Bonanza - Sam Hill | Episode 66 | Classic Western | Full Episode | English

Bonanza - Episode 66 - Sam Hill - The Cartwrights join to help mystical blacksmith Sam Hill save the land his drunk, sea-dog father signed away to an old enemy, discover the circumstances behind his mother's death, and solve the mystery of why a tropical tree flourishes in spite of cold Nevada winters.
Sam Hill
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: David Dortort
Stars: Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 3 June 1961 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Claude Akins guest-stars as the titular Sam Hill, a blacksmith of extraordinary strength. Pressured to give up the land on which his mother is buried, Sam discovers that he has been sold out by his own father, an irresponsible drunkard-and that the new owner of the property is a self-styled dictator with a private army. Written on rottentomatoes.com
Reviews:
"This is probably my favorite Claude Atkins character. He plays Sam Hill (you know, like "What in Sam Hill...?) He's bigger than life, can hit an anvil over and over without tiring (can eve beat the ol' Hoss), and apparently doesn't need sleep.
His main problem is a land owner who wants the land of his parents. His mother died on that land (stay soon to learn what happened), and there is some sort of magical power that makes a tree grow that shouldn't.
Edgar Bucannon does an excellent job playing Sam's wayward father who has returned from the dead.
Joe and Hoss, of course, offer some rather humorous comic relief. Adam...well...Adam is just there." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
"This was an interesting episode, not the best but kind of weird and was possibly a pilot for another NBC western that did not get off the ground. Father and son Edgar Buchanan and Claude Akins have been estranged for years. Akins is an itinerant blacksmith who travels from ranch to ranch shoeing horses as it's needed. Buchanan is a drunk old sea captain and teller of tall tales. What they have in common is their devotion to the memory of Buchanan's wife and Akins's mother.
Mostly the story is about a plot by one crazy old self-styled colonel played by Ford Rainey to get a plot of land owned by Buchanan which has the grave on it. It's way too weird to describe.
After the conclusion of the story as Akins and Buchanan are preparing to leave the Ponderosa Robert Ridgely rides up strumming a guitar and announces he's joining them and he's another brother or half brother to Akins. The Cartwrights fully understand that concept. And off they go hoping presumably that NBC will want a series. General Sarnoff did not bite." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
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[@winonamassingill7895]

WOW 😯 and double WOW 🤩. What a movie!!!😊😊😊Sam Hill. What a man. 😊

[@Howiesgirl]

This was the first time I've ever seen Claude Akins in a role that he didn't creep me out. He played a real bad guy in an earlier Bonanza episode, as well as many other rough characters in several other TV westerns & dramas. Nice to see him with a smile on his face for a change, rather than a sneer.

[@splenderella9]

Yup! He usually represents the spirit of EVIL! 😆

[@scotthamp384]

I hated him in The Mill episode And I didn't care for his character in Desert Justice

[@gregjones1537]

@@scotthamp384 He certainly did have an evil laugh in the Mill didn't he, was good to hear that laugh in a non evil way,lol

[@royhouweling1921]

1.%@@gregjones1537 .

[@gjsilvano]

Claude Akins was always a terrific actor !!! I thought that I had seen all of the Bonanza episodes, but I don't remember this one. Good episode.

[@marknan5352]

Wonderful open scene. My favorite.

[@dualityofman1253]

What a great actor Claude Akins was. I'll watch anything with him in it. One of the best Bonanza episodes I've seen yet.

[@splenderella9]

Edgar Buchanan was also a great old character actor! 👍

[@j2th31]

Aikens was actually in several Bonanza episodes as various characters. This was his biggest role though, I think.

[@winonamassingill7895]

I saw 👀 The Mill movie 🍿 on Bonanza and he was so good playing a bad, evil 👿 man that it made me hate him. Yesterday I saw on the playlist for the Bonanza movie 🍿 The Mill. I had an idea 💡 that might be the same movie and when I knew for certain that it was, I didn’t watch it. 👎👎

[@CodyJarvis-jy4it]

You should see the Virginian that he played in one of the funniest shows I’ve ever seen in my life

[@CodyJarvis-jy4it]

Remember Wells Fargo Jim was always after him

[@claireelizabethrowe107]

Don't you just LOVE them one and all!!!????!!

