Bonanza - Desert Justice | Episode 23 | Western Series | Full Length | English

Bonanza - Episode 23 - Desert Justice - As is often the case on Bonanza, things are not always as they first seem. Hoss and Adam eventually learn who is the good guy and who is not.
Dersert Justice
Director: Lewis Allen
Writer: Donald S. Sanford
Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 20 February 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
"When a brutal U.S. Marshal arrests one of the Ponderosa's workers for murder to transport him to Los Angeles for trial, and a doubtful Hoss and Adam come along in the stagecoach, along with a Dr. and his beautiful daughter, to make sure the Marshal doesn't kill him before they get there. The question also arises later of whether the ranch worker is really guilty and dangerous after all." Written by Directorgene on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"It seems like any other ordinary day at the Ponderosa when a really brutal US Marshal played by Claude Akins arrives and takes into custody one of the hands played by Wesley Lau.
Pernell Roberts and Dan Blocker are right there and they don't care for Akins's methods and are concerned their friend Lau might not reach Los Angeles to stand trial for a murder he's accused of. Akins agrees to let them go, but they have to deposit their six guns in the stagecoach's locked strong box.
It's not long before a whole lot of other people start complicating the trip for which Bud Osbourne is driving the stage. John Weingraf and his daughter Fintan Meyler are a pair of European travelers going to the Pacific coast. Also another stranded cowboy on the trail, Ron Hayes is looking for a lift. It all comes to a head when the whole cast arrives at Will Wright's stagecoach relay station.
This episode of Bonanza is driven mainly by the performances of Lau and Akins. As you might gather neither is quite what he appears to be when we first meet them. Don't let this one slip by." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"Pretty much anything Claude appears in is going to be good. I don't think there's a Gunsmoke, Rifleman, Rawhide, or Bonanza episode (along with many other shows) with Claude Atkins in it that I don't like! I think my favorite Bonanza episode with him in it is the one where he plays a blacksmith who comes back to his homestead where his wife is buried (can't remember the name of it)
In this episode, the two main character actor roles are actually not what they seem. At first, you think that one is the good guy and the other is the bad, but as the episode progresses, we learn that things are very different from reality.
This is another one of those episodes that makes Adam my least favorite Cartwright. He's so high and mighty and totally wrong in this episode! Hoss's character was pretty weak. Perhaps Little Joe would have livened things up a bit..." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
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[@DowntownJulieB]

I really love these early episodes with Adam and when Little Joe didn't have huge hair yet.

[@anacordoba5042]

The one with little hair was Adam, who was bald.

[@user-xu4yz1td3q]

No one ever mentions Hoss but he glued the brothers together added some humor and acted his character out well complete with facial expressions. Just because he wasn't handsome he is almost never mentioned but he filled out the show for me😊

[@Broughton1128]

*One of the greatest television series ever produced.*

[@MT.19383]

❤ MY Bonanza since the 60s . Still yrs yrs later Still watching every chance I get . I'm OK with reruns. ❤.

[@denniskavanagh4587]

I like Dan Blocker in this series. He was so nice but when angry he could fight.

[@meltyenjoys]

I love this show so much! I also really appreciate how Adam is a man of moral conviction - if he believes in something, he sticks to it.

[@nadaprlic22]

Adam is so good looking.

[@ellafields9424]

Same as his father .. Sending a very Good message to viewers. Great show!😊

[@anacordoba5042]

@@nadaprlic22 Joe si que era precioso, Adam era feo y calvo, dientes de caballo y nariz muy abierta y un ojo caído

[@in2jc]

Always A Pleasure To Watch. Hoss Cartwrights facial expressions are SPOT ON !

[@noahahlstrom3834]

Always appreciated how much all the actors knew about riding horses, caring for horses, appreciating horses

[@jamesashbaugh4320]

And when he said lower California would never amount to much.. Truer words were never spoken

[@waynesmallwood8710]

@@jamesashbaugh4320 to be able and interested to work

[@waynesmallwood8710]

​@@jamesashbaugh4320 😂 We🎉🎉😂

[@waynesmallwood8710]

TV

[@coraguice8667]

Claude Adkins could really cite the rules and regulations regarding the interference of a federal officer in the performance of his duties. I love Claude Adkins when he played a bad man he was bad, when he was good he was good 👍😊.

[@silasben-zoheth2639]

When Hoss says 'southern California sure ain't never gonna amount to much.' 😅

[@jlove7723]

He was right....

