Bonanza episode | |
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“A Passion for Justice” | |
Season 5, Episode 2 #136 in Series | |
Air date | September 29, 1963 |
Production code | |
Guest starring: | |
Written by | Peter Packer |
Directed by | Murray Golden |
Episode Guide | |
Previous Episode: She Walks in Beauty |
Next Episode: Rain from Heaven |
External links | |
IMDb A Passion for Justice on IMDb |
Summary[]
Renowned English novelist Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City to protest the city's newspaper serializing his latest novel without his permission. He's arrested and fined for his trouble. The writer refuses to pay the fine or defend himself, so his fans, the Cartwrights, come to his aid.
Plot[]
At Ben's invitation, Charles Dickens comes to Virginia City to give a reading from "Oliver Twist" while on a reading/lecture tour in America. While there, he stays at the Ponderosa. He becomes enraged by the townsfolk's casual attitude toward distribution of copies of his stories published without protection of copyright laws.
After confronting the local newspaper publisher, the newspaper's office is destroyed. Already having lost the esteem of the townsfolk, Dickens now finds that the townsfolk blame him for the violence.
Cast and Characters[]
The Cartwrights
- Lorne Green: Ben Cartwright
- Dan Blocker: Hoss Cartwright
- Michael Landon: Little Joe Cartwright
- Pernell Roberts: Adam Cartwright
Recurring[]
- Ray Teal: Sheriff Roy Coffee
Other[]
- Alice Frost: Prominent Townswoman
- Amzie Strickland: Lady in audience
- Betty Endicott: Brunette Saloon Girl
- Bill Clark: Townsman
- Bob Miles: Townsman
- Charles Irving: Prosecutor Rogers
- Clegg Hoyt: Drunk
- Don Washbrook: Tim the Typesetter
- E.J. André: Jeb
- Frank Albertson: Sam Walker
- Jack Tornek: Trial Spectator
- James Stone: Henry
- Jonathan Harris: Charles Dickens
- Martha Manor: Blonde Saloon Girl
- Max Wagner: Juror
- Sydney Smith: Judge
- Victor Maddern: Dan Stoker
Notes[]
Did you know?[]
- German episode title: "Charles Dickens in Virginia City", meaning "Charles Dickens in Virginia City".