| Bonanza episode | |
|---|---|
| “The Flannel-Mouth Gun” | |
| Season 6, Episode 19 #187 in Series | |
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| Air date | January 31, 1965 |
| Production code | |
| Guest starring: | |
| Written by | Leo Gordon Paul Leslie Wilke |
| Directed by | Don McDougall |
| Episode Guide | |
| Previous Episode: The Ballerina |
Next Episode: The Ponderosa Birdman |
| External links | |
 IMDbThe Flannel-Mouth Gun on IMDb | |
Summary[]
After watching livestock disappear, the cattleman's association hires a gunman to determine who is behind the recent thefts and make them stop. Adam fears the move will cause nothing but problems, and he's proven right when one of the cattleman's wife is killed.
Plot[]
Worrying that a hired gun may just cause more trouble for the ranchers, Adam Cartwright votes no when the Cattleman's Association asks ruthless range detective, Sherman Clegg, to stop a region-wide rustling problem; but when tragedy follows and Clegg is accused of murder, Adam appears to be the only one to take the side of the very man he originally opposed.
Cast and Characters[]
The Cartwrights[]
Recurring[]
- Bing Russell: Deputy Clem Foster
- Ray Teal: Sheriff Roy Coffee
Other[]
- Bill Clark: Deputy Sheriff
- Don Collier: Ira Tatum
- Earl Holliman: Sherman Clegg
- Harry Carey Jr.: Phil Shelton
- Herman Hack: Cattleman
- Holly Bane: Colby
- Ina Victor: Cynthie Tatum
- I. Stanford Jolley: Holtzmeier
- Robert F. Hoy: Jake Denton
- Robert J. Wilke: Al Simmons
- Troy Melton: Sam Denton
Notes[]
Did you know?[]
- German episode title: "Der Wolf auf dem Weideland", meaning "The Wolf On The Pasture".
Goofs[]
- The shape of the ripped-out poncho piece changes from one scene to the next.
Quotes[]
- "Shelton, you talk too much and listen too little."
- ―Adam Cartwright[src]