[@Tralala691]

And he was right. Look at the sheet hole it is now.

[@trwent]

He was wrong. It has amounted to a LOT.

[@ishkabibble-oj1oi]

Yup, now it's a haven for 3rd world trash, druggies crapping in the street, worthless linerals and a business wasteland. TRUMP 2024 !!

[@adrianovasconcelos2739]

Fine episode. Adam really adds quality, and the dialogue is darned good. Thanks for sharing

[@adrian72300]

Claude Akins was a BOSS! in this episode, this is one episode I never get tired of...

[@winonamassingill7895]

@adrian72300 Another one with Claude Adkins who I love to hate, is the Bonanza movie 🍿, The Mill. I had a chance to watch it again about a month ago and I thought about it but I was still so mad at him that I didn’t think 🤔 I could bear 🐻 to watch it again. I’m glad his wife didn’t feel the same way. According to Mr Google he was married to the same woman until he died and was a wonderful husband and father. 🥰🥰

[@Tralala691]

Great show. Always great guest stars and a moral to the episode as well. Hollyweird couldn’t hold a candle to these old gems.

[@soulsreaper7145]

great show because it shows how fucked up law enforcements been siince the creation of this country

[@nadaprlic22]

How many episodes did Pernell Roberts make? There must be more than are being uploaded on You Tube.

[@bradfromthevalley]

@@soulsreaper7145 if that is all you took away then you must not have been watching

[@zqvyg5479]

This show would be considered “woke” now days

[@trwent]

​@@zqvyg5479Nowadays.

[@thomas2much601]

I can understand Pernell disliking being a grown man behaving like a boy towards his father. Years later watching his father in his dotage struggling without money made him rethink and joined a series in the 80s

[@selected1936]

That's right. I think all cartwright brothers still considered as a boy before their father ... although they has a grown man. Education such like in east family

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

This show is great and it will always be around for years to come teaching us proper morals of life😘❤️love the cartwrights

[@ivoryarrow7075]

I love how when Hoss was rambling at the end, Adam didn’t know what he was getting at until the end and then he goes, Yep, I believe it.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

The interpersonal chemistry in these shows is truly well-concieved. "It´s a toss up".

[@jeffreyrogers8151]

Um...ok

[@Falconlibrary]

Dave says "Sure, and I'm Billy the Kid" but Bonanza takes place in the 1860s. Billy the Kid didn't start his infamous career until 1875. Billy was just a toddler when Bonanza's stories took place.

[@billh.8515]

Daniel, Well maybe Billy the Kid was an awfully mean toddler! 😏

[@hannahcruz1440]

To bad Pernell Roberts hated playing Adam because I absolutely love this character! He hated the it but he did such a good job playing it!

[@jasonmichael3676]

He didn't hate it. His head just got too big. He thought the whole show should revolve around him....and he thought he could be a big movie-star.

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

@The Strawberry At least you looked up the truth. Unlike commentors that type without seeking anything to back up what they say. Even the producer admitted that they were being too stubborn to listen to Pernell's ideas about how the show could actually have some character development.

[@ajword9567]

@@user-pd7il3xz5j adam is a stubborn intelligent man in the show he kind of figures he knows a lot so there wouldn't have been much growth for adam to go thru. im just thinking yes or no ??

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

@@ajword9567 I'd say, no. Even a stubborn and intelligent character can show growth. And a lot of the character growth can come about by the writers creating more life circumstances, such as the 3 boys getting married and having children. Episodes where the brothers interact with children show the possibilities.

[@ajword9567]

@@user-pd7il3xz5j i mean a sitcom there has to be a story then it has to reset at the end of every episode it wasnt a television series

[@adrianopucdihon2265]

Wow! Nice movie.Law is always a law once it is handed over to a person.thank you for this beautiful episode of Bonanza film.more power to you all.

[@samuelrosenbalm]

At 36:35, Walker sarcastically makes reference to "Billy the Kid". Billy the Kid would not have been well known until 1877 at the earliest, and would only have been a small child during the setting for this episode (early 1860s).

[@coltgun876]

Whats even worse is that Billy the Kid would of only been 2 years old when this specific episode takes place.

[@teijaflink2226]

It was probably more just a joke for the viewers.

[@joeowens6180]

I'm not sure about this one; Ben usually checks a man out completely before he hires him. I guess this episode proves that you can't always be right about someone.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Joe Owens. I live in the country part of the city that I live in that's surrounded by hills. I have seen a lot of deer and late at night I have heard a pack of coyotes. The real sound of coyotes is a much higher pitched sound than what's portrayed in this episode.

