Movie Summary: [TV Classics, Western]

    One of television's long-running westerns, "Bonanza" was the archetype of the "property" western that dominated the genre during the '60s. Set in Virginia Sity, Nevada, it told the story of the Cartwrights, owners of a nearly 600,000 acre ranch, The Ponderosa, named for the ponderosa pines growing there. Five episodes on five discs - Vol. 1 "Desert Justice" featuring Claude Akins; Vol. 2 "Badge Without Honor" featuring Dan Duryea; Vol. 3 "The Last Viking" featuring Neville Brand; Vol. 4 "The Blood Line" featuring Lee Van Cleef & Jan Sterling; Vol. 5 "Silent Thunder" featuring Stella Stevens and directed by Robert Altman.