While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does Ben in the process of looking for them.While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does Ben in the process of looking for them.While in San Francisco, two of Ben's hired hands get shanghaied and so does Ben in the process of looking for them.
Pernell Roberts
- Adam Cartwright
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Donnelly Rhodes
- Little Henchman
- (as Don Rhodes)
Walter Bacon
- Townsman
- (uncredited)
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- Thomas Thompson
- David Dortort(uncredited)
- Fred Hamilton(uncredited)
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- TriviaThis episode features two guest stars who would become famous "bosses" in future sitcoms. David White would later play ad agency boss Larry Tate on "Bewitched" (1964) and Richard Deacon would later play supervisor Mel Cooley on "The Dick Van Dyke Show" (1961).
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Eric 'Hoss' Cartwright: Pa, how much did that little redheaded gal get for you?
Joseph 'Little Joe' Cartwright: [laughs] I wouldn't tell him, Pa. If she did get enough, we might want to sell you back. If she didn't get enough, you wouldn't want to admit it, would you?
Ben Cartwright: Very funny.
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A Very Entertaining Episode Of Bonanza.
This first season episode of Bonanza entitled "San Francisco" is the most entertaining I have ever seen. After transporting some cattle to the city the Cartwrights & two of their cowhands go for a few drinks in the notorious "Barbary Coast" district. The year is 1861 & at that time San Francisco's Barbary Coast had a terrible reputation. A contemporary journalist described it as, "The haunt of the low & vile of every kind. Petty thieves, house burglars, tramps, whore-mongers, lewd women, cutthroats & murderers are all found here". Anyway, two of Ben Cartwright's best hands get Shanghaied & the story revolves around Ben (Lorne Greene) and his sons Hoss (Dan Blocker) & Little Joe (Michael Landon) trying to find them. Ben first goes to the police but the desk sergeant tells him he doesn't have the manpower to go looking for a couple of men in a city where men come & go all the time. When Ben Cartwright stumbles into the bar from where his two hands were waylaid the same thing happens to him. The proprietor of this establishment is one Alexander Pendleton (Shanghai Pete) played by David White. He is a smooth-talking conman & David White plays him really well. When the boys find their father has gone missing they too eventually stumble into this dodgy bar. Big Hoss is by now in a very angry, aggressive mood & threatens to bang a few heads together if he doesn't get any answers as to the whereabouts of his father. Also co-starring in this episode is Kathleen Crowley playing an Irish tart-with-a-heart waitress called Quick-Buck-Kate, (implying she's also a prostitute), who helps to get the men out of trouble. Great stuff & well worth watching!.
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- Oct 6, 2017
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