Bonanza - Episode 19 - The Gunmen - Hoss and Little Joe are mistaken for bloodthirsty hired killers in a small Texas town dominated by two feuding families.
The Gunmen
Director: Christian Nyby
Writer: Carey Wilber
Stars: Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Lorne Greene
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 23 January 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA
Storyline:
This comedic episode has Hoss and Joe mistaken for gunslingers, the Slade Brothers.
The Slades have been hired by the McFaddens in their feud against the Hatfields in the small Texas town of Kiowa Flats.
Hoss and Joe ride into town and wonder about the actions of the townspeople (who've been warned the Slades were coming.) In the saloon, Hoss wonders if he smells funny or something. He asks the bartender, Sully (Bill McLean) if there's anything wrong with them. Sully nervously assures him, "No sir!" When Hoss comments on the nice day, Sully is nearly in tears nervously agreeing. Hoss and Joe leave, tipping their hat to the sheriff as they go and head over to the hotel. They don't know it, but the whole town follows them over and peeks through the door at them. Sully still terrified by the way Hoss looked at him.
Reviews:
"Although when you see a dirty and disheveled Dan Blocker and Michael Landon massacre an entire saloon full of drinkers you might be shocked and with a title like The Gunmen for an episode, you are actually seeing one of the few episodes that every season on Bonanza were reserved for comedy.
That was merely an introduction to tell you the kind of people that Hoss and Little Joe are mistaken for when they ride into a Texas town on their way back to Nevada and the Ponderosa. Folks think they're the notorious Slade Brothers and it turns out that even after sheriff Henry Hull arrests, someone who sent for the Slade Brothers on the Q.T. breaks them out of jail.
But are Hoss and Little Joe out of harm's way? Not hardly because Douglas Spencer the head of one of two feuding clans has hired these guys because they're professional killers and can take out all the men on the opposite side with dispatch. So Blocker and Landon still end up trying to convince people they're not the notorious Slade Brothers.
Funniest scene in the film is with King Donovan who knew the brothers way back when they only had one or two notches on their guns is brought in to identify them. Hoss and Little Joe think this might be their salvation, but he's blasted out of mind and seeing Donovan trying to identify them in his alcoholic stupor was pretty funny.
Ellen Corby is in the episode as well as head of the women in the town who are the ones who finally take matters in their own hands. As you can see this episode has one fine cast of some of the best players around. A really good episode on the comic side." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com
"The town is really scared after two men with the spitting image of Hoss and Little Joe gun down several in a bar for no apparent reason. There's word that they are coming there to kill, so when look alikes, Hoss and Little Joe ride into town they panic and decide they have to string them up.
The episode is on the funny side, which would be okay if you like this kind of silliness. Don't get me wrong, there are several Bonanza silly episodes I like, and I thought this was one of them, but after trying to endure the whole thing I've decided it's not as funny as it once was. There are some funny parts in it and some funny lines, but I can live without it." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com
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