Bonanza - The Mill | Episode 36 | Full Episode | Wild West | English

Bonanza - Episode 36 - The Mill - The Cartwrights' neighbor Tom Edwards has lived as a paraplegic, ever since an accident involving Ben Cartwright and a gun.
The Mill
Director: John Rich
Writer: Halsted Welles
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 1 October 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Lake Sherwood, California, USA
Storyline:
"The Cartwrights' neighbor Tom Edwards has lived as a paraplegic, ever since an accident involving Ben Cartwright and a gun. His ranch is going to waste. His wife Joyce is a longtime friend of Ben, and Ben decides to help the Edwards couple by making Tom a business proposition: the Cartwrights will build a grain mill on Edwards' land. In return, Ben only wants his investment money back, plus fifteen percent. Tom and his hired hand Ezekiel are suspicious of Ben, but Tom agrees to the deal. The Cartwright men build the mill, but tension begins to rise when Ezekiel makes comments which rekindle Tom's suspicion." Written by Ken Miller on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"This particular Bonanza episode touched on some very adult issues and was borrowed from the classics. If you're going to get inspired, it's good to be inspired by the best.
In this case the plot of The Mill is taken from none other than the Bard himself in what some consider his greatest work. Harry Townes plays a paralyzed Othello, confined to a wheelchair and having to be assisted by his general factotum Claude Akins. His Desdemona is Dianne Foster and it is hinted that due to injuries Townes can't do his husbandly duties. Foster has an itch that needs scratching, but is repelled by the thought of Akins doing the scratching.
In the meantime Akins is a swaggering Iago in the piece who drinks and gambles with Townes who winds up owing him considerable money. He encourages jealousy in Townes, first over Pernell Roberts and then over Lorne Greene. Townes is in that wheelchair over a drunken shooting accident that involved Greene. All in all a recipe for tragedy.
This western version of Othello was nicely done, but I'm wondering just how many people recognized the source when watching it." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"The story line is excellent. A woman who loves her husband feels unloved because he cannot learn to get along without the use of his legs. (This is also a theme that is played over and over in Bonanza. In this particular episode, Ben seems to have an attraction to the wife and decides his family needs to help them find some sort of way to make a living.
Besides the husband and wife, there's a "friend" who is actually what I believe to be a crooked gambler. Claude Atkins is the only character actor, I think, who could have played this bad boy row to perfection. In the end, his character becomes so evil that you wish he would die.
Morally, I cringe at Ben's kissing the wife and then at Adam's admitting that he's fine with it. This is the very thing that the man is accusing the Cartwright's of, and Ben's actions are simply proving him true. I think Ben had no right acting on his attraction to this woman who is unhappy in her marriage. But that's just a question of morals." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
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[@caciquemanaure5937]

Love Claude Akins...many roles in Bonanza.....here a lovely creep.......😍😍😍😍

[@lybrooks]

Watching this because of Claude Akins, my all time favorite actor!

[@ItsKrma00]

"I'm sure Tom meant no harm" Yikes! He's leaning over her with a knife!

[@ag5495]

Right? Shocked me too

[@rosalindayoung1088]

Love how Hoss sat outside watching Ezekiel until Ben came out with the woman and how they all stood up from the table when Ben came back in the house..that's respect!

[@elijahatlas5203]

a trick : you can watch movies on flixzone. Been using them for watching all kinds of movies during the lockdown.

[@lukecastiel7395]

@Elijah Atlas Yea, I have been using flixzone} for since november myself :)

[@myaccount2825]

Absolutely! 💕💕

[@hassanmadyun1785]

l

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Rosalinda Young. Yes, I love that old-fashioned respect that true gentlemen had for the truly feminine ladies. A true feminine lady is a woman who loves it when a man treats her in a feminine way. He rises when she stands, he opens the door for her, and he does a lot of other things that shows genuine respect for her.

