapped after church by the nefarious Doyle gang, whom escaped from a wagon carrying them to prison. Doyle plans to use the teens as bargaining tools to ensure that the authorities will enable his gang's escape to Mexico. After Doyle makes his demands and warns that any attempts by the Cartwrights to interfere will result in ... See full summary »

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 85

40. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Reluctant American (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Leslie and Gillian Harwood come to Nevada from England to take over the operation of a failing ranch near the Ponderosa. They have trouble adjusting to frontier life, which include cattle rustlers who threaten to put them out of business.

Director: Philip Leacock | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 92

41. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Silent Killer (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

When an influenza outbreak strikes the Ponderosa, the treatment methods and philosophy of two women from different generations clash. A nurse named Harriet Clinton believes in old-fashioned... See full summary »

Director: Leo Penn | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 104

42. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: The Stillness Within (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Little Joe is blinded by an explosion and wallows in self-pity as he struggles to come to grips with his condition, which may be temporary or permanent. Ben hires a teacher from the ... See full summary »

Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 136

43. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Top Hand (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

During a cattle drive, Ben finds himself involved in a power struggle between the trail boss the Cartwrights appointed and a fellow rancher's foreman, who schemes to take over the job.

Director: William F. Claxton | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Ben Johnson

Votes: 109

44. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Warbonnet (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Joe is caught in the middle of a bitter dispute between an aging Native American chief and the man who stole the Indian's warbonnet years ago as a saloon decoration.

Director: Arthur H. Nadel | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 103

45. Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode: Winter Kill (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

During a harsh winter that kills off the stock of many ranchers, Ben offers to test a new breed's endurance by herding a cow from the stock on Sawtooth Mountain. A rival rancher attempts to... See full summary »

Director: William Wiard | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Mitch Vogel

Votes: 89

46. V.I.P.-Schaukel (1971– )
Episode: Episode #1.3 (1971)

55 min | Documentary

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Director: Edgar von Heeringen | Stars: Margret Dünser, Dan Blocker, Kathie Browne, Luis Miguel Dominguín

47. The Dean Martin Show (1965–1974)
Episode: Episode #7.11 (1971)

TV-PG | 60 min | Comedy, Music

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Stars: Dean Martin, Carol Channing, Dan Blocker, Joe Cappo

48. The Merv Griffin Show (1962–1986)
Episode: Salute to Howard W. Koch (1971)

TV-PG | Comedy, Family, Music

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Stars: Merv Griffin, Howard W. Koch, Alan Arkin, Dan Blocker

49. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Episode 170 (1971)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

1. Pat Paulsen recites the alphabet. 2. Big, bigger, biggest. 3. Spanish word: hola (hello). 4. Songs: "Five Fingers on My Right Hand," "Lulu's Back in Town." 5. Films: the fireman, bees. 6. Letter: I.

Stars: Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Robert Rauffer

Votes: 22

50. Sesame Street (1969– )
Episode: Episode 171 (1971)

TV-Y | 55 min | Animation, Adventure, Family

1. Using clues. 2. Small, smaller, smallest. 3. Songs: "Help!" and "ABC DEF GHI." 4. Films: flowers, grasshoppers.

Stars: Dan Blocker, Lorne Greene, Michael Landon, Flip Wilson

Votes: 22