[@teijaflink2226]

I'm actually happy the Cartwrights for once made a mistake and where wrong about a person.

[@ItsKrma00]

A Great episode with mystery - all until he started whistling and then we knew!

[@debihester7284]

We knew what? I never understood what the whistling meant

[@CarolVarg-gg2ni]

I think he was referencing to the Thunder Man episode.

[@cheryldahl9192]

Adam rolling his eyes at the end: "it's a toss up... Lets go." ROFL

[@mariadoloresruiz9876]

En espa ñ ol

[@mariadoloresruiz9876]

Idioma la tino

[@mariadoloresruiz9876]

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[@isaacmitchell9385]

A great episode , sometimes feeling sorry for someone can get you in a world 🌎 of hurt .

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

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[@ndeyesarr9815]

J adore cette serie .si ont pouvaient les faire revenir dans les écrans ce serait super

[@pinetree9343]

Claude Adkins. One of my favorite actors. RIP

[@dakotahstr]

Loved watching Bonanza,especially Adam❤❤

[@rebekkafilona]

11:16 "Alles wird in Ordnung sein" - so glad to hear a German sentence in an American western series ;-)

[@idamcgowen8466]

I loved Adam.

[@hannahcruz1440]

He is my favorite character.

[@lennarthagen3638]

Bland type of guy

[@idamcgowen8466]

@@lennarthagen3638 what was bland about Adam?

[@dustythenoodle]

@Ida McGowen quite a lot. Little Joe is a more loveable, interesting, and fun kind of person~

[@idamcgowen8466]

@@dustythenoodle your opinion. I didn’t find him at all interesting, only annoying.

[@alicel3992]

My second son is named after ADAM🤩😁😀

[@ewuw...2214]

Mine too 😊❤ He's four now 😊

[@jaimepalma2417]

Felicitaciones Gran série no me La pierdo niun capítulo

[@mrgarner4796]

I love Bonanza. Thank you.

[@multirichardb]

Yes, the moment Claude Atkins spoke it was ok, his voice and demeanor was all powerful. and the joker man coward. At first, I was succored into believing his story of victim and then the Marshal explained things and his accomplice, and i knew. And Adam as he new Marshal, changed immediately.

[@roswithaliebl8734]

Ich liebe diese Serie kann ich zu jeder Zeit ansehen ❤️❤️🐎🐾🐻🐺🌹

[@ithepreacher8309]

Ja, ich stimme zu. Bonanza hat eine gewisse Unschuld.

[@robbieray1961]

Claude Akins And Carroll O'Connor Were The Kings Of Character Actors

[@joesantos8563]

Nothing like a rough ride in a wagon with a shotgun or scattergun pointing I do.😯🤣

[@dazza2024]

A great episode 👍

[@robertlawrence9590]

Walker bailing hay before he goes to a dance. He would've been stinky 😂😂😂

[@aimaction7393]

LOVED WATCHING BONANZA AT A NEIGHBOUR'S HOUSE AS AN 8 YEAR OLD.

[@rhymereason3449]

Interesting episode about sociopaths... charming, manipulative, excellent liars, no conscious. Sound like anybody we know?

[@andrewcoble4748]

Who might you be referring to.

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

Akins I suppose

[@truckupgf]

Biden

[@deborahanntaylor375]

Trump

[@billh.8515]

@@deborahanntaylor375 No, biden, harris and pelosi. Their incompetence is staggering.

[@tyroneprice6642]

The Underdog episode no Pernell Roberts, another great episode.

[@alcibiadesromancastillo2932]

Enespañol

[@tyroneprice6642]

@@alcibiadesromancastillo2932 Thank you for your reply.

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

Guys don't y'all just love Adam Cartwright 😘😘😘🥰🥰🥰💓

[@budmangt2]

Claude Akins is always in Bonanza and the Rifleman

[@trwent]

He was killed by Lucas McCain 3 times!

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Nice👍 👌👌😍🥰

[@mattwilliams9442]

Good show

[@McIntyreBible]

17:39, the stagecoach stops and picks up Dave's accomplice.

[@robski461616]

Lol. We uhhh...paid attention when the story said that.

[@donhancock332]

I lived in snowy Reno for a few weeks when I was a young man. Every day I would look southwest at a mountain and was told " that's where The Ponderosa is!". Actually, it wasn't but it brought some pleasant images to my mind!

