Bonanza - The Stranger | Episode 24 | Classic TV Series | Western | Full Length

Bonanza - Episode 24 - The Stranger - Inspector Leduque comes from New Orleans to Virginia City to take Ben Cartwright back for a 20 year murder.
The Stranger
Director: Christian Nyby
Writers: Oliver Crawford (story), Laurence Heath (teleplay) (as Leonard Heideman)
Stars: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 27 February 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Bronson Canyon, Griffith Park - 4730 Crystal Springs Drive, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
Inspector Leduque comes from New Orleans to Virginia City to take Ben Cartwright back for a 20 year murder. When Ben declares publicly that he is withdrawing from the Governor's race, the townsfolk are upset not just about this but Little Joe has also been accused of gunning down Leduque's deputy in cold blood. Written by DrDOS on IMDb.com
Reviews:
"Another awesome Bonanza episode. Here we learn more about the son's mother's. I have watched Bonanza on and off my whole life and still don't really know what it's all about with the 3 sons from 3 mothers, lol. I could cheat online at Wikipedia but since I have waited over 30 years now I may as well play it out and just watch all the episodes to discover it myself. This is a good one, I watched it because I read the summary about Lloyd Nolan bringing in Ben for murder and that was good since Lloyd is a very serious actor and determined in all of his films. I got interested in his deputy who I looked up Hal Baylor, a Marine Pacific War vet who was in Sands Of Iwo Jima who John Wayne (who never served because of health reasons I guess) berates him during training in the film, lol. Oh the irony.
The episode is great, but my main beef with this is that Ben lets the Inspector get off after all of this pain he has cause including a dead man. 50 minutes has it's limits for story and I don't recall Bonanza doing any two parters. It was also pretty early with this show 1960 so loose ends were not resolved so much. There wasn't even enough time for Ben to get back home, where Liitle Joe is itching for redemption against his mother and Adam would obtain counsel in a lawsuit but then again the whole thing was kept out of the courts so Joe's mother's past would stay silent.
8 of 10, played like an epic." Written by verbusen on IMDb.com
"What do you get when you have one head-strong and short tempered young man, a daddy who is accused of doing something wrong, and a dead mother's good name being threatened? One HECK of an episode!
I'm not sure what the best part was. Little Joe's firy temper in the newspaper office, then later in the hotel where he actually kills someone was good. The drama surrounding the gunfight was good as well. Pa's sacrificing his future for that of his baby boy's was touching. And the journey towards New Orleans was simply sweet.
Unlike many of the episodes of Bonanza and Gunsmoke, this episode ended on a positive note. Ben's almost-too-nice-for-his-own-good attitude was something that helped the turnout. I guarantee you Adam and Little Joe wouldn't have been that nice..." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
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[@FiveSigma72]

1:21 is the funniest punch fall I have ever seen. Surprised he didn't finish by jumping out of a window....in a different room.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Great punch

[@gpn4651]

GREAT STUNT WORK beginning at the 40:21 mark. When I first saw this fall on TV, I was dumbfounded. I had to come to YT to replay it in slow motion. It is amazing that this stuntman did not break his neck (or any other bones). Hats off to the unsung heroes of television and motion pictures!

[@GrjngoWesternSeries]

You're right, it is amazing. Thanks for pointing it out! 👌😁

[@ItsKrma00]

Or he's dead.

[@davidlowenstein9015]

Two old guys learning a life lesson. Great show!

[@b.pradhana_ol660]

Bonanza is perfect great TV show to celebrate Father's Day 🥰

[@AbrasiousProductions]

Joe's Fake Fall At The Beginning Was A Little Dramatic!🤣

[@McIntyreBible]

24:19, "alright Ben, your word is good enough for me." That's what I want people to say about me!

[@ashiengher131]

Unrealistic? Maybe. But for me, this episode has great value in that it shows what a parent should be: selfless. Ben was willing to sacrifice himself so that his son could be free. Also, Joe went the distance to protect his father, and the memory of his beloved momma. That makes for great episode. Thanks again to Grjngo for sharing with us all!

[@multirichardb]

What any person would do to another, man due to the hate, a projection of his own weaknesses guilt, and hating himself. What is beautiful and absorbing about Ben's character is it becomes the gentleman, as a Father, friend, his character is based in principle, principle is harmony, we are in harmony with all of nature, and our brothers are inculcated in nature.

[@naomichristian1042]

Ben was a awesome father figure. Happy father's Day weekend 💝

[@susanvenkatraman9503]

Goodness n honesty can change an evil person 👍👌👌👌✌😁😁😍🥰😘

[@keithdavidson4723]

Wonderful to see the late, great Barry Fitzgerald as the printer. Barry starred alongside John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara as Michaleen Og Flynn in John Ford’s Classic 1951 movie “The Quiet Man”, set in West Ireland, and Ireland’s favourite movie to this very day. Great episode of Bonanza. Many thanks for posting it 🙏🏻

[@MrDXRamirez]

Finding Ned Devine is an Irish Favorite movie!

