*Bonanza (1960) | Justice in Chains*
When a young Ponderosa ranch hand is arrested for murder, Adam and Hoss Cartwright find themselves on a tense stagecoach journey to Los Angeles. They must protect the prisoner from a brutal U.S. Marshal who seems more interested in vengeance than a fair trial. As the desert heat rises, the Cartwrights struggle to uphold the law while preventing a grieving lawman from taking it into his own hands.
The primary conflict stems from the deep-seated resentment between Marshal Emmet Dow and his prisoner, Dave Walker, whose shared past has turned a routine transport into a life-or-death struggle.
Director: Christian Nyby
Starring: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Claude Akins
Genre: Western, Drama
Release Year: 1960
00:00 - A brutal arrest at the Ponderosa
12:20 - The stagecoach journey begins
19:10 - A mysterious passenger joins the group
35:45 - The Marshal’s tragic secret is revealed
46:15 - A final confrontation in the desert
This episode of Bonanza, titled "Desert Justice," is in the public domain in the United States because it was published between 1923 and 1963 and its copyright was not renewed. As a result, this classic television broadcast may be freely shared, downloaded, and repurposed by the public.
Guest starring Claude Akins as the formidable Marshal Emmet Dow.
This episode first aired on February 20, 1960.
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This film is in the public domain in the United States due to failure to properly renew its copyright after its initial release, as required under U.S. copyright law at the time. As a result it is legally distributed as part of the Public Domain Movies catalog and may be freely shared, exhibited, and restored.
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