Season 3
(1961)
Cast
as Ben Cartwright
as Adam Cartwright
as Hoss Cartwright
as Joe Cartwright
Episodes
The Smiler 0.0
September 24, 1961
A drunk is killed in a saloon brawl with Hoss, and though the man's brother insists there are no hard feelings, he is a…
Springtime 0.0
October 1, 1961
A friend of Ben's (Mr. Milbank) arrives at the Ponderosa at a bad time...when the Cartwright boys are fighting in the m…
The Honor of Cochise 8.0
October 8, 1961
The Cartwrights and a bigoted army captain are pinned down by Cochise and his braves, who claim the officer poisoned 30…
The Lonely House 0.0
October 15, 1961
Little Joe pays a visit to the widow Lee Bolden, and brings her a bank draft for her husband's investments with Ben. A…
The Burma Rarity 0.0
October 22, 1961
In this comic episode involving a precious emerald and the sweet widow, Clemantine Hawkins who is attracted to Ben, tur…
Broken Ballad 0.0
October 29, 1961
Adam tries to help a reformed gunman who wants only to live peacefully near Virginia City. Good story without a tidy e…
The Many Faces of Gideon Flinch 0.0
November 5, 1961
Hoss and Joe become involved when "Bullethead" Burke vows revenge on an old man he claims cheated him in an investment …
The Friendship 0.0
November 12, 1961
Joe befriends and takes responsibility for an ex-convict named Danny. Danny loves horses and is not used to people's w…
The Countess 0.0
November 19, 1961
A woman Ben once loved, Lady Chadwick, returns and attempts to trick him into marrying her by ruining his business. Be…
The Horse Breaker 0.0
November 26, 1961
A professional wrangler working for the Cartwrights is paralyzed when thrown by a particularly mean bronco. The woman …
Day of the Dragon 0.0
December 3, 1961
Joe wins a card game and an unexpected prize...a young lady. She goes to the Ponderosa and serves them, not wanting to…
The Frenchman 0.0
December 10, 1961
An irritating man who boasts of being the reincarnation of French poet Francois Villion shows up causing trouble for th…
The Tin Badge 0.0
December 17, 1961
Joe accepts the job of temporary sheriff in the town of Rubicon, unaware he is being used to facilitate a scheme involv…
Gabrielle 0.0
December 24, 1961
In this Christmas story, inspired by Johanna Spyri's "Heidi", Hoss and Joe come across a blind girl whose family has be…
Land Grab 0.0
December 31, 1961
The Ponderosa is overrun with settlers bearing phony property deeds, and one of Ben's oldest friends is responsible.
The Tall Stranger 0.0
January 7, 1962
Hoss plans to marry Margie, a pretty blonde, but Margie becomes fascinated with a tall, traveling stranger named Mark C…
The Lady from Baltimore 0.0
January 14, 1962
An overbearing friend of the family tries to force her daughter into marrying Joe, though she does not love him. The s…
The Ride 0.0
January 21, 1962
Adam races against the clock to prove a man who was once his friend is guilty of robbery and murder and Adam is convinc…
The Storm 0.0
January 28, 1962
Joe plans to marry Laura White, daughter of a man Ben once sailed with, but she is fatally ill. Ben consoles him with …
The Auld Sod 0.0
February 4, 1962
The Cartwrights pretend the Ponderosa belongs to the town lush, when his aging mother from Ireland arrives.
Gift of Water 0.0
February 11, 1962
The Cartwrights dig a well, build a rig and a windmill for a drought-stricken farm family.
The Jackknife 0.0
February 18, 1962
Adam gives a second chance to a family man he suspects is one of the rustlers who has been hitting the Ponderosa herds.
The Guilty 0.0
February 25, 1962
When Ben fails to prevent the death of a friend's son, Adam and Joe, concerned by their father's depression, attempt to…
The Wooing of Abigail Jones 0.0
March 4, 1962
In order to keep peace on the ranch, Hoss and Joe try to help ranch hand, Hank Meyers woo the the plain-looking schoolt…
The Lawmaker 0.0
March 11, 1962
Ben supports the appointment of Asa Moran as Virginia City's temporary sheriff, but Moran goes overboard with his autho…
Look to the Stars 0.0
March 18, 1962
A young genius, Albert Michaelson, vies for a scholarship. Adam assists Albert in the boy's experiments. Albert only …
The Gamble 0.0
April 1, 1962
In the town of Alkali, the Cartwrights are jailed on false charges of robbery and murder, but Joe escapes and returns w…
The Crucible 0.0
April 8, 1962
Adam is left to die in the desert after two thieves take $5,000 and his horse from him. Near death, he stumbles into a…
Inger, My Love 0.0
April 15, 1962
Ben indulges in a nostalgic reverie about Hoss's deceased mother. Having worked his way west to Galesburg, IL., Ben is…
Blessed Are They 0.0
April 22, 1962
When two feuding families argue over the custody of two orphaned children, a reluctant Ben is called upon to straighten…
The Dowry 0.0
April 29, 1962
The Cartwrights get mixed up in the romance of a phony heiress and an equally phony land baron.
The Long Night 0.0
May 6, 1962
Ben, Joe and Adam travel to Bowleg to pay the yearly taxes on the Ponderosa. After the transaction is completed, Ben a…
The Mountain Girl 0.0
May 13, 1962
Joe promises a dying sheepman he will make sure the old man's granddaughter gets her rightful inheritance from a wealth…
The Miracle Maker 0.0
May 20, 1962
Hoss blames himself when a young woman is crippled in a wagon accident, and hopes a faith healer can help her walk agai…