[@winonamassingill7895]

I love Claud Akins. He’s one of my favorite actors. He plays the most horrible bad evil man in the Bonanza movie The Mill I’ve seen it twice and I can’t remember seeing such an evil man in any other movie. 😮😮😮

[@splenderella9]

Claude Akins played a character that seemed to embody Thor - the mythological hammer-wielding Norse god of thunder and lightning! of

[@brianwest2775]

1:56 I think that barn is bigger on the inside! I don't recall ever seeing this view of it. An interesting intro. Claude Akins looks so young! I bet that he will be perfect for this role.

[@joanneesposito3295]

That beautiful white horse looks like the one Joe was getting for Ben in The Gift episode.

[@rosalindayoung1088]

Edgar Buchanan as Mr. Hill is hilarious running thru that bar with that champagne!😅 and Claude Atkins is looking mighty fine

[@jadezee6316]

lots of women would be attracted to Akins...he was even a joke on the golden girls,,,,when Dorothy...Bea Arthur,,,walks into a bar and is asked "whats your pleasure?" she responds..."claud akins on a water bed"

[@rosered103]

@@jadezee6316 🤣🤣🤣

[@christinestephens37]

Claude Skins played in the he episode The Mill. He was good in that too. Also the one when he was a Marshall taking an escape prisoner back to jail also good in that.

[@strangerintown3676]

Great episode, this was a rarely aired episode. In fact I only remember seeing it one time when Bonanza went into syndication in Sept 1972.

[@linsqopiring6816]

I can see why it's pretty weird.

[@tomodonovan5931]

There's a lot of warmth in that ground. One of the best lines ever written into a Television show script ever. 😢😢

[@roytrudgian2547]

An extremely great touching story, of a legend Sam Hill., even thru it was a story. From Down Under In AUSTRALIA 🤠

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

Thanks a lot for uploading and sharing this old series. Best regards luck and health.

[@alnear4953]

That there was dadburn good episode right there lemme tell ya..! 🍻🍺👍🤠🤠🤠

[@inikia]

Love Claude Akins in this episode!

[@lliamjurdom9505]

Claude Akins (Convoy) and Edgar Buchanan (Peticoat Junction) ahhhhh what a great TV series Bonanza was so much fun and watchmacallit .... ahhhhh i love watching these old movies ....

[@brodydukes7420]

Fun Fact... some of the background music in this episode was also used in the Season 8 Finale of Little House on the Prairie about 20 years later!

[@misslucky5474]

That little, tiny scene between Little Joe and the saloon girl was sorta cute. Little Joe is a mess and she was funny😊.

[@kitterkat007]

Pretty sure that was Flo from Alice.

[@trailersfromhell2539]

This episode was an unsold pilot for a TV show. But in this episode, Sam Hill was made out to be a friend of the Cartwrights who came by every now and then, yet this is the only time he appears during the entirety of the series. It was the same thing with little joe's half brother; seen once and never heard of or spoken of again. Hell, the same applied to all the friends and distant relatives who appeared. Seen once, never again. Even the neighboring ranches where never the same people across multiple episodes. Will Cartwright had 5 episodes in season 5. After that, not one single sentence with his name was mentioned.

[@jadezee6316]

because the show wasnt about those people..none of them...just an episode or so...were...

[@imransheikhinfo]

Michael Landon didn't want a more handsome main character than his Little Joe, so he had Guy Williams (who played Will Cartwright) fired.

[@lindakeogh4178]

The one thing that did re appear was that photograph of Sam Hills' mother. It was in a previous episode in which it was depicted as a photo of Little Joe's mother.

[@lifeisgood1222]

@@imransheikhinfo Michael landon was a selfish man astarakufulla.

[@linsqopiring6816]

Yes, this! It seems like almost every episode they are encountering an old very close dear friend of Ben with hugs and big hellos or friend of the lads or a really well known neighbor that they talk to like they see them every day. But then they're never to be seen or heard of again. It's like there is a serial killer hanging around the Ponderosa who's bent on killing everyone they know lol. Well I don't mind too much, it does leave things open for a non stop train of interesting actors to appear on the show , keeping it fresh. But you'd think they could address this just a little bit? Like perhaps having just the occasional one reappear would be quite nice. There was Candy and Coffee but they are in different categories.

