Bonanza - The Dark Past | Episode 165 | LORNE GREEN | Western Series | Cowboy | English

Free Western Classic: Bonanza - Episode 165 - The Dark Past - Dev's line of work seems ordained given his past. When his quarry's wife turns out to be pregnant, he uses that to trap him, even if it might risk Little Joe's life.
The Dark Past
Director: Murray Golden
Writer: William Bruckner
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 May 1964 USA
Filming Locations: Stage 17, Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Dev Farnum's horse goes lame. He's near the Ponderosa and stops for some help. He gets another horse from the Cartwrights but hasn't enough money to pay them. He offers to work for it but when he develops a lot of blisters, they find out he's not just a preacher's son. He's also a bounty hunter.
Reviews:
"Dennis Hopper delivers a great performance as a bounty hunter, a man without friends or needing any so he says. The big surprise for the Cartwrights is that Hopper is the son of a preacher that Lorne Greene knew from the old days.
But Hopper has abandoned that and his quarry is outlaw Ron Starr whose wife ran away and is back in Virginia City. He figures that if he hangs around Susan Seaforth Hayes long enough Starr will surface.
All I'll say is that things don't quite go according to Hopper's plans. And he finds he needs friends like the Cartwright's in time of need.
Susan Seaforth Hayes does well too as the very naive girl. I have to say that folks like the Cartwrights don't come along that often in life to lend a helping hand.
Hopper's scenes with Michael Landon are very good as Little Joe shows the upbringing he's had that Hopper has rejected.
All around good episode." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"I'm a little surprised this episode is rated so low. For me it's one of my personal favorite Bonanza episodes. Certainly Dennis Hopper is outstanding and handsome at age 28, even though he looks younger. Watch for his big dramatic reveal about half-way through the episode. Also interesting to see Susan Seaforth (Hayes) with very long hair and a pre-"Days of Our Lives" appearance. The plot is slightly contrived to get Dennis and Susan to the Ponderosa, but once they do, you'll enjoy seeing their budding attraction. They have nice chemistry together and the and acting and great ending save it. Hard to believe Dennis would be doing "Easy Rider" just five years later." Written by yboutell on IMDb.com
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[@feurigerStern]

Dennis Hopper woohoo! I love that the subject of God is discussed freely and with respect. Imagine a TV show today depicting an entire family going to church.

[@domicellahuisman1471]

Yeah, me too. In these times, praying, believing in God and such was normal. I think, I live in the wrong times. You know what, feuriger Stern??!! Jesus is coming soon!

[@mjohn9199]

Maybe you go in the wrong circles.

[@monroehateley3418]

Yes Disney needs to be reminded of that.

[@carolinehampton9973]

Only one time thing in a movie.

[@Tralala691]

Agree. Sad what has become of America. 😢

[@Tralala691]

Always amazing guest stars and a moral to every show. Wow how far America has fallen. Sad Hollyweird. Sad. 😢

[@th723]

Such a big difference between modern programmes and the programmes of 50+ years ago. Discussing God openly, wouldn't happen nowadays. Dennis Hopper what a powerhouse actor he was, sadly gone. That Hollywood has long since gone, but at least we have all the programmes from that era to watch and remember.☺

[@rosered103]

Nice to see a young talented handsome Dennis Hopper who grew into a rebellious actor.

[@maverick3911]

Great acting performance from Dennis Hopper

[@meripederson8379]

These folks always look so young on Bonanza. I was younger then too.

[@jlove7723]

I get it, we were all very young then. I was too, I will be 60 in May

[@alisonboulding185]

😂

[@brendagray3374]

@@jlove7723 happy birthday month 🎉🎈

[@jlove7723]

@@brendagray3374 Thank you! Officially 60 since yesterday!

[@brendagray3374]

@@jlove7723, hope you enjoyed it 😊

[@skywalker39100]

Little Joe is Awesome with that Gun! He & i both are Left Handed Shooters!

[@allanvacca3394]

I love bonanza

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

We all do! 🤠👌🎬🍿

[@963ag]

Me too!