[@TrulygreenSolution]

Claude Akins has always been one of my favorite actors! He was outstanding in this episode of Bonanza (1960); the movie, "Claudelle Inglish" (1962); and "The Devil's Brigade" (1968). He was unforgettable and is missed-

[@mm2024-7]

Don’t forget he was in several episodes of the Rifleman, Gunsmoke, he was a staple in Movin’On , BJ and the Bear, Sheriff Lobo. His acting credits go way back! He was also great playing Indians and don’t forget the AAMCO commercials 😊

[@bettycreamer8486]

Love Bonanza Cartwright men had big hearts miss them all

[@jackiesurridge8178]

Love everything about Bonanza. Love Adam..🧡💗💖

[@Heartshapedbox81]

Joe and Hoss are literally the worst and the best sometimes 😂

[@MTknitter22]

Well the best part of this show is the way David Dortort created it. Each character was the best yet flawed. It was real.

[@gettheleadoutaerosmith]

@@MTknitter22 that's what makes them and other characters realistic.

[@belindabonilla3750]

Great show! Wished we could see more movies like this one. Miss the Cartwrights...

[@mikehedrick7223]

Mrs. Edwards knew about the Cartwright curse with women. She had too leave.🤠

[@trwent]

Good ole Claude Akins, nearly always got the part of the heavy. Really nice guy in real life, though.

[@deloriserodriguez6005]

This is a good one The Mill. This is one of my favorite ones. Here we have all 4 Cartwright men loving the Mrs. Edward. She knows her drunk husband is no used to her and they won't fired their devilish con hired hand who up to no good. He wants the wife, house and land. Drink and Gamble it all. Old man Ben taking advantage of the whole deal seeing mrs Edwards need a new husband and Ben single. She knows what she foing too. That why she goes out to Ben house to lay all her burdens on him. And the men building the mill gir them all to make more money was a good idea. The couple never file for a divorce either. Domestic violence doesn't solve nothing. Ben had high hopes and she played him and telling him she loves him.later Now two men end up dead over this woman. She wasn't planning on moving in with a better man. Took off with the money of the property ect. She leaves Ben snd move on. She came out ending up single so later she can remarry. So sad the ending for especially. Ben. Kiss and say Goodbye. No remote. No children . No courthouse involved. Back in the days. Cases like this happen all the time now more in life. In the name of love. Ben goes home to the ponderosa and he will need more than a glass of wine to get over another heartbreak for sure. Break out a gallon of Jack Daniels instead. 😊

[@Sarah-y3o6l]

I love Adam!!!!

[@patriciarichardson5648]

That makes two of us...am not happy when he's not in an episode

[@manaramapatra7831]

Nice episode. It's storyline is so beautiful. Marvellous. I loved this episode.❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊

[@tarikbey4087]

These Cartwrights, sure do deal a lot with sick n insecure people.

[@shashaduke8700]

🤣🤣

[@MTknitter22]

No problems there would be no show lol

[@SunRabbit]

Nowadays you could use that same exact mill to grind up old circuit boards for the purposes of precious metals extraction. Set up a smelter right next to it and power the bellows online off that same wheel with a belt drive. The term "online" actually dates back to the 1800s because it meant that a piece of machinery was connected to the same rotating shaft via a belt drive.

[@CarlManning-jb1hf]

They don’t make shows like this anymore teaching kids values

[@swjetlanaahmad4471]

At the end Joyce reminds Ben, that after Marie's death he left the Ponderosa for a while to see new places and meet new people. I keep wondering how long he was gone for and did he leave Little Joe (I think he was about 5 years old), who just lost his mother, with some strangers or just Hop Sing and Adam to look after him? 🤔

[@caciquemanaure5937]

And Hoss....😀...

[@MTknitter22]

No Ben mentioned several times Joe and Adam both stayed with relatives when small when Ben had to be gone.

[@PointyTailofSatan]

Just a run of the mill episode.

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

🏆🥇👏

[@zxyatiywariii8]

😄🤣👍

[@derekmurray1462]

I love the carthwrights they are just so good ☘️

[@teresakazmierczak98]

Am I right or this actor who played Ezekiel also played Martial in episode 23? First time I see featuring actors playing again in different episodes. Great. Waiting for more.

