Bonanza: Under Attack

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Bonanza: Under Attack
Genre	Western
Written by	David Dortort (characters) Denne Bart Petitclerc (story)
Directed by	Mark Tinker
Starring	Ben Johnson Jack Elam Dennis Farina Dirk Blocker Richard Roundtree Leonard Nimoy
Music by	Bruce Miller
Country of origin	United States
Original language	English
Production
Executive producers	David Dortort Tom Sarnoff Tom Brinson (co-executive producer) E.K. Gaylord II (co-executive producer)
Producers	Kent McCray Gary L. Wohlleben (co-producer) Dan Sarnoff (associate producer) Ben Miller (associate producer)
Production locations	Ponderosa Ranch - 100 Ponderosa Ranch Road, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada Ponderosa Wagon Camp, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, California Bowers Mansion Park - 4005 U.S. Highway 395 N., Carson City, Nevada Davis Creek Park, Carson City, Nevada
Cinematography	Michael Meinardus
Editor	William B. Stich
Running time	89 min.
Production companies	Legend Entertainment NBC Productions
Original release
Network	NBC
Release	January 15, 1995 (1995-01-15)
Related
Bonanza: The Next Generation Bonanza: The Return

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 Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) and Bonanza: The Return (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

• Ben Johnson as Bronc Evans
• Michael Landon Jr. as Benjamin 'Benj' Cartwright
• Dirk Blocker as Fenster
• Jack Elam as 'Buckshot'
• Emily Warfield as Sara Cartwright
• Brian Leckner as Josh Cartwright
• Jeff Phillips as Adam 'A.C.' Cartwright Jr.
• Richard Roundtree as Jacob
• Dennis Farina as Charlie Siringo
• Leonard Nimoy as Frank James
• Ted Markland as Cole
• Gordon Jennison Noice as Jack 'Black Jack' (billed as J. Gordon Noice)
• Kenny Call as Mears

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