
Death at Dawn
Virginia City is plagued by organized crime, Sam Bryant and his gang. One of his men, Farmer Perkins, kills a storekeeper, and at his trial, the wife of the sto...
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Título original: Bonanza
Viejo Oeste americano (1860-1870). Todos los caminos pasan por La Ponderosa, el rancho de los Cartwight, que se encuentra en los alrededores de Virginia City, junto al Lago Tahoe (Nevada). Ben Cartwright es un viudo que cuida de sus tres hijos Adam, Hoss y Joe, cada uno de una esposa fallecida. Por allí pasan vaqueros polvorientos, predicadores, buscadores de fortuna, viudas ricas y una inacabable galería de personajes que van y vienen llenando la pantalla de aventuras.
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Virginia City is plagued by organized crime, Sam Bryant and his gang. One of his men, Farmer Perkins, kills a storekeeper, and at his trial, the wife of the sto...

Joe falls in love with Tirza, an undeniably strange gypsy girl who says she is cursed and never does seem to "snap out of it". The first episode of the series w...

Hoss takes Billy Allen, the young son of a convicted felon under his wing, then is forced to kill his father and Billy will not forgive him. The most emotional ...

Len Keith, a miner, wants to purchase some land adjacent to the Ponderosa from rancher Andy McKaren. Andy 's son, Tod, is anxious to sell. Keith has offered him...

In this comic episode, the first to take place far from the ranch, Ben, Hoss, and Joe deliver a herd to San Francisco. Although he warns his sons to be careful ...

Adam takes Ben's friends, Lord Marion Dunsworth and Lady Beatrice, on a hunting expedition, and they are captured by a gang of crude thieves and murderers. Duri...

A restaurant owner whom Ben and Adam have confronted over stolen Ponderosa beef ends up dead one night. His daughter, Sally Byrnes runs the cafe and in her rese...

After Adam is bushwhacked by three army deserters, Ben tracks them down, and tackles the brutal Captain Bolton who is pursuing them....

Nevada Territory is awaiting statehood, and Ben considers running for governor until he learns he is wanted for murder in New Orleans. Inspector Charles Leduque...

When a tough U.S. Marshal from California arrests a Ponderosa hand, Dave Walker, for murder, Adam and Hoss go along to make sure their employee reaches Los Ange...

A shiftless sheepherder, Jeb Drummond, encroaches his herd of sheep on the Ponderosa and refuses to budge. He resists all of Ben's attempts to throw him off his...

In "The Spanish Grant", a young bargirl, Rosita Morales is pretending to be a Spanish noblewoman named Isabella Marie Inez de la Cuesta and at the end of the st...

The Cartwrights encounter racial bigotry in Virginia City and end up protecting a Chinese boy from mob violence. Victor Sen Yung, in his largest role to date, s...

In the first all-out comic episode of the series, Hoss and Joe travel to Kiowa Flats, Texas, where they are mistaken for the notorious Slade Brothers, also play...

As the Civil War approaches, Adam and Joe clash over which side to support. The situation is complicated by the arrival of Frederick Kyle, a Southern sympathize...

Because she is related to criminals, a young woman is ostracized by everyone but the the Cartwrights. She unwisely seeks solace with an ex-con friend of Joe 's,...

Ben sends Hoss and Joe to Monterey to purchase an expensive seed bull. The first of Blocker and Landon's many comic misadventures, although the casual use of vi...

Hoss and Joe come across a pregnant Indian woman while hunting bighorn sheep and must deliver her baby. Despite touches of humor, including a scene in which Joe...

This episode begins with Adam defending the honor of Sue Ellen Terry in a duel. No one gets shot because the other man misses Adam and Adam generously shoots in...

In a variation of "High Noon", Ben and Hoss must face a gang of outlaws practically all alone when most of Virginia City's citizens go into hiding. The most act...

Adam and Joe reluctantly join a group of vengeful townsmen, who are out to lynch the three men who supposedly killed Vannie Johnson. The posse is run by Paiute ...

Luther Bishop and Ben Cartwright have had an ongoing land dispute for a number of years, over a small tract called the Truckee Strip. One of Bishop 's employee'...

Virginia City is visited by actress Adah Issacs Menken, who happens to be an old acquaintance of Ben 's. Joe is badly beaten by Adah' s jealous suitor, John C....