[@ApartmentKing66]

Correct; Claude Akins played the Federal Marshal bringing Dave Walker in. Actors playing different roles in different episodes is nothing new. Watch "Dragnet" with Jack Webb, and you'll see a whole stable of actors and actresses (at least two dozen) playing one different role after another in different episodes. A few actors and actresses who were recently seen just a few episodes before this one of Bonanza that were later in Dragnet are Don Dubbins, who played Todd McCarren (sp?) in the Bitter Water episode, and Merry Anders (as a strawberry blonde), who played his fiancee Virginia Keith in the same episode. Merry Anders would later play Policewoman Dorothy Miller (but a brunette by this time) in the 1967-70 incarnation of Dragnet, while Dubbins would play various characters on the late 60s version of Dragnet.

[@tylerdavis9957]

@@ApartmentKing66 yep. You know your actors and actresses, that's for sure

[@ucpre2060]

...lol, my husband and I noticed that they recycle actors but they are so good if u don't watch closely u will miss it👌🏽‼️

[@jamesholmen9725]

He’s played in all kinds of episodes!

[@joeowens6180]

One of the early ones - Ben's hair isn't really gray yet! Wonder what happens to the mill - brilliantly staged, by the way. Thanks Grjngo.

[@misslucky5474]

Joyce told Ben to use the mill because she wasn't coming back.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Joe Owens. Hi Joe. Watching the Cartwrights build that mill reminds me of the real old-fashioned mill that's in a small town very near to the city that I live in. It's so cool to actually watch an old-fashioned mill working!! Have you seen one working Joe?

[@zxyatiywariii8]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Cool, I wish there was one near us!

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@zxyatiywariii8 It was a lot of fun watching it.

[@gw6496]

Another Great episode !

[@SunRabbit]

My only question is from a legal perspective, whether or not all those gambling debts would stand up in a civil court. Regardless, it was very short-sighted of Tom to continue racking up debts to someone who was obviously in it for the long game. He should've gotten rid of Ezekiel way before it got to that point.

[@Nyx773]

Addiction to alcohol and gambling warps the mind and makes people illogical

[@SunRabbit]

@@Nyx773 Big time. That's why I avoid both, and stick to just coffee and cigarettes. Never heard of anyone pinning their lapse in judgement on cigarettes. "The cigarettes made me do it!!"

[@WillBrown3]

I used to wonder why I saw my dad watching this all the time and now I’m watching them…🤦🏾‍♂️

[@robinsredbrest1991]

We’ve become our parents. Now a bad thing 🙌🙌😀

[@charlesvan13]

Why haven't they fired Ezekiel, it's so obvious he's a bad guy?

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Maybe it's because it would be difficult to screen another hired hand that can be trusted. Of course they could have asked Ben Cartwright to help them find one.

[@ItsKrma00]

I just noticed Ben Cartwright had l o n g legs...even longer than Hoss! Hoss had a longer upper torso than Ben. Kind of a silly observation, I know. Thank you GRINGO for many many hours of real pleasantness!

[@trwent]

As opposed to LOWER torso?

[@mechellehuber5352]

They somehow managed to find one actor to play Ben who had enough physical characteristics in common with the the rest of the cast that it is not that farfetched to believe they were father and sons.

[@MTknitter22]

Yes the casting was absolutely superb.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Claude Akins is back!

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Maaaan, I never liked Claude Akins. But I guess, it was merely because he mostly played bad guys. While watching the trucker series, my opinion changed. Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health.

[@trwent]

He played mostly heavies, but he had a reputation of being a super nice guy in real life!!

[@rosered103]

For a minute I thought there would be another dead gal. Ben's fourth. With all those sweaty men working their muscles, my eyes didn't know where to look first.

[@cheryldahl9192]

This is the third episode I have seen the actor (playing Ezekiel), playing a different character lol

[@kristiesamchez6693]

Was it as noticeable back then as it is now? Wondering

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

actor Claude Akins. Many many episodes of Bonanza have guest actors in a repeat performance. Just as the customes, props and scenes are used repeatedly. Akins does a good job of making one cringe.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Claude Akins was extremely popular back then.

[@itsgleneaton4883]

She must have found out that all of his wives pass away once the love bug kicks in.

[@nivardmalcolm3495]

Got to practice to smile like Ezekiel.

[@vickiekasafirek9096]

I would have stayed with Ben.

