Bonanza: The Abduction

About Bonanza: The Abduction

"The Abduction" is episode 8 of season 2 of Bonanza, first broadcast on October 29, 1960 on NBC. It was directed by Charles Haas and written by Herman Groves.

Joe's carnival date Jennifer Beale (Jackie Russell) is abducted in a deadly ransom plot orchestrated to extort money from her rich father Joshua. The plan unravels when Hercules (Robert Maffei) finds out who killed the woman he loved, Delia (Barbara Lawrence). Gerald Mohr and Stafford Repp guest star.

Bonanza (NBC, 1959-73) follows widower Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and his sons Adam (Pernell Roberts), Hoss (Dan Blocker) and Little Joe (Michael Landon) on the Ponderosa, their vast ranch near Virginia City, Nevada. It was one of the first TV westerns filmed in color and one of the longest-running series in American television.

Quick facts

• Year: 1960
• Runtime: 49 minutes
• Type: TV episode · Western
• Series: Bonanza
• Sound: Original soundtrack