In the first all-out comic episode of the series, Hoss and Joe travel to Kiowa Flats, Texas, where they are mistaken for the notorious Slade Brothers, also played by Blocker and Landon.
Directed By
Christian NybyRelease Date
January 23, 1960Cast of Bonanza
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop Sing
Ray TealSheriff Roy Coffee
Bing RussellDeputy Clem Foster
Tim MathesonGriff King
Kathie BrowneLaura Dayton
Guy WilliamsWill Cartwright
Ford RaineyJudge Josh Wyllit
Morgan WoodwardDeputy Sheriff Rick Conley
DeForest KelleyTully
Katie SweetPeggy Dayton
Mariette HartleyBarbara Scott
Claude AkinsMarshal Emmett Dowd
Al BainTownsman (uncredited)
Ann PrentissWilhelmina Calhoun
Jim DavisSam Butler
Jack ElamBuford Buckalew
Strother MartinLittle Meredith Smith
Melissa MurphyNoreen
Dub TaylorBarlow
Eric FlemingHeber Clauson
R. G. ArmstrongNathan Clay
Bonnie BedeliaAlice Harper
James CoburnPete Jessup
John SaxonSteven Friday
Joe TurkelThug #1
Tony ColtiOllie Start (as Anthony Colti)
Harry HarveyBixle
Dawn WellsMoon Holt
Tom LowellJabez Ludlow
Neville BrandPepper Shannon
Joan HackettJudith Corman
Tom SkerrittCorporal Bill Tanner
Vera MilesApril Christopher
Linda Gaye ScottDixie Wells
David HuddlestonDoc Scully
Diane ShaletRuth Sloan
Jacqueline ScottWilla Cord
Louise LathamHarriet Clinton
Brooke BundyMary Elizabeth Fuller
Diane BakerNorma O'Casey
Buddy EbsenCactus Murphy
Andrew RobinsonJohn Harper
Lola DeemAnn
Linda FosterSue Miller
Linda LawsonMelinda Bowers
John RandolphDonavan
George KennedyWaldo Watson
Joan FreemanHallie Shannon
Clifton JamesMr. Quarry
Beth BrickellDilsey Brennan
Warren StevensCount Alexis
Dina MerrillSusannah Clauson
Lois NettletonElizabeth Ann Clauson
Albert SalmiStretch
Barry SullivanMark Burdette
Sue Ane LangdonJennifer Flinch
Anne HelmMeredith Smith / Callie Martin
Jan-Michael VincentEddie
John McIntireOld Charlie Conners
Ted KnightMayor Amos Garrett
Sue RandallAnn Davis
Irene TedrowKerri Pickett
Jason EversTom Blackwell
Leo GordonForsythe
Edward PlattWade Colly
Royal DanoMatt Jeffers
Harry Dean StantonBilly
Laurie MitchellHarriet
Brioni FarrellRegina Rossi
Davey DavisonLouise Corman
Cal BolderCharlie Powers
Simon OaklandWilliam Poole
Slim PickensBig Jim Leyton
Marshall ReedParty Guest
Herbert LyttonAbe McClane
Don BarryTemple
Henry HullCharlie Trent
Rudy DoucetteJuror (uncredited)
Marie WindsorMrs. Elizabeth Lassiter
John HoytMajor Sutcliffe
Yvonne De CarloLotta Crabtree
George MacreadyAlpheus Troy
Luana AndersJulie
Tommy SandsWiley Kane
Tom TullySundown Davis
Anthony D. CallBilly Davis
Elizabeth PerryRuthie Davis
Kelly ThordsenJed Drugan
Helen FunaiLim Toy
Allyn Ann McLerieCharity Moffet
Bob BarkerMort
Franchot ToneDenver McKee
Fletcher AllenBecker
Jack CarrCard Player
Barry KelleyAaron Cooper
Willis BoucheyGeorge Garvey
Jimmy CarterKavanaugh's Grandson
Noah Beery Jr.Lothario Larkin
Dorothy GreenLaura
Linda BennettFrancine
Olive SturgessNancy
Jan NorrisMeg (as Jane Norris)
Frank FergusonAbner
John RodneyEdwin Booth
Pat CrowleyJulia Grant (as Patricia Crowley)
Natalie TrundyConnie McKee
Jill HaworthGillian Harwood
Tracy StratfordSusan Clarke
Jon ShankTim Moss
Kevin O'NealReb
Nicolas BeauvyRon Lewis
Ron HowardTed Hoag
David LaddBilly Allen
Guy PrescottCharlie
John EldredgeMr. Sherman
Madeleine SherwoodVella Owens
Robert MiddletonGrizzly Martingale
Anjanette ComerJoan Wingate
Gena RowlandsRagan Miller
Meg FosterEvangeline Woodtree
Sandra EgoHaida
Louis Gossett Jr.Buck Walter
Yaphet KottoChild Barnett
Kelly Jean PetersMissy Hamilton
Loretta SwitEllen Sue Greely
Ben JohnsonKelly James
Victor FrenchTom Callahan
Sandy DuncanAngeline
Kathleen WiddoesAnna Kosovo
Terry MooreLydia Yates
Charles DierkopNicholson
Susan Seaforth HayesHollybelle Burnside
Dennis HopperDev Farnum
Jay NovelloDon Miguel
Charles BronsonHarry Starr
Telly SavalasCharles Augustus Hackett
Rory CalhounTom Wilson
Sandra WarnerNancy Collings
Harold J. StoneChad Cord
Kathryn HaysPrudence Jessup
Karen CarlsonTheodora Duffy
Bruce CabotSheriff Reed Larrimore
Valerie AllenOlive
Barrie ChaseKellie Conrad
Melissa NewmanLori
Victoria ThompsonJulia Griswold
Ayn RuymenEvie Parker
Gary BuseyHenry Johnson
Jodie FosterBluebird
Edward AndrewsBert
Anthony JamesWillie Bruder
Brenda ScottLucinda 'Lucy' Melviney
Rip TornWill Hewitt
John QuadeTallman
Martin LandauEmeliano
Cherie LatimerBright Moon
M. Emmet WalshMattheson
Forrest TuckerFrank Ryan
Linda CristalTeresa
Chief Dan GeorgeRed Cloud
Will GeerFerris Callahan
Michael RennieProf. Poppy / Dr. P.A. Mundy
James BoothRev. Jess Avery
Joan BlackmanClara Dorn
Roscoe Lee BrowneJoshua
Claudia BryarMartha
William WatsonZack
Suzanne PleshetteRose Becket
Viveca LindforsAngela Bergstrom
Ian WolfeAmos
Louise SorelMarie
Ina BalinSarah Reynolds
Eileen BaralLisa
Glenn CorbettReverend Paul Watson
Julie GreggDolly
Janis HansenMillie
Clint HowardMichael Thorpe
Leif EricksonTom Caine
Kate JacksonEllen Clark
John VernonBeaudry
Robert LansingJohn Dundee
Sian Barbara AllenTeresa Burnside
John DoucetteRev. Evan Morgan
Burt MustinJake Smith
Pamela FranklinKelly Edwards
Bek NelsonGlory
Inger StevensEmily Pennington
Jack WardenMike Wilson
Adrienne HayesAmy Bishop
Jan ShepardSally
Majel BarrettAnnie Slocum
S. John LaunerJason Carter
Judi RolinWendy Daniels
Whitney BlakeAnn Samuels
Fay SpainSue Ellen Terry