[@stephenenders2066]

What in Sam Hill lol They re use so many actors in those days

[@irmanellydavila3793]

18 de Mayo donde quiera que estés Feliz Cumpleaños Adam Happy Birthday

[@nannydpurcell2315]

Creep. What a creep.

[@ianarchibald1423]

This was released exactly one month before White Motor Corp. bought Oliver farm equipment, and a month before Johnny Horton was killed in a car wreck.

[@brianzybura8633]

What in the hell does the purchase of Oliver Farm Equipment Co. by White Motor Corp. have to do with this episode of Bonanza? Not to mention that gas and diesel powered tractors as the way we know them was entirely non-existent in the 1860s.

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Beautiful story👍 👌👌✌🥰😍😘

[@samuelrosenbalm]

I disagree. Married women are off-limits.

[@bluebird2604]

@@samuelrosenbalmyes, the worse episode .

[@trwent]

Notice at 31:12, Hoss is ostensibly OPENING the valve to let water into the flume. But he turns the handle CLOCKWISE; that CLOSES valves!!

[@mechellehuber5352]

Notice how Dan Blocker had TWO Purple Hearts and Hoss didn't.

[@trwent]

@@mechellehuber5352 I am not sure how that is relevant to my point, but okay it is interesting.

[@mechellehuber5352]

@@trwent It was my polite way of saying it's just a show. Not everything is accurate to real life. Also, I just like telling people that Dan Blocker was a badass, had a Master's degree and was a teacher!

[@trwent]

@@mechellehuber5352 There are only TWO ways of turning a valve. How complicated can it be to get it right?

[@mechellehuber5352]

@@trwent It's possible the video has been flipped. Every now and then these videos will show Joe holding his gun in his right hand. I notice because I'm left handed and so was Michael Landon. Or, the valve was just a valve that did nothing and it didn't matter what way he turned it.

[@marialucia-ld4yt]

Otimo filme obrigado amigo

[@odisdenney690]

seems the mill wheel is on the wrong side

[@edwardkelly581]

Hey the cartwright came away with a mill!! More $$$ for them

[@lewjames6688]

Claude Akins...a bad guy?!? Say it wasn’t so!!

[@trwent]

Only in his acting roles!!

[@misslucky5474]

This woman used Ben and his sons. She purposely brought her problems to Ben, as a motive of course. I'm sure she felt overwhelmed and she needed to reach out to somebody she felt could help her. None the less, she used him; Ben risked his life to rid her of the problem, then she left Ben, knowing full well he was in-love with her.

[@bluebird2604]

He deserves, he new she was married .

[@shashaduke8700]

@@bluebird2604 I agree

[@antoniohoward981]

@@bluebird2604 seem like the Cartwrights ain’t use to cootie cat

[@AndrewVelonis]

She had to leave, she had not died. It's one or the other, sometimes both.

[@trwent]

​@@bluebird2604 Knew.

[@reggiejohnson1201]

A crazy laugh!!

[@bluebird2604]

Ben chasing and kissing a married woman and Adam saying it's ok made me less fond of the character , doesn't matter if the husband was not nice., is not the way the Cartwright are supost to behave.. Silly script, no wonder Pernell left and Michael start writing .

[@mechellehuber5352]

They are characters who are human beings. Human beings are flawed. Ben doesn't have many flaws. Him being a homewrecker is believable, and so is Adam condoning it.

[@stevewalker9449]

It’s not as black and white as you make it sound.She needs to escape that and Ben is a way to do it.

[@mikecoulson9709]

Did you actually watch this episode before passing judgement?

[@CathyKitson]

1:29. Did Ben call Hoss "Dan"? It was either "Dan" or "Ben" - it definitely wasn't "Hoss".

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

Nope...said, Down in the cellar.... Not Dan.😉

[@adelarsen9776]

Ladies and gentlemen - That's what you call Gaslighting...

[@raph160157]

nope they dont make shows like Bonanza anymore...

[@willtekata1763]

I was a kid back in the day watching this show. I never really understood it. Watching it now it shocks me that man was just as nasty then as he is now. There's nothing new under the sun. What was is and will be.

[@dualityofman1253]

This was one of the most darkest episodes I've ever seen.

[@jimerrigo7142]

now a days i do not think you would see two grown men pushing each other aside to help a woman off her horse.....

