Bonanza: Day of the Dragon

Air Date

December 3, 1961

Production Code

Unknown

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  9.4 Superb

  Pretty good episode hide show

  This is a pretty good episode, it has a new plot that isn't as typical with Bonanza. That's really a nice change, because the usual plot is someone's trying steal the Ponderosa land, but that isn't the case with this one. The story is that Joe is playing poker, and he thinks he's winning a horse, but it turns out to be a Chinese girl slave, who doesn't want to be set free. The episode eventually ends with Su Ling, the girl, working in Virginia City as a nurse for a Chinese doctor. This is another one where Little Joe get shot...big surprise!!! Seriously, I think the writers were obsessed with have Joe shot or knocked out in almost every episode. Probably because they wanted to scare all his admirers! Over all, this is a nice episode to add to the Bonnanza collection.

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• Stars

  • Dan Blocker Eric "Hoss" Cartwright (1959-1972)
  • Lorne Greene Ben Cartwright
  • Pernell Roberts Adam Cartwright (1959-1965)
  • Michael Landon Joseph "Little Joe" Francis Cartwright

• Guest Cast

  • Lisa Lu Su Ling
  • Benson Fong Guest Star
  • Richard Loo General Tsung
  • Philip Ahn Dr. Kam Lee
  • Harry Lauter Barrett

• Set Decorators

  • Sam Comer Set Decorator
  • Grace Gregory Set Decorator

• Recurring Roles

  • Mort Mills Gordon
  • Victor Sen Yung Hop Sing
  • Henry Wills Gang Member

• Musics

  • David Rose (III) Music

• Editors

  • Ellsworth Hoagland Editor

• Story Consultants

  • Frank Cleaver Story Consultant

• Assistant Directors

  • John E. Burch Assistant Director

• Writers

  • John T. Dugan Writer

• Directors

  • Don McDougall Director

• Producers

  • David Dortort Producer

• Associate Producers

  • James W. Lane Associate Producer

• Director Of Photographys

  • Haskell Boggs Director of Photography

• Art Directors

  • Hal Pereira Art Director
More Episode Cast and Crew

• In this episode, Joe's gun does run out of bullets - a rarity in itself. [edit]
• Hoss calls Joe "Short Shanks" in this episode. [edit]

• German episode title: "Die erlauchten Herren Cartwright", meaning "The Illustrious Gentlemen Cartwright". [edit]
• Lisa Lu played An-Mei Hsu, Rose's mother in The Joy Luck Club and the Dowager Empress Tzu Hsui in The Last Emperor. [edit]
• A. Earl Hedrick was credited as Earl Hedrick. John Burch was credited as John E. Burch. [edit]

• Adam: It's almost worth getting wounded for. [edit]
• Ben: We'll miss you Su Ling. You brought a forgotten warmth into our home. [edit]
• Hoss: I think it's gonna be kind of nice having a little gal around the house for a change. [edit]

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