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America's Favorite TV Western
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Checked Jul 22, 2026
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The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Episode 1
Hoss wants to marry mysterious Regan Miller, a woman with less than a pristine past. When he thinks Adam is trying to steal her away, he loses control and beats Adam up.
Guest stars Gena Rowlands, Victor Sen Yung, Robert Adler, Herschel Graham
Episode 2
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City. In short order, he is accused of a crime he didn't commit. The problem then becomes how to convince the stubborn author to defend himself.
Directed by Murray GoldenWritten by Peter PackerGuest stars Ray Teal, Jonathan Harris, Frank Albertson, Herschel Graham, Marjorie Kane, Victor Maddern, Charles Irving, Sydney Smith
Episode 3
A destitute rainmaker and his family arrive in drought-stricken Virginia City. While Ben tries to help him make rain, Hoss tends to the man's seriously ill little girl.
Directed by Lewis AllenWritten by Robert Vincent WrightGuest stars Ray Teal, Herbert Lytton, John Anderson, Claudia Bryar, Mickey Sholdar, Eileen Chesis, Phil Chambers, Bing Russell
Episode 4
Joe is bushwhacked in the desert and awakens to find himself in Martinville, a town that may or may not be populated by ghosts. An errie, surrealistic and well-produced episode.
Guest stars Davey Davison, Doris Dowling, Stacy Harris, Walter Coy, Michael T. Mikler, Don Dillaway, Robert Christopher
Episode 5
Adam encounters drunken artist James Callan, branded a "squaw man" because he is married to an Indian, and whose talent is going to waste in the town of Sheep Head.
Guest stars Trevor Bardette, Donna Martell, Morgan Woodward, Philip Abbott, Quinn K. Redeker
Episode 6
Hoss and a pair of nuns, the younger one having a difficult time training for the order, are robbed and stranded at a way station.
Guest stars Ilka Windish, Judy Carne
Episode 7
Joe has a run-in with Calamity Jane, and takes her home with him after promising her dying father to take care of her. At first the Cartwrights (besides Joe) think ""Cal"" is a boy, but they soon find out differently. Cal begins to fall in love with Joe, but Joe finds her attentions unwanted...especially when Cal's boyfriend, Doc Holliday, has it in for Joe.
Guest stars Stefanie Powers, Herschel Graham
Episode 8
Ben finds an old journal that he kept while in a wagon train travelling from St. Joseph, Missouri to Ash Hollow. As he is reading it Ben remembers the journey he undertook with his wife Inger and a young Adam. During the trip Hoss is born and they have trouble with some Indians.
Guest stars Dee Carroll
Episode 9
Joe struggles to understand whether his friend was right in killing a dying man who pleaded to put out of his misery.
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Episode 10
Adam becomes involved with the recently widowed Laura Dayton and her little girl, Peggy.
Directed by Richard C. SarafianWritten by Ed AdamsonGuest stars Katie Sweet, Kathie Browne, Jackie Loughery, Bill Quinn, Craig Duncan, John Breen, Hans Moebus, Murray Pollack
Episode 11
Adam, Hoss and Joe mistakenly believe their father was murdered. They split into 3 different directions to confront the supposed killers. In his heart, Ben knows his sons will not act outside the law; but he is not 100% sure that Joe will behave correctly.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Phillip Pine, Dayton Lummis, Percy Helton, James Doohan, John Mitchum
Episode 12
In what is arguably the best comedy of the series, Hoss swears he has seen green elves running around the Ponderosa and a smooth-talking Irishman complicates matters even worse.
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Episode 13
Ben becomes irritable and reckless when the completion of an important timber contract is hindered by an old rival.
Guest stars Victor Sen Yung, Jay C. Flippen, Raymond Guth, Butch Patrick, Dan Riss, Roy Engel, Troy Melton
Episode 14
Joe and Adam protect a saloon girl, who has killed in self-defense, from an angry lynch mob. The accompanying Judge, along with his wife, takes a liking to Lila, and before it is all over, he and Lila discover much more about themselves.
Guest stars Patricia Blair, Stuart Randall, Andrew Duggan, Don Haggerty, C. Lindsay Workman
Episode 15
Adam, Hoss, and Joe vie for the attention of a pretty young lady named Dolores. Hoss talks Joe into entering a bull fight, but it doesn't work out quite as planned.
Guest stars Marianna Hill, Nestor Paiva, Tol Avery, Frank Ferguson
Episode 16
Ben's plans to marry Katherine Saunders are upset when her son Eden is accused of killing his former girlfriend.
Guest stars Victor Sen Yung, Ray Teal, Teresa Wright, Sherwood Price, Zon Murray
Episode 17
A man who looks similar to Joe uses Joe's name and gets Joe in the position of facing the firing squad.
Guest stars Keenan Wynn, Joe Turkel
Episode 18
The new stranger in town claims to be the famous pirate Jean Lafitte, and Hoss believes him.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Jean Willes, John Dehner
Episode 19
In this sequel to "The Waiting Game", Laura resents Adam's advice on how she ought to be running her ranch. A newcomer, Ward Bannister, comes to her aid, but is actually part of a scheme to steal her ranch.