[@DowntownJulieB]

That would be an interesting and fun experience.

[@Jerry-up8bk]

Wrong Actually Incline village where the Ponderosa ranch house was located on lk Tahoe is within a half hour from RENO NEVADA!

[@SirSamuelofLouisiana]

LOL@46:18 LOL!!!!!!!! I liked his character!

[@nancydrew6679]

Great movie.

[@thomas2much601]

Pernell had a no nonsense grown up personality which I miss

[@ithepreacher8309]

The Marshall is using the Color of Law which is a Crime. The Police also like to use the Color of Law which is a Crime: The Color of law refers to an appearance of legal power to act that may operate in violation of law. For example, if a police officer acts with the "color of law" authority to arrest someone, the arrest, if it is made without probable cause, may actually be in violation of law. In other words, just because something is done with the "color of law" does not mean that the action was lawful. When police are suspected of acting outside their lawful authority and violating the civil rights of a citizen, the FBI is tasked with investigating.[3] The US Supreme Court has interpreted the US Constitution to construct laws regulating the actions of the law enforcement community. Under "color of law," it is a crime for one or more persons using power given by a governmental agency (local, state or federal), to deprive or conspire willfully to deprive another person of any right protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States. Criminal acts under color of law include acts within and beyond the bounds or limits of lawful authority. Off-duty conduct may also be covered if official status is asserted in some manner. Color of law may include public officials and non-governmental employees who are not law enforcement officers such as judges, prosecutors, and private security guards. This was a Dilettante Presumption Theorem: All statements of fact, opinion, or analysis expressed do not necessarily reflect official positions or views or any other entity, past or present. Nothing in the contents should be construed as asserting or implying endorsement of interpretations and factual statements.

[@emilybailey4457]

I ❤ Bonanza 😊

[@ewuw...2214]

I love Adam so much ❤

[@marthasanchez9109]

Great Bonanza ❤

[@sandrawilson6031]

Sonny Pruitt in 'Movin On' and Sherriff Lobo. Claude Akins.Great actor.

[@dimidomo7946]

Out of his bag the old 'dope pushing doc' gave Quaaludes to the Federal Marshall; absolutely hilarious episode.

[@QChord4Fun]

The Dr gave him something for pain, and sleep. Could have been Laudanum, which seems to be what they used in those times. It contained contains several opium alkaloids, including morphine and codeine. Sleep and pain killer.

[@nadaprlic22]

The actor who played Cutler has been in a few episodes of Bonanza.

[@tbone5040]

So has Claude Akins.

[@evanokeroa4877]

So many episodes over years aye

[@lindafowler8923]

So Adam and Hoss got on the coach to travel 500 miles with just the clothes they stood up in. 😂

[@Daekash]

Fun fact, or at least, it could be a fun fact. Supposedly, according to my grandmother and grandfather, the actor who played as Hoss was a distant cousin of my family.

[@janote641]

Claude Akins..from Barakoma Airfield the home base for VMF-214 to a US Marshall.......👍

[@miawoestmaat]

Prachtige serie, mag ik graag zo af en toe herkijken. Verveeld me nooit.

[@NotoriousLightning]

Sie schriebten so gut!

[@smalltown7773]

i have seen everone of the bonanza videos ,

[@linda.gregory844]

Nice one

[@mboniswakunene5742]

Watching from South Africa🔥👌

[@markbrandon7359]

Ol Claude playing the bad guy again

[@otisjohnjr.3023]

Those grown men let that law officer strip them of their firearms.

[@michaelc2254]

The lady, Fintan Meyler, was Miss Ireland in 1950

[@trwent]

She looked like Audrey Hepburn.

[@elibryrob]

Can any of the equestrians in the comments explain why the horse with the stone bruise was able to go on tied to the stage, but not ridden? Does it have to do with the weight of the rider?

[@DowntownJulieB]

I wondered about that too.

[@stevepollard4783]

Another episode that could have gone for three episodes.

[@lindafowler8923]

I watched this avidly when I was about 12/13. Loved Mr Landon. However I can’t help wondering why the Cartwright’s were able to kill people in every episode and never got charged whereas everyone else who kills gets punished. 😂

[@lynettepalecek3141]

The writers of the "Bonanza" series should have done their research of coyotes better. I live in the country surrounded by hills. Yes, I live in a valley. I got used to hearing a pack of coyotes late at night. The real sound of coyotes is a much higher pitched sound.