[@peoasdosdsdas]

The gaywrights do it again, 4 single men live together and they

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@peoasdosdsdas Their name is the Cartwrights- not gaywrights.

[@Christshines]

Love how well this episode was written. Raises questions real people have about God and why He lets bad things happen. I certainly get why people find it easier to choose to be an atheist

[@feurigerStern]

I have no question. I recommend reading Harold Kushner's book, "Why Bad Things Happen to Good People". Simply put we do not live in paradise. We live in a world of random misfortunes. Who ever said that life is fair and we will always get what we want? I have a degree in Physics. It did not turn me away from God. It enlightened me on His creations.

[@alnear4953]

Sometimes it takes more faith to believe than not to believe my friend.. we will all know "why" in the end.. Good episode indeed..!✝️🙏💪👍🍺🍻🤠

[@BlackangelKatakuri]

Exactly

[@dan4091]

Why do people think God is some kind of genie who is supposed to grant us everything we want in life, besides a quick look at Genesis 6:5 pretty much puts everything in perspective.

[@GarfieldAFray-hy8dg]

Let’s be reminded, from creation God gave man free will Therefore, each person must choose and God honours our free will to choose good or evil. The Bible clearly teaches - the third heavens controlled by God - the second heavens is the demonic realm - the first heaven and earth is given to us as human beings, to govern by our free choices

[@meggrotte4760]

Every race Creed and culture has free will what they do with it is their own. Sadly nobody ever realizes this

[@richardhamblen5526]

It's easier for some to blame God for 'letting' bad things happen..

[@barneyohara7804]

Isaiah 55:8-9 For my thoughts are not your thoughts neither are your ways my ways saith the Lord. For as the heavens are higher then the earth so are my ways higher then your ways and my thoughts then your thoughts.

[@kristiesamchez6693]

Dennis hopper was brilliant in this episode

[@brendascaife2902]

Thank you so much for showing this series, I watched it with by dad every week it was our special time,

[@ELVENGADOR858]

RIP ALL INCLUDING OUR DENNIS HOOPER UNFORGETTABLE IN SPEED

[@amandapanda5877]

And true Romance and blue velvet and apocalypse now 💙

[@johneaston3034]

Top story..Bonanza world's best movie series

[@lennarthagen3638]

Movie series? Whats that?

[@LilliLamour]

Absolutely!

[@winonamassingill7895]

About a dozen thumbs up 👍🏻 for this movie. I thought that I knew how this movie would turn out and I was right. However, it was fun getting there. ❤️❤️❤️👌👌👌🥰🥰🥰

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

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[@aquachonk]

Geez, Hopper's so much better than every other actor in this episode, he stands out like a diamond in a dirt driveway.

[@jeffreyrogers8151]

Agreed, dennis hopper was very good in this episode. I thought michael landon did so e convincing acting in this episode too.

[@johneasten4898]

top movie..bonanza series is words best secular movie series ..enjoyed the preachers son

[@soulaesthete8563]

A fantastic episode with a young Dennis Hopper and a young Susan Seaforth (Hayes). Thanks so much, Grjngo!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! 🤠👌🎬🍿

[@alpha-omega2362]

I wonder what they were saying to Dennis Hopper to get him to smile like that in the opening credits..? I think that's the only time I've ever seen him smile...it's very endearing....

[@kristiesamchez6693]

Such great acting

[@ArmenianBishop]

This Bonanza Episode was aired on TV in 1964. In 1974, 10 years later, Susan Seaforth married Bill Hayes, and is now Susan Seaforth Hayes. They have a long marriage, and are still married.

[@jeffyjoebob8300]

Dennis is the man 💯

[@johneaston3034]

I enjoy positive people

[@williambrooks276]

This might be my favorite episode just a beautiful story!

[@ArmenianBishop]

agree

[@kellymclean1189]

A Great Episode Of Bonanza With Dennis Hopper And Susan Seaforth to Hayes (Days Of Our Lives)

[@winonamassingill7895]

I just love the way the colors always match in these Bonanza movies 🎥 📽🎞It just makes them sooo attractive.