[@misslucky5474]

Now a days you won't see two grown men help a woman with anything!

[@GathKingLeppbertI]

Depends on the woman.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@misslucky5474 THAT'S NOT TRUE AT ALL!! I'm a very feminine woman and a lot of men help me out with a lot of things because they can tell just by looking at me that I appreciate it very much! I always let them know that I appreciate it too. Speak for yourself, but don't say that men don't help women anymore with anything because that is definitely not true. I bet if you were feminine like I am then you wouldn't say that.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@GathKingLeppbertI You're right. Men can tell just by looking at me that I greatly appreciate it when they help me with anything and I always let them know that I appreciate it. I'm an extremely feminine woman and I look feminine.

[@alisabah4302]

❤❤❤❤

[@jacksugden8190]

Joyce a purveyor of dome and gloom

[@McIntyreBible]

42:47, Ezekiel & Ben fight to the death!

[@sheridanfitzgerald143]

I wonder how Claude Akins explained his multiple split personalities to the IRS

[@shashaduke8700]

🤣🤣

[@trwent]

Multiple split ... as opposed to multiple SINGLE?

[@Susann-om5ly]

as opposed to once split...

[@reggiejohnson1201]

I dont blame ben for beating ezekiel

[@survivingsicklecell1732]

Wow the cartwrights never did got a break did they...pure bad luck wen it comes the keeping a woman

[@trwent]

WHEN.

[@McIntyreBible]

32:21, Ezekiel's laugh.

[@TV-ph1tw]

he calls me names; badmouse; abuse swear curse; is he hired hand? business proposition (proposal suggestion); and tonight he *gambled away his wife;

[@Barbbfly]

Ben shes coming from an abusive relationship and 20 yrs younger . eeewwww

[@swedishpsychopath8795]

Who was the annoying laughing guy?

[@mm2024-7]

Ezekiel (Claude Akins) played the pesky hired hand to protect Tom Edwards from himself and his drunk actions

[@tylerdavis9957]

1 thing Bonanza teaches you is you can never trust a woman 🤣

[@lynettepalecek3141]

YOU'RE DEAD WRONG ABOUT THAT!!! I'm sure that there were plenty of women like me back then. I'm an extremely feminine lady. No, a lady can be any age- not just elderly. A real lady is a very feminine woman which is what I am. I show the utmost respect for the man (if I had a husband or boyfriend) that I'm with. He shows the utmost respect for me too. He rises when I stand up, he opens the door for me, he lets me go into a room first, he takes his hat off indoors, and he enjoys doing things for me. I love to do things for him too. I show him that I appreciate everything that he does for me, and he shows me that he appreciates everything that I do for him. I love it when he takes charge for the main situations. Most importantly, he has to be a true born again Christian.

[@TTundragrizzly]

@@lynettepalecek3141 I’m born again.

[@meltyenjoys]

@1:20 if Adam ever said that to me I’d die on the spot 😭❤️

[@Nyx773]

It would give me life

[@Brenda-zb1iw]

Hoss Cartwright middle brother Joseph Cartwright little joe Young brother Adam Cartwright old brother Benjamin Ben Cartwright son three

[@mjohn9199]

I didn't like it, I like happy endings.

[@didilie6689]

Don’t ever trust your girl or your wife with nother man

[@lynettepalecek3141]

That's not true if that man is a true born again Christian. A true born again Christian man would never go after a married woman!

[@trwent]

​@Lynette Palecek Yeah, a true born again Christian man would never do ANYTHING wrong, would he? And if he did, he would not really BE a true born again Christian. Circular reasoning at its finest.

[@andrealopeztello9726]

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[@jotunblod]

Harry Townes' terrible acting about ruined this episode.

[@mechellehuber5352]

Ben is almost a too-perfect character, it's nice they wrote him to have the flaw of being a homewrecker. Perfect characters are boring.

[@robinsredbrest1991]

😮😅😅

[@desertbreeze69]

That last fighting scene had the worst acting ever. Fake fear and fake reaction to being ‘hit’! Claud Akins character was not believable AT ALL. Worst episode ever. Still love Bonanza, just not this episode.

[@philipstanco6011]

How in the world did they get the water up to the top of the flue?