Guest stars Katie Sweet, Kathie Browne, Peter Breck, Norman Leavitt, Charles Seel
Episode 20
While out hunting for a mountain lion, Joe accidently shots Tessa Caldwell causing her to go blind. As a result of his guilt, Joe ends up proposing to the girl. However, other circumstances arise that cause Tessa to make a rash decision - one that both her and Joe may regret in the future.
Guest stars Marlyn Mason, Denver Pyle
Episode 21
When mountain man Jim Leyton decides to marry, he chooses Hoss as his best man. Julie's father, Grizzly, does not agree and Hoss must come to the rescue.
Guest stars Robert Middleton, Laurie Mitchell, Slim Pickens, Rudy Doucette, Jack Gordon, Byron Foulger
Episode 22
While talking with an Indian, Ben is given an unexpected present...a woman. She is a young white woman named Joan who has lived with the Indians since she was a little girl. Through a humorous learning experience, Ben tries to teach Joan how to behave like a white woman. In the process, Ben finds himself in an awkward situation.
Guest stars Anjanette Comer, Victor Sen Yung, Herschel Graham, Gene Tyburn, Russell Custer
Episode 23
Hoss is suffering from spring fever, goes to the wrong town and is accused of bank robbery.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Raymond Guth, Maudie Prickett
Episode 24
The town council feels Roy Coffee can no longer do his job, and with the notorious Wagner gang on their way to rob the bank, everyone is in a panic. Ben and Adam disagree with the town council and do what they can to help Roy out.
Guest stars Ray Teal, John Kellogg, Adrienne Marden
Episode 25
Ben must travel to pay his respects after he learns of the death of his nephew Will. When he visits the grave, he finds his nephew barely alive with a bullet wound. He takes him to a doctor and Will insists that he leave, but Ben refuses. Will explains that the men after him must believe that he is dead. Ben decides his best bet is to take Will home. He and Will are followed by the same men who are interested in some valuables Will is carrying.
Guest stars Guy Williams, Arch Johnson, Robert J. Wilke, Russell Custer
Episode 26
The Cartwrights are visited by their second cousin, Muley Jones of Weedville, Missouri who sings with a window-shattering voice and stirs up trouble with Indian negotiations that Ben is trying to ensure.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Bruce Yarnell, Strother Martin, Jack Tornek, Jesse White, Russell Custer
Episode 27
Will is having second thoughts about staying on at the Ponderosa, and outlaws hit the ranch and take him with them. The leader, Lee Hewitt, is a young killer and plans on robbing the Ponderosa, so Will must take action to save himself, Hewitt's wife, the doctor, and his newfound relatives, the Cartwrights.
Guest stars Guy Williams, Ray Teal, Julie Sommars
Episode 28
A headstrong Chinese girl (Marlo Thomas) visiting the Cartwrights incites labor unrest among local workers.
Guest stars Victor Sen Yung, Marlo Thomas
Episode 29
Mateo Ibara and his wife Carla visit the Ponderosa. Ibara asks Will to return to Mexico with him. Ibara and Will fought together for Juarez's cause and Ibara saved Will's life. For this reason, Will feels obligated to Ibara, but Ben is suspicious of the man's motives.
Guest stars Guy Williams, Faith Domergue, Frank Silvera
Episode 30
After a triumphant tour in Europe, a famous Negro singer encounters racial prejudice in Virginia City when he arrives for a concert.
Guest stars Ray Teal, Robert Adler, Ena Hartman, Dorothy Neumann, Herschel Graham, Ethelreda Leopold, William Marshall
Episode 31
Moody bounty hunter, Dev Farnum, shows up on the Ponderosa, where the Cartwrights are harboring the wife of the man he is after.
Guest stars Susan Seaforth Hayes, Dennis Hopper
Episode 32
Laura Dayton's Aunt Lil comes to visit and quickly decides it's time she help the hesitant Adam propose to her favorite niece. Her plan is to make Adam jealous by using his cousin Will but it doesn't go exactly as planned.
Guest stars Guy Williams, Katie Sweet, Kathie Browne, Joan Blondell, Charles Bateman, Dee Carroll
Episode 33
Adam and Laura are finally engaged. Adam is secretly building a house and planning for the future. Laura realizes that it's Will she is in love with. Adam is then confined to a wheelchair after falling from a ladder and out of guilt, Laura and Will deny their feelings.
Guest stars Guy Williams, Katie Sweet, Kathie Browne
Episode 34
Hilarious sequel to "Any Friend Of Walter's" in which Obie leaves Walter in Hoss' care. The three outlaws, Macy, Teague, and Willard, kidnap Walter and hold him for ransom, leaving Hoss and the returning Obie to rescue him, but matters turn out the other way.
Guest stars Arthur Hunnicutt
Episode information updated Jul 24, 2026
Lorne GreeneBen Cartwright
Pernell RobertsAdam Cartwright
Dan BlockerHoss Cartwright
Michael LandonJoe Cartwright
David CanaryCandy Canaday
Tim MathesonGriff King
Mitch VogelJamie Hunter Cartwright
Victor Sen YungHop Sing
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