[@cathreinedarlington9263]

I love these boys I always watch them and get a good laugh 😀

[@nathanielavoures1596]

Banaza was filmed in the Sierra Neveda mountains such was the beautiful senery of lake Tahoe perfect location to be trapped in a movie! Hahaha

[@eaurough]

Great episode. Dennis Hopper was amazing. Pernell Roberts acting in this episode was outstanding.

[@BrokenneckYgor]

Dennis had a great line: Someday this country will get fat, lazy and make wars in ol places we ain’t hear of

[@titodunklin3982]

If Dennis hopper can't get along with the Cartrights then he has a serious attitude problem

[@sarinaedwards6705]

Wow young Dennis hopper

[@ApartmentKing66]

I never knew Dennis Hopper guest-starred on Bonanza. And this is the earliest I've ever seen Susan Seaforth...before she married Bill Hayes. I don't think she'd join "Days Of Our Lives" until 1968.

[@charlesbromberick4247]

she´s sure cute!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I hate all soap operas. That's why I wasn't familiar with the young actress.

[@kellymclean1189]

Love Bonanza Wagon Train 🚆And Big Valley

[@tyroneprice6642]

This was a great episode.

[@evanflowforever6615]

Bonanza would be the Lord's favorite show: ALL ABOUT THE HEART

[@brianwest2775]

An excellent episode. Beautiful to watch Dennis Hopper, he really brought that role to life.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

I recognized Lewis Charles because he was in some episodes of "The Andy Griffith Show."

[@treerat6959]

Sure didn't take that horse far from the house to put it out of it's misery lol

[@lynettepalecek3141]

That's not funny.

[@AndrewVelonis]

And are they going to bury it? Or drag it away somewhere?

[@davidmacphee3549]

@@AndrewVelonis Why not have a neighborhood roast? Never waste good food1

[@budmangt2]

Dennis Hopper played on the rifleman a few times

[@SuddenStorm982]

Great episode 🤠

[@francoisemathonet6107]

Something strange for me with Little Joe : I'm an almost old woman, and I feel I'd like to be a young man to be his friend ! He's the perfect friend for ever.

[@ronleddy5131]

Didn't recognize him until the intro, Dennis Hopper! WOOOW!!

[@cookiekotula2497]

We can hear this one!!! Finally!!!!!

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

All of Grjngo's posts have audio (& the clearest picture from all the different posters). It's Notobot that has all the sound issues and you have to use headsets to hear them

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

OMG, thank you for correcting my mistake!!! Grjngo has wonderful posts...ALWAYS. Give me a thumbs up and I'll delete the 1st comment...so embarrassing😔

[@cherylangel1714]

Great episode!

[@mattnofsinger]

Intense episode . Thank You for sharing .

[@mahdikhosh9153]

Great movie as usual. 👍 Thank you so much

[@WhyNotTruth]

Dennis Hopper has come a long way

[@amandapanda5877]

Dennis and Joe have the cutest wrangler butts lol😅

[@iijj5027]

Good movie😁😁😁😁💋💋❤❤❤👍👍👍

[@beeemm2578]

A band in 1986 wrote a lyric about this topic: "How can I put my trust in God, with innocent people dying?"

[@hannablue7038]

surprise ending, Joe saves the day!

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[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing this old Western series. Best regards luck and health.

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Good👍 👌😘🥰😍⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thanks 🤗

[@multirichardb]

Something tells my gut, instincts that acting may be more difficult than it looks, even though the bullets aren't real the dirt is, and the emotions are also, as well as the horseback riding. Horseback riding isn't easy, you have to ride with the horse in a commanding way, and yet with the horse in harmony with it's forward and up and down, not easy especially at a clip of 25 -30 miles an hour. Dennis Hopper needed som work and he had to play a preacher's rough neck bitter son, that was a gunslinger even carried an extra bullet belt around his shoulders. Notice the size of those bullets, they weren't for pistol. Good acting, script, and episode, all's well that ends well, and he gets the pregnant beauty.

[@3Ddude101]

He takes the lame horse in back of the barn and shoots him with the saddle and all the gear still on so it will be a bitch to remove when the horse is laying dead and he leaves a dead horse laying there for the Cartwrights to deal with.

