Featured Cartwright: Joe
The insane hunter frequently whistles "Frere Jacques."
David Canary and Tim Matheson do not appear in this episode.
This is the final episode aired of Bonanza. The series was replaced by NBC by another night of movies.
Outdoor sequences were filmed at Sabino Canyon in Coronado National Forest and in the Mescal (the ghost town sequences), both in Arizona.
Concentrating on action with very little dialog, this was Landon's shortest script: a mere 39 pages.
German episode title: "Der Jäger", meaning "The Hunter".
This episode is a variation on the 1932 movie The Most Dangerous Game. In that, a psychotic madman causes a shipwreck and takes pleasure in hunting down and killing the ship's injured passengers.
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