[@LatmaTVulpanstudent]

That wasn't Barry Fitzgerald - it was Arthur Shields, his brother. Shields played Protestant minister Cyril Playfair in "The Quiet Man" while his brother played the amiable drinking Michaeleen Flynn.

[@kevinmelton7954]

Dennis, the printer and editor for the newspaper, was Arthur Shields. He was a commonly seen Irish emigrant type in Hollywood. Not as recognized as Barry Fitzgerald but played his roles believably and professionally. The cameos of well known actors and instantly recognizable faces made watching Bonanza fun, even if the supposed shopkeeper or newspaper editor, etc., was a different person every time.

[@joannajones8533]

Adam was NOT convinced that Joe's mother treated him like her own.....and seeing in the first episode how he spoke to Joe about his mother, it does not seem that Adam was very happy with Joe's mother :)

[@swjetlanaahmad4471]

Indeed. In the Julia Bulette Story, Joe tells Ben how he overheard Adam complaining that because of Joe's mother he/they couldn't go everywhere or do everything they wanted. On Bonanza they mostly show how the Cartwrights are a close-knit loyal family, but when Marie comes into the story, then it seems there were a lot of challenges: they faced discrimination because she was part Creole (actually a person of colour?), because of her language and and the ways of her people, she was blackmailed over the incident when a man (Simon La Roche himself maybe?) was set up to make her first husband think she is cheating on him which led to her becoming an outcast in New Orleans (they should have made an episode of this, it would have been so dramatic!) Adam apparently found it hard to accept her as his new mother after Inger. I think that might be also one of the reasons for his accasionally surfacing resentment of Little Joe at times. Yet she was Ben's favourite wife, he spent most years with her, he keeps a lot of things in the house that remind him of her (the rapiers, the picture (sometimes only hers), the music box) and he still gets sad when he remembers moments he spent with her or avoids to go places where he used to take her. She gets more mentions I'd say than Elizabeth or Inger.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

Sheriff Brady was played by Robert Faulk. He was 6'5" tall. He was in a lot of other shows too.

[@AbrasiousProductions]

the ending touched me. very rare you see two enemies reconcile and forgive one another. great episode about moving on

[@rhymereason3449]

Joe shouldn't have run off - it just gave LaDuke a chance to tamper with the crime scene...

[@ericmoyer7301]

Damn good episode

[@mr.ormrs.greene9737]

Turned out to be so good!

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Lloyd Nolan had it really in for Ben and way lis bodyguard let loose on little joe

[@Papahoody]

I get way into these things. I got so upset at that cop. I wanted to punch him myself...lmao

[@romanaandrews4048]

Lol me to

[@aaronowings9735]

Me too lol

[@AbrasiousProductions]

21:58 me whenever someone new wants to be friends with me.

[@dazza2024]

I guess that's How Life was back then worthy of understanding.👍

[@jackmansfield9707]

No

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

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

[@johnzube3611]

For a murder 20 years ago, not for a murder that itself took 20 years.

[@ApartmentKing66]

I think what they meant was a 20-year-*old* murder.

[@aquaman7516]

Joe always getting his azz whooped 🤣🤣😂

[@aaraar4055]

Another great episode, a little weak on action, for instance the Apaches obligingly presenting their silhouettes for any decent marksman, but great acting otherwise and powerful story. With Ben, you'd believe it too. 'Ben, you're word is good enough for me '. Tribute to a lifetime of decency.

[@billoddiea]

La Duc could be Howard Cosell

[@McIntyreBible]

9:32, Ben goes to see LaDuke.

[@peterbarber7603]

The service in Lidles could be better, and the staff need more training. They do not help older people; often, no people are on the tills. Pete from England. 👍👍👍🙏🙏🙏

[@brianjamison2160]

Love Bonanza but when the indians stole Bens horse Buck he came back next episode another blooper

[@Tony-1950]

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@jonhohensee3258]

I know for a FACT that Ben was never seriously considered for the position of governor.

[@buddyholleypoint9032]

Where you there? 😂

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@buddyholleypoint9032 Look at your sentence again.

[@buddyholleypoint9032]

@@jonhohensee3258 autocorrect, still... Were you there?

[@jonhohensee3258]

@@buddyholleypoint9032 Yes. Now you know my secret. I've been alive for hundreds of years.

[@BrokenneckYgor]

A lost episode I loved showed Adam getting magic mushrooms from an old chief.called The First Hippies

[@lynettepalecek3141]

LaDuke was a big bully allowing his deputy to punch Little Joe before Little Joe could defend himself! He gave the law enforcement a bad name because he wasn't following the law. Instead he was seeking revenge against Ben Cartwright just because Ben was in the alley when LaDuke's own gun went off and he shot himself in the leg. Joe Cartwright had every right to be angry in this episode. To the idiots who didn't like Joe Cartwright having a hot temper in this episode: how would you feel if you were 19 or 20 years old and no one would tell you about your mother's background. If you're honest, then you would say that you would be angry too- especially since Joe's mother died when he was just a baby. Think about it. I meant to say that Ben was near the alley- not in the alley.