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

The only reson the scene was shot that way was to time Ben's line, "his father was a very warm hearted man" with Dev shooting his horse in what played out as a callous act.

[@waynesworld7804]

If you watch again, the saddle had been removed.

[@alvincook8888]

Hopper, in real life, thumbed his nose at Hollywood later in years.

[@richardhamblen5526]

With good reason..why do you think I watch THESE, lol? The new stuff SUCKS..

[@scootergurl48]

Alvin Cook Until he disvovered the L.A. Transit System.

[@uhchief5123]

Holly is a cutie

[@davidmacphee3549]

Her eyes and mouth are in a perfect triangle like a baby

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Adam looks like he had to be dragged into the few scenes he appeared him. He really couldn't give a damn.

[@rosalindayoung1088]

I know..you could tell he hated his role, grown men being controlled by their father..when to eat, when to go to bed, coffee time together in the evening...he hated it.

[@josecorporaal6470]

@n/a wouw some people read the wrong articles. He never hated his costars. The press hated him and wrote lies because he wouldnt give the press anny privat information. He was at all funerals from his costars . He plays with them in other series he pays the funeral for hop sing when the actor died. . He hated it that he couldn’t not do theatre beside Bonanza and that there was no growt in the Adam character.

[@josecorporaal6470]

Poor n/a only your truth is the truth. Basing an excellent acthor with a different kind of vieuw thats what you doe and what the press at that time did. Verry narrow minded of you.

[@jarrodbarkley9061]

Yes, he thought he was too good for a TV Western (newsflash: he wasn't) and was going to leave after 5 seasons when his contract was up, but then couldn't resist the good money so he signed on for another year. Guess his principles could be bought! And then after he quit the show, he just did other westerns like Big Valley and Gunsmoke, and other TV shows until he lucked into Trapper John. He did some regional theater, nut never became the stage star he thought he was destined to be. What a pretentious ass he was.

[@dorandacolbert5973]

@n/a You said he 'looked down on his co-stars,' Not a big difference.

[@gw6496]

Saw this one good episode 👌🏾

[@JohnFleming-sw7hn]

I first saw Dennis Hopper in Easy Rider then as Deacon in Water World!

[@bulldogsbob]

Hopper is fine but nobody plays a.bettter bounty hunter than Clint Eastwood

[@davidcopperfield-notthemag397]

2:35-This guy is leaving a dead horse to rot and stink in their front yard!? Rude. Can't move a dead horse or bury one without a backhoe.

[@tommacdonald9914]

Lol no backhoes back then an it’s bonanza there no dead horse

[@tomnewham1269]

The horse had a broken leg so it wasn't going to be able to walk very far. Back in the days in the real world I'm guessing they would have dragged it away with a couple of horses.

[@abbykoop5363]

Wild animals would have eaten it. I've known people in my day who have done the same.

[@mykelbaurle5758]

The horse was shot close by so the Cartwright’s and we, the audience, could hear the shot, thus showing everyone the kind of person Dev was.

[@greghostetler8090]

Amazing episode

[@TV-ph1tw]

"lord giveth and lord taketh away"

[@ShinggangKawawa]

Hail Satan and the Rebel Angels from the pit. I long to seek out the Dark forces and join them on their hellish crusade and to watch Bonanza with them 🤘🤘

[@nathanielavoures1596]

Youll recongnize Dennis hopper

[@antonioacevedo5200]

Doesn't the woman that plays Holly look just like Dawn Wells of "Gilligan's Island".

[@rositawest4279]

She does!

[@davidmacphee3549]

That's it! Dawn Wells of "Gilligan's Island"?

[@pogwo1968]

Her name is Susan Seaforth Hayes. She has played Julie Williams on the daytime serial soap Days of Our Lives since 1968. She is still on the soap today.

[@antonioacevedo5200]

@@pogwo1968 She is quite beautiful.

[@scotterspotters7273]

Susan seaforth hayes was absolutely gorgeous 😍

[@anthonyfazio503]

Frank Booth! Don't you look at me you fuck! :) Dennis Hopper is one of my favorite actors! This must be a few years before Cool Hand Luke!

