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#202 "A Time To Step Down"
Wrangler Dan Tolliver has been a hand on the Ponderosa
for a long time. Dan showed Ben the ropes when he started. Dan
is getting older and slower and Joe and Hoss think he needs
easier work to do. After Hoss gets hurt because of something
Dan does, Ben reluctantly agrees to talk to Dan. Ben gently
offers Dan easier jobs on the ranch. Dan is insulted, quits
and joins up with outlaws planning to rob the Ponderosa.
Guest Stars: Ed Begley, Audrey Trotter, Donald "Red"
Barry, Sherwood Price, Reny McEnvoy, Bruno Ve Soto
#203 Credit For A Kill"
Joe visits old friends Morgan Tanner and his wife. Morgan
has a broken arm that is not healing well. A horse thief tries
to steal one of Morgan´s horses and both Joe and Morgan
shoot at him. The thief is killed and it turns out there is
a reward for his capture. Joe takes the credit for the kill
because he and his wife could use the reward money. Joe however,
knows the horse thief´s brothers are looking for the man
that killed him. Joe knows Morgan wouldn´t stand a chance
against someone in a gun fight because of his arm.
Guest Stars: Don Collier, Dean Harens, Charles Maxwell, Regine
Gleason, Ed Faulkner, Ted Markland
#204 Four Sisters From Boston"
The four Lowell sisters arrive from Boston to claim the
ranch their uncle left them. Upon arriving, they find the ranch
being auctioned for unpaid taxes. Unbeknownst to the Lowells,
two cattle men have rigged the auction because they need the
property to hide stolen cattle. The Lowells do not have enough
money to pay the taxes and are about to lose the property. Ben
steps in and pays the taxes for them.
Guest Stars: Vera Miles, Morgan Woodward, Kay Edginton, Melinda
Plowman, Rand Brooks and Owen Bush
#205 Old Charlie"
Old Charlie likes to tell tales Hoss doesn´t believe.
Charlie´s wife explains he does really help people in
need-- even by putting his own life at risk. Later, Billy Barker
decides to rob Charlie. Hoss comes to the rescue. Billy falls
on his own knife and dies. After Hoss tells Charlie to take
the reward money for killing Billy, Charlie begins to brag.
In the end, Charlie actually does help Hoss.
Guest Stars: John McIntire, Jeanette Nolan, Tim McIntire,
Bill Fletcher, Hal Baylor, Bruno Ve Soto and Dick Winslow
#206 The Oath"
Ben turns in Charlie´s Two´s father after seeing
him kill a man. Before he is hung, Charlie Two´s father
makes him promise to kill Ben Cartwright. When Joe hears about
Charlie Two´s plan, he rides out and meets Charlie Two
on the way to the Ponderosa. Joe decides to ride with Charlie
Two, by does not reveal his identity. After they get to know
each other and find they have a lot in common, Charlie decides
not to fulfill the promise he made to his father.
Guest Stars: Tony Bill and Douglas Kennedy
#207 A Nice, Friendly Little Town"
Joe is shot "in the Ponderosa" by a ricochet
bullet. Joe insists that Hoss arrest the culprit. All they have
to go on is a hat Joe found with initials in it. Hoss goes on
an adventure to look for the culprit and, after talking to other
families, finds a new appreciation for his own.
Guest Stars: Louis Lathman, Mark Slade, Robert Doyle, Robert
Foulk, Burt Mustin, Herb Vigran, Billy M. Greene, Clegg Hoyt,
Vaughn Taylor
#208 Black Friday"
Joe is in Chiso on a cattle buying trip when he meets Steve
Friday. Friday used to be a hand on the Ponderosa, but has become
a gunfighter. Friday is sick and Joe is the only one in town
that will help him. Judge Wylitt, whose son Friday killed in
a gunfight, is planning to avenge his son´s death by staging
a gunfight between Friday and a hired gunman.
Guest Stars: John Saxon and Ford Rainey
#209 The Unseen Wound"
Paul Rowan has been the Sheriff of Concho for the past
12 years, but lately his behavior has become unpredictable.
Ben visits Paul, his wife Catherine and son Timmy. He sees first
hand how Paul has been suffering from headaches, sleeplessness
and erratic behavior. Ben eventually gets Paul to go to a new
hospital in Washington.
Guest Stars: Leslie Neilson, Nancy Malone, Percy Helton and
Douglas Henderson
#210 Journey To Terror"
Joe visits old friends Tom and Ellie Sue Blackwell who
have fallen on hard times due to a drought. Tom says he has
been looking for work. What Ellie does not know is that Tom
belongs to a gang of outlaws. She discovers the truth when the
outlaws come to her home with her husband and demand she take
care of one of their wounded members while they hold Joe and
her young son hostage.
Guest Stars: John Erickson, Jason Evers, Kevin Hagen, Lindsay
Workman, Elizabeth Rogers, Lory Patrick and Richard Hale
#211 Amigo"
Amigo is wounded while leaving a holdup with his gang.
The gang has been terrorizing the territory. Ben is riding with
the posse searching for the gang. He finds the wounded Amigo
and saves him from the angry posse by taking him home.
Guest Stars: Henry Darrow, Gregory Walcott, Anna Navarro,
Warren Kemmerling, Tim Herbert, Grandon Rhodes
#212 Judgment At Red Creek"
The stage carrying Sheriff Rimbau, Hoss, Joe and some others
stop at Red Creek station and find the Sheriff´s brother
shot and another man killed. The Sheriff wants to track down
the drifters that his brother said did the shooting. Joe and
some others join the posse searching for the men. Joe learns
the Sheriff is not interested in bringing the suspects in for
a fair trial.
Guest Stars: John Ireland, Harry Carey, James Sikking, Bartlett
Robinson, John Raymer, Martin West
#213 A Man Without Land"
Matt Jeffers is in trouble. His ranch is about to be sold
for back taxes, his land is drying up for lack of water and
hi son is losing interest in the ranch. The trouble culminates
when Matt´s son is shot.
Guest Stars: Jeremy Slate, Royal Dano, Joan Marshall, Dorothy
Neumann.
#214 Napolean´s Children"
Napolean leads a gang of young troublemakers who are terrorizing
Virginia City. They steal horses, disrupt a benefit for the
school, steal the money that was raised and arm themselves with
stolen guns. In a showdown in town, Joe shows Napolean´s
gang what a coward he really is. His gang abandons him.
Guest Stars: Michael Burns, Robert Biheller, Phyliss Hiss,
Woodrow Parfrey
#215 The Wormwood Cup"
Even though the coroner´s inquest found Joe shot
in self defense, he feels guilty for killing Zach Krenshaw.
Zach´s father Amos makes a point of telling Joe he thinks
Joe should hang for the murder. To make matters worse, Linda
Roberts comes to town offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who
will kill Joe in a fair fight.
Guest Stars: Frank Overton, Judi Meredith, Well J. WHite,
Myron Healey, Bruno Ve Soto, Robert B. Williams
#216 The Greedy Ones"
Gus Shultz, an old prospector, comes into Virginia City
claiming he finally struck gold. Word quickly spreads that the
strike was made on the Ponderosa. The Cartwrights fear their
ranch will be overrun with greedy gold prospectors.
Guest Stars: Robert Middleton, George Chandler, Lane Bradford,
WIlliam Bakewell, Phil Chambers, Grandon Rhodes
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