Bonanza: Under Attack Explained

Genre:Western
Director:Mark Tinker
Producer:Kent McCray
Story:Denne Bart Petitclerc
Music:Bruce Miller
Cinematography:Michael Meinardus
Editor:William B. Stich
Network:NBC
Runtime:89 min.
Country:United States
Language:English

Bonanza: Under Attack is a 1995 made-for-television Western film. It is a sequel to the 1959 - 1973 television series Bonanza and television films (1988) and (1993).[1] The film was directed by Mark Tinker and features noted character actors Ben Johnson, Jack Elam, and Richard Roundtree (reprising their roles from the 1993 film), as well as Leonard Nimoy and Dennis Farina.

The only leading actors from the original series who were still alive during production, Pernell Roberts and David Canary, do not appear in the film. However, the cast does include Michael Landon Jr. and Dirk Blocker, sons of the original series's actors who starred as Little Joe and Hoss Cartwright.[2]

Nimoy and Farina portray real-life figures, outlaw Frank James (brother of Jesse James) and Pinkertons detective Charlie Siringo.

Partial cast

Notes and References

  1. Book: Marill, Alvin H. . Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders . 2011-06-01 . . 978-0-8108-8133-4 . 63 . en.
  2. Book: Brode, Douglas . Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present . 2010-01-01 . . 978-0-292-78331-7 . 14, 197–198 . en.