[@bettynichols7574]

Pernell showed no concern about us who watch the show. His concern was for his career....

[@dennishardy3869]

They forgot to arrest the woman for becoming his accomplice. For helping him to nearly escape.

[@trwent]

Women always got off scott free on Bonanza (those that lived, that is).

[@nadaprlic22]

Where was Roy Coffee when we needed him?

[@McIntyreBible]

24:29"....Baily!!!....that's an order old man!"

[@stephenmatkovich6867]

They should of let that Marshall lie there, suffer and croak !!!

[@doughaga3542]

Long running show, and a great show with many good actors, Adam hated the role he played, said 30 plus year old sons always getting permission from dad to do anything they did. Always treated like little kids

[@ArmenianBishop]

I like Wesley Lau (1921 -- 1984) better in Perry Mason, as Lieutenant Anderson He joined as a regularly appearing cast member on Perry Mason, in 1961, a year after the "Desert Justice" Bonanza Episode.

[@McIntyreBible]

9:14, "....just the need to make sure he didnt escape from that flea bag jail"

[@AndrewVelonis]

You have quoted a line from the video.

[@McIntyreBible]

@@AndrewVelonis I do that for a purpose: my own benefit!

[@user-sb9cn5cm9q]

So what he mentioned Billy the Kid, at the end from "The Life of Brian" there was a guy with a huge stereo 😂

[@athanasioskatsaounis330]

Never watch these "new" shows on TV. Stay with the 60', and 70's. Hollywood is nothing but a wastes anymore.

[@McIntyreBible]

14:45, Hoss miraculously appears at the stagecoach door after Ben!

[@stigtuneback1966]

Much bad changing and switching done back and forth now and then in many eps.

[@McIntyreBible]

@@stigtuneback1966 yep, I'm starting to notice them!

[@stigtuneback1966]

@@McIntyreBible fact is , i came across an interview done with lorne green playing the father in the cartwrights were he said that he wanted to quit the cartwrights many times during its 14 years run cuz of the common solution in many situations in the show was to shoot at others as a way of talking , he said it was THE way of solving problems mostly and often .

[@McIntyreBible]

@@stigtuneback1966 O, is that right? I never knew Lorne Greene said that!

[@stigtuneback1966]

@@McIntyreBible no , i could never imagine that myself neither that he felt that way aboute the show , so i was very surprised hear him saying that , i saw that clip interview with just the other day . I just searched for , lorne green interview on youtube .

[@TheUzamaki1234]

HOSS WAS RIGHT CALIFORNIA HAS NOT AMOUNTED TO NOTHING!! 21:00

[@trwent]

That means it has amounted to something.

[@cheryldahl9192]

The marshal is the same guy I saw on another episode where his mother was buried over a hot geyser!

[@ivoryarrow7075]

And he was in the one where he was helping the man in the wheelchair but ended up stealing his life in the end.

[@rajeshrivankar6949]

Something strange happened.the film reel got over even before finishing story.as used to happen in our local theater late night movie...

[@robertlawrence9590]

Love Bonanza ,but they ran the theme of the girls mother is always dead into the ground !

[@evanokeroa4877]

Not bad

[@craigbfolksinger]

The cutler guy played twins in a episode

[@robertheinrichvonseyfenste267]

everytime it' s dark, that howling coyote appears (bad imitation)

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Robert Heinrich von Seyfen... I live in a valley. I'm used to hearing a pack of coyotes late at night. The real sound that coyotes make is a high pitched sound. You're right. The imitation of coyotes in the "Bonanza" series was poorly done.

[@ademirsiqueira5916]

Gostaria de ver esses filmes dublado em português

[@shelleysolomon2228]

Lorne was beautiful

[@Heltonsousa]

eu tenho ele em português

[@markbrandon7359]

One thing phony about this show we have a HUGE ranch with 1,000's of cattle but no ranch hands, Adam never works it's all to Hoss and Joe

[@MuttonfudgeRacing]

Lorne Greene was a boss.

[@McIntyreBible]

24:29, Baily is incensed that the Marshall tells him to hand over his gun.

[@AndrewVelonis]

Notice that, did you?

[@McIntyreBible]

45:55, Hoss shows his intelligence.

[@evanokeroa4877]

Noticed that

[@chriswilgus4752]

The marshall looks like lucky Luciano.

[@evanokeroa4877]

Its acting

[@trwent]

The woman should have been arrested for attempting to help a prisoner escape.