[@paulkatz258]

Thanks for uploading this episode

[@zanenobbs352]

Best episode ever! Amazing that many of the folks on Bonanza were historically real!

[@joanneesposito3295]

Mark Twain, Charles Dickens, and Albert Michelson to name a few.

[@michelecarr3689]

Love this episode. Thank you.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Happy you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and keep your eyes open, we upload a new episode of Bonanza EVERYDAY! 🤠👌

[@tyroneprice6642]

This was a great episode.

[@DIDYOUSEETHAT172]

Jackpot Edgar and Claude two favorite actors. 'Sam Hill' was an unsold spinoff pilot.

[@christinestephens37]

Claude Akins reminds me of Andy Griffith.

[@rosered103]

I just watched an episode titled, The Gift, with the same albino horse in it that Little Joe shot.

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Beautiful story 👍👌✌🤩🤩🤩🥰😍😘❤❤❤

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Thanks 🤗

[@eziofabrizio9866]

That was awesome. One of my favorites. Thanks I see you put up more, and will enjoy

[@caroldry9262]

Claude Akins almost always plays the bad guy. Very good actor. Nice looking in a rugged way…

[@JackieHess-dw6rq]

Absolutely 💯🤗 love Bonanza

[@mjohn9199]

That was a good episode.

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

This is another great western show: kzbin.info/www/bejne/epapXpyvg8aVjtk🤠👍

[@linsqopiring6816]

1:00 There's no way they could hear Sam pounding a hammer with very little swing due to him driving a wagon, over the vast distance he travelled while a storm was going. 1:22 Wow that crazed look on Hoss' face. Epic, and should be a meme. 10:35 "Are you up too?" "I'm sure not sleep walking" Haha, that was one of the more catty remarks I've heard from Ben.

[@geoculus5606]

But it was Sam Hill, so his hammer could be heard. ;)

[@dougreed2257]

Yes, claude akins one the the great Western 'baddies' and has a cool distinctive walk to match Henry fonda, John Wayne, clint Eastwood and Robert mitchum🚶🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

[@multirichardb]

I wonder how many different actors and actresses Bonanza helped in their etiquette of the theater?

[@jadezee6316]

great GREAT opening! the shows Finest!

[@charlesbromberick4247]

Gosh dangit, some of these shows are better than great!

[@donmitchell1677]

A lot of people are talking about Claude Akins but what about ED Buchanan uncle Joe on petticoat junction. This is one of the finest acting jobs I’ve seen and I’ve been watching him for 45. years.

[@paulkatz258]

Thanks for uploading

[@SunRabbit]

So that's where the term "What in the Sam Hill?" comes from. I love learning US history from this show.

[@SunRabbit]

I did some research on Sam Hill and apparently there were a couple people who had the same name and whose legacy would fit the bill for this episode which does contain some fictionalised embellishments. Nevertheless I love how this show gets me interested in all the local history! I wonder if maybe there's other western places names with a mysterious history that can be attributed to real people, like (and you hear about this a LOT on the internet) about Bell's Canyon. Strange people wantering out west asking complete strangers "DO YOU KNOW THE WAY TO BELL'S CANYON?" in a loud and booming voice, and freaking them out.

[@alanstrong55]

Claude could be a kind soul. Glad when his heel character was pushed aside.

[@bionikball75]

Best episode ever

[@donhancock332]

I thought maybe Hoss was another John Henry swinging that sledge!

[@manaramapatra7831]

Nice episode.

[@millieking7287]

I liked Claude Akins he played Sheriff Lobo

[@AllRequired]

This episode had the last title card that appeared by itself. Beginning with the next episode (The Smiler), the producer-writer-director credits would be shown immediately following the title card instead of in the closing credits.

[@linsqopiring6816]

Great observation, it took me a while to figure out wha tyou meant but now I got it. After this writer and director at the beginning. I like it better that way too.

[@caseyj.1332]

I live near Humansville, Missouri where Edgar Buchanan was born...that makes us practically related.