In a flashback, the legendary prospector arrives on the Ponderosa and participates in the founding of Virginia City. Coincidentally, guest star Jack Carson play...

Adam and Hoss assist a German engineer in developing the concept of "square set timbering" in the mines. Based on fact, and the first episode not to include all...

Adam defends the mining claim of Annie O' Toole in a court presided over by Judge Ben Cartwright. Annie comes to the Washoe Diggings with a claim to a mine file...

Little Joe is infatuated wih saloon owner Julia Bulette, whom he imagines is like his late mother. First episode to reveal backround details concerning Marie Ca...

Samuel Clemens arrives in Virginia City to write for the Territorial Enterprise at the same time a crooked politician tries to lay claim on the Ponderosa....

Trader Mike Wilson attempts to escape punishment by the Paiute Indians after mistreating two of their women, by placing the blame on Adam. A fierce war between ...

John Pennington and his crew want to mine the Ponderosa land by hydraulic means. Ben is totally against this method and evicts them in short order. Hoss is give...

Greedy opportunist Mark Burdette and his accomplice Early Thorne stir up trouble between the Paiute tribe and the citizens of Virginia City. Ben discovers Burde...

Lotta Crabtree is hired by mining tycoon Alpheus Troy to lure one of the Cartwrights into town and hold him for ransom in exchange for Ponderosa timber rights....

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Bonanza: La Primeros Temporada de la Epoquisa Oeste Americana Bonanza es una serie televisiva estadounidense que comenzó a emitirse por NBC el 12 de septiembre de 1959. A lo largo de trece temporadas, transmitidas hasta 1973, esta producción narró la vida de la familia Cartwright en su rancho Ponderosa, situado en Nevada. Orígenes y Contexto Bonanza no es una secuela, precuela, spin-off ni reboot de otra serie. No está basada en un libro, si bien el productor David Dortort se inspiró en la novela "My Father's House," escrita por Bret Harte, para crear el concepto inicial del rancho Ponderosa. Audencia y Contexto Social La serie estaba dirigida a una audiencia amplia, especialmente a los espectadores de edad adulta interesados en la cultura del Oeste Americano. Bonanza se enfocaba en retratar la vida rural y familiar en un rancho de gran tamaño, brindando una visión romanticizada de la vida rural estadounidense. Momentos Destacados La primera temporada de Bonanza ofreció diversos momentos memorables, entre ellos se destacan: 1. El episodio piloto "A House Divided," que presenta a Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) como dueño del rancho Ponderosa y a sus tres hijos: Eric (Parnell McClelland), Adam (Pablo Fitzpatrick, más tarde David Canary), y Joe (Michael Landon). 2. El episodio "The Outlaw," donde el actor Michael Landon debuta en un papel recurrente como el bandido Cain. 3. La trama de la historia de amor entre Hoss (Dan Blocker) y Fancy French (Susan Cabot), que se desarrolla a lo largo de varios episodios de la primera temporada. Personajes Principales La familia Cartwright conformada por Ben, Eric, Adam, Joe, y Hoss fueron los personajes principales de Bonanza. Ben era el patriarca del rancho Ponderosa, quien intentaba equilibrar su vida familiar con sus responsabilidades como dueño de una gran finca. Eric era un abogado que vivía en la ciudad pero regresaba periódicamente al rancho; Adam, el hijo más inteligente y ambicioso; Joe, el favorito de Ben por ser el más fuerte y leal; y Hoss, el hermano menor más grande y amable. Recepción de la Prensa Especializada La actuación de Lorne Greene como Ben Cartwright recibió elogios por parte de la prensa especializada, con críticas que destacaban su actuación madura y poderosa. El personaje de Hoss interpretado por Dan Blocker también obtuvo buenas reseñas debido a su carisma y su excelente trabajo en el campo. Temporadas y Producción Bonanza se estrenó en 1959 como una serie semanal, con cada episodio durando aproximadamente 25 minutos. La primera temporada contó con 30 episodios, tras lo cual la producción se incrementaría en número de episodios por temporada. Conclusión Bonanza fue una producción televisiva estadounidense que atrajo a un amplio espectadorado gracias a su trama familiar y rural ambientada en el Oeste Americano. La primera temporada ofreció una introducción a la vida de la familia Cartwright en el rancho Ponderosa, estableciendo las bases para un éxito duradero que perduraría por casi trece temporadas.