[@duckmangooo7376]

Dennis was allergic to cow's milk,which his bones became brittle and easy to break.

[@adelarsen9776]

There's no invisible man....

[@WATCH-IT-BUSTER]

9:40 Because she's a woman, which means she needs a man for everything!

[@justina9137]

This was so odd Adam was in a couple of scenes but didn't say one word

[@edoedo8686]

"The only wonder's I've seen are the Devil's." Ben, he didn't say he believed in the Devil. A lot there to think about. A courageous phrase on a putative "family show." The alternative is not restricted to Christianity, although this episode certainly pushes for it.

[@joankersting2358]

Get over yourself.

[@3Ddude101]

Billy ridin' a horse instead of a Harley.

[@Barbbfly]

Well done !! Good 1 for sure . Ya satan does bad destroys and stupid ppl blame God Sheesh .

[@charleskemp2037]

Joe should be all over that stuff.

[@bornagainchristianvanlifer2018]

Is that Mary Ann from Gilligan's island?

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

No, though Mary Ann (actress Dawn Wells) did star in a couple of Bonanza episodes, "The Way Station" & "The Burning Sky." This is Susan Seaforth, credits shown at the end of the show.

[@noblehousefoundation1731]

Wetezalle ... Wetazalle.....Wetzellas Pretzels !

[@bobbysmith2682]

Hopper later starred in " when Sally met the mohawks from frog mountain" thank me any time soon.

[@jessebaird5053]

What do they do with the dead horse that was shot right beside the house?

[@AndrewVelonis]

They probably dragged it away.

[@davidmacphee3549]

Call the butcher

[@dan4091]

BBQ dinner!

[@fraser_mr2009]

Haven't you ever tasted horse meat before? It's delicious.

[@richardhamblen5526]

Jamie looks kinda like "Nick Barkley", lol..

[@danbujor5991]

Hopper one of my favorites, but a tough guy's role not for him.

[@JohnDoe-qy8sw]

Dev is the bad guy from the movie "speed"

[@brianwest2775]

Anyone else surprised that his left arm was injured? 43:42 Even watching it back, it's clear that his gun hand was injured, which tracks with the missing hammer. But his left arm wasn't in the path of the bullet or ricochet. So what were they thinking? Why not have his hand injured, and he fought through the pain to hold up the gun earlier?

[@melissahoney8317]

she is a big holy

[@susanmccormick6022]

It's always too late.

[@user-bi3if4sw8f]

Also, if you find it so easy to believe in the devil, then why is it so hard for you to believe in God? Hes already told you, because theres nothing but pure ache, pain, evil, and suffering in this world and this so-called all loving God never steps in and changes things for the better.

[@ray84thstiger]

Dev Farnum!!

[@ridlespriger2120]

I'm a shed some light.

[@scottjohnson7495]

You ever noticed everyone dies from a gun shot.. but the stars of this show even shot in the same place they are not going to die . 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@adelarsen9776]

He lead the horse 20 feet behind the stable and shot the horse. The stink would be out of this world. No farmer would allow that... Just saying....

[@ridlespriger2120]

A helicopter spot light

[@jacksugden8190]

Why do the Cartwrights and the bounty hunter feel the need to wear those hats for most of the time?.

[@samuelrosenbalm]

Don't "little" Joe know how to tuck it? It's obnoxious to wear it on your thigh.

[@fisterklister]

Dennis swopped his horse for a road hog

[@hannablue7038]

hey, don't show episodes where you shoot horses!

[@davidmacphee3549]

WHAT THE IDEA OF THE HAMMER MISSING FROM THE GUN. PLEASE

[@dan4091]

Didn’t make sense, he shot the house several times, then next thing you know his gun doesn’t have a hammer??

[@davidmacphee3549]

@@dan4091 I guess they don't make them like they used to. lol

[@mjohn9199]

At 40 minutes into this episode, what if he is a she?????????

[@charleskemp2037]

why are bounty hunters given such bad reputations ???

[@eternalsovereign8278]

39:36 Suppose "he's" a "she"?