[@winonamassingill7895]

Claude Akins was a Cherokee American Indian. 😊😊😊😊😊

[@sidecashtalks9405]

Sammmmmm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@cherylseybert5669]

Hi 🙋‍♀️ this is a very nice 👍🏻

[@elang50]

awesome

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

@14:54 Isn't that the same photo in First Born that is suppose to be Little Joe's mother?

[@whumpcookies]

Yep that is! Wonder who it really was 🤔 my bet is production office or something along them ways.

[@garypulliam3740]

A contract is illegal ... null and void ... if a man signs it while incapacitated ... for any reason ... including being inebriated.

[@brucejackson6451]

That's true NOW, but it might not have been true in the West in 1861.

[@SuddenStorm982]

Nice one 😁

[@skywalker39100]

It's was Funny how His Dad was Broke, But getting a Nice Hotel Room & Ordering 🥂 with no money.lol

[@linsqopiring6816]

hahah great point. And it's not likeed he looked well to do either. Another plot hole in this one.

[@scotthamp384]

I feel like Claude Akins was perfect for this role

[@Joe-lc3sv]

What’s that song that guy was singing?

[@mikelheron20]

The photograph of Sam Hill's mother was the same one that was used for Little Joe's mother in a different episode.

[@alisabah4302]

❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@cherylmunds5686]

Good one 😊👍

[@XD-te6vj]

what in the name of Sam hill!

[@3Ddude101]

lol!

[@cheryldahl9192]

14:51 This is the same picture from another episode that they used for Little Joe's mom. lol

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

good eye...they reused a lot of scenes.

[@kristiesamchez6693]

Lol I noticed 4 1st time today.

[@rosered103]

Little Joe's mom sure gets around.

[@Ken220]

It’s like Sam Will has some kind of power over that land or an act of god keeping evil off of it

[@whigboy9]

Tthis guy is hilarious lol

[@scotthamp384]

And that Tyson, what a sorry bastard. He wasn't a colonel. He was a disgrace to the uniform

[@VIRGONOMICS]

“ I ate so much pig and stuffed hummingbird tongues, I was stuffed “. Edgar Buchanan

[@VIRGONOMICS]

I can imagine him as a dentist.

[@robski461616]

Wait. 11:30 Ben said they need to get some sleep or they won't be able to do any work tomorrow. But at the beginning of the same scene, Joe said it's an hour before sunrise. Will somebody tell me exactly what time it is??? lol

[@doriangray2020]

Real cowboys only need 30 mins a night

[@McIntyreBible]

Probably because the writers the episode thought that no now would notice!

[@AndrewVelonis]

Directed by Robert Altman. That name sounds familiar.

[@evelina787]

Does anyone please know which Bonanza episode has a camel in it please? 🐫🙏

[@CathyKitson]

Omg Joe is truly beautiful. I wish he'd kiss my hand and call me "honey".

[@noneyun9943]

Joe? Adam is the hottest thing in the west!

[@CathyKitson]

@@noneyun9943 Yeah, Adam's OK. Quite handsome, but if I had a choice, it'd be Joe every time.

[@gazepskotzs4]

Lorne Greene in his younger days was not ugly either, he looks like he could be George Clooney his dad i think .

[@randquadrozzi5850]

That thing with hoss and hill with the anvil is kinda strange.

[@101662napo]

Sure would like to know the name of the song the guy was singing at the end of the episode he was riding a donkey

[@AuntJemimaPancakes]

It's just a song adapted for the show by David Rose. His orchestra arranged all of the music for Bonanza. Cool little tune though.

[@ameliagibbs354]

Is that the same picture of little Joe's mama. I believe it is.

[@jonahlevin67]

No, Joe's mama, I thinks.

[@poseidon3201]

An episode where no one died .

[@user-pd7il3xz5j]

True, but the plot is built around a deceased woman.

[@MrEvan312]

Can't imagine those fellas are too happy being hit with a sledgehammer

[@linsqopiring6816]

@@MrEvan312 Yea he'd have caused some serious damage even with a glancing blow.

