Bonanza (1959)★ 7.6/10
- Western
Directed by: William F. Claxton, Lewis Allen, Leon Benson, Don McDougall, William Witney
Written by: David Dortort, Fred Hamilton, John Hawkins, Ward Hawkins, Michael Landon
The Wild West adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their Nevada ranch while helping the surrounding community.
- Original title
- Bonanza
- Storyline
- The Cartwrights' one-thousand-square-mile Ponderosa Ranch is located near Virginia City, Nevada, site of the Comstock Silver Lode, during and after the Civil War. Each of the three sons was born to a different wife of Ben's; none of the mothers are still alive. Adventures are typical Western ones, with lots of personal relationships/problems thrown in as well.
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 12,771
- Companies
- National Broadcasting Company (NBC), ARD TV, 1ère chaîne ORTF, Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen (ZDF), BBC One, ITV - Independent Television, Antenne 2 (A2), La Cinq (La 5), Sat.1, Kabel Eins, Reel Media International, Future Film, Liberty Channel / LBN / WTLU, Fiction Pictures, Soul media, Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount Channel, 3GTG, Alive Vertrieb und Marketing, Artisan Home Entertainment, Austria 9, BCI Eclipse I, Belgische Radio en Televisie (BRT), CBS Media Ventures, Canal Equidia, Color Visión, Das Erste, Digital 1 Stop, Digiview Entertainment, Direct Source, Echo Bridge Home Entertainment, Fernsehjuwelen, Front Row Entertainment, Kabel. 1
- Release dates
- US September 12, 1959
- GB May 8, 1960
- SE July 23, 1960
- PT January 1, 1962
- XWG October 13, 1962
- NL October 24, 1963
- FR January 6, 1965
- BR October 4, 2005
- PL June 11, 2007
- AU September 15, 2009
- CA September 15, 2009
- PH September 15, 2009
- SG September 15, 2009
- ES October 15, 2015
- EC April 23, 2021