[@marilyndeboulet875]

True

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

Little Joe always acts tough like in one episode death at dawn how he was going to take on all those men around the mercantile store and way his temper goes off and especially his own family ben spoke to him about

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@LindaMerchant-bq2hp You missed my point completely.

[@4everThoughtful]

I could SLAP the taste out of Little Joe's mouth! He's yelling to demand the details of a secret that doesn't concern him.

[@coltgun876]

I mean It was understandable. That's why Ben didn't slap him.

[@Falconlibrary]

Great acting by Greene and Nolan, but the script had more holes than a colander.

[@noahking4146]

Can someone explain how Ben would get his horse back for the future?

[@Nyx773]

They keep a stash of clones in the barn

[@leonpse]

Loyld Nolan was in the TV series, Julia.

[@timothyjordan5731]

So did ben return to run for governor? Well? it's a valid question.

[@donmitchell1677]

Yes, he returns gets elected governor and bonanza is canceled.

[@maychua3465]

I ❤ the ending...hatred gone and the man appreciated what Ben had done. But in real life...nope🙅‍♀️..... a person with hatred would never know how to be "thankful and appreciative".

[@mjohn9199]

It depends on the person. And maybe how religious they are.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@May. That's not true. If a person who is full of hate gets saved, then the hatred can and will disappear and be replaced by Christian love.

[@maychua3465]

@@lynettepalecek3141 I think I had stated wrongly in my first comment. "A person who was 😈evil at heart would not know how to be thankful and appreciative". The lady mentioned whom I knew wasnt of a ❤character.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@@maychua3465 I stand by what I said.

[@maychua3465]

@@lynettepalecek3141 Cause u were❤at heart and believed everyone was❤too deep inside even though😈...🙂

[@elfeo1js]

They were car jacked

[@McIntyreBible]

23:05, Joe kills LaDuke's bodyguard.

[@jaybouthot5503]

Fucked him up so fast

If Ben's horse was stolen by the Native Americans, when was it returned to him? Isn't the same horse that we see Ben with in the next episode?

[@donmitchell1677]

What’s your point just enjoy the movie, you do realize this is a ranch and on a ranch. They have many horses many who look like each other due to the breed and because they buy expensive elite horses.

[@rhymereason3449]

Pretty unrealistic... why didn't Ben send a telegram to N. Orleans to verify the charges? I would have at least done that before withdrawing my name from governorship.

[@f.u.p.m_rah9669]

Because it would of taken a few weeks

[@rhymereason3449]

@@f.u.p.m_rah9669 You must think electricity travels pretty slow!

[@Nyx773]

Depending upon which year the writers chose to make this episode (they jump back and forth), the telegraph didn't get to Virginia City until 1861.

[@cgallagher5023]

Did he say his name was Charles LeDuc ?

[@jacksugden8190]

What’s with Little Joe raising his voice to his father, as I never did such a disturbing thing.

[@kevinmelton7954]

Leduque's animus for 20 years over an accident seems unrealistic. Never did like how emotional the writers always wanted Little Joe to be. His excuse was always that he was young but those were the days when children grew up fast and were often viewed as adults.

[@anacordoba5042]

MICHAEL EL MEJOR DE TODOS.. ACTOR, DIRECTOR, PRODUCTOR Y GUIONISTA Y ENCIMA CANTA QUE TE CAGAS, HAY ALGUIEN QUE DE MAS?? NO

[@cgallagher5023]

Statute of limitations, anyone?

[@allmeatchame6244]

OMG! thay was a Byedin look!

[@DS-me1ui]

If only racism, bigotry and hate was this easy to get rid of.

[@samuelrosenbalm]

It has always existed in every race of people and always will until the final judgment. To say only one race is to blame is to practice it yourself.

[@mjohn9199]

These stories never show the effect of religions. Are they all atheist?

[@mjohn9199]

Come to think about it, that is one place they don't want to go in these stories. Might be too controversial.

[@rhymereason3449]

How much bacteria was in that water trough that they were "washing up" in? Water left in there for days with every animal in the area probably using it. I think it would have been more sanitary eating with their hands dirty!

[@ApartmentKing66]

A corrupt, smug, and arrogant liar, abusing his authority...I guess it doesn't make any difference what century the cop is in.

[@mjohn9199]

From a person who has a family member who is a police officer in one of the largest metropolitan areas in the US, I can inform you that there are a lot of checks and balances in todays police departments.

[@lynettepalecek3141]

@Investor... You're completely wrong about the majority of police officers today!! Shame on you! 😡👎

[@daniellebovits3866]

Most unrealistic yarn I ever watched

[@brianjamison2160]

Totally agree

[@SaffronJ7R]

That's why it's called a story... not an historical fact.

[@mjohn9199]

Some people would gripe if they were hung with a new rope.

[@jacksugden8190]

What’s with Little Joe raising his voice to his father, as I never did such a disturbing thing.

[@LindaMerchant-bq2hp]

If idid such to mine as joe did to ben be whipped sound ide been