[@peoasdosdsdas]

@@linsqopiring6816 +

[@3Ddude101]

One of the goofier episodes. Who came up with that silly opening? Some thunder breaks and the whole family runs outside because some guy they know is always preceded by thunder and lightning every time he drops by, like some kind of super hero out of a comic book. Hoss starts pounding an anvil with a sledge hammer and Sam Hill does the same beating faster & faster but Hoss falls down unable to keep up and says "No one can sling a sledge faster than ole Sam Hill". But what do you expect when Hoss is swinging a 3 foot long handle sledge and Sam's sledge is 12 inches long. In the final scene some stranger suddenly appears playing a guitar riding in on a donkey and Sam's father says the guy's been following him around since the guy was 6 or 7 years old, so Sam says "Oh well, let him climb up on the wagon then". And they all head down the road together with Hoss and Little Joe furiously pounding away on an anvil again. Similar silliness supercedes sensible scenarios supplanting severely suffering same-type situations.

[@alnear4953]

Does that mean you liked it..? Lol

[@brian197686]

Guess who never read Tall Tales and Legends when they were kid? This guy.

[@linsqopiring6816]

Yea the ending and beginning were pretty friggen ridiculous. Although the craziness and randomness of the ending was somewhat explained by the fact that it was supposed to be the pilot of a spinoff series. I guess we'd find out more about that guy who was following him and go along with them on their adventures. As silly as this was I wouldn't mind seeing an episode or two of that.

[@caseyj.1332]

Like the legends of Paul Bunyan and John Henry. Nothing wrong with telling a tall tale.

[@willowsky7670]

Mt favorite 1 😊 🤎 🐎

[@tarikbey4087]

Claude Akins

[@carolynlewis2955]

It's odd that Sam Hill's mother looks just like Lil'Joe's mother in the picture.

[@cindykaywebster4643]

I didn’t understand why Sam was driving those stakes!

[@cindykaywebster4643]

Ohhh the warm springs!!!

[@linsqopiring6816]

That and he had to constantly be hammering something it seemed lol

[@donhagerty5669]

I WOULD LOVE TO HAVE A 😊 BATHTUB LIKE THE ONE THEY SHOW ON THIS EPISODE 🛁

[@ViDZ-el9km]

who else does claude play?

[@mikelheron20]

I think the writers must have been tripping on acid when they wrote this episode.

[@mishellelorton3613]

Wasn't that picture he picked up little Joe's mom

[@ssnoc]

Akins was made to be a Cowboy …

[@yougetagoldstar]

I'm confused, this show tells me to hate Claude Atkins, and then like him, and then hate him, and then like him.

[@laquondamorris3396]

Right , he has been a hard man of the law, a cut throat bandit. And now a peaceful mythical man . Lol great episode though

[@ApartmentKing66]

Akins

[@pamelajordan2890]

@@laquondamorris3396 sometimes you have to fall down to get up

[@ebe7840]

🎯

[@gerrett108]

"what in the Sam Hill ?"

[@jacksugden8190]

Sam Hill

[@analoguecity3454]

Sam Hell😅

[@dalesteffens6769]

Sure wouldn't have him living with me either might take him back to the ocean to catch the next ship out. If I was n a good mood. Probably just call him Johnny too. Definitely would not fit in with the Cartwrights.

[@wajihanaquib1122]

Season 3

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

Season 3 will starting tomorrow. :)

[@Barbbfly]

I thought he was going to say Noahs flood . They found whale bones up on a mtn . THE FLOOD Jesus is real

[@brianwest2775]

Who thought about adding the singer at the end?! That was bizarre, uncharacteristic for this show.

[@dalesteffens6769]

Well I don't suffer from this family mother and father worship that these boys do. I sure wouldn't be giving him a bath but I would probably tell him whatever you do don't sell that land. Dale

[@Brenda-zb1iw]

Ben Cartwright spring Hoss Cartwright middle brother hammer Adams Cartwright old brother Strom pass Joseph Cartwright little joe young Sam hill

[@bethlehemeisenhour5807]

Can't take a bath in private?

[@linsqopiring6816]

Ikr , yet another weird aspect of this episode.

[@letradavis8260]

That 🐎 said, I’m out.

[@oaktreet4335]

Over did it with the eye makeup on the actors