Bitter Water: Bonanza (TV Episode)

• Genre: Western
• Movie Type: Prime-Time Drama, Family Drama
• Themes: Fathers and Sons
• Director: George Blair
• Main Cast: Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Michael Landon, Dan Blocker, Rhys Williams
• Release Year: 1960
• Country: US
• Run Time: 60 minutes

Plot

The Cartwrights object to Todd McKaren's (Don Dubbins) plan to sell his family's land to ruthless miner Len Keith (Robert Simon), pointing out that the region's water supply will be polluted. McKaren's father Andy (Rhys Williams) likewise opposes the sale, if only to break up the romance between Todd and Keith's daughter Virginia (Merry Anders). Taking advantage of the situation, Keith tries to force the sale by stirring up bad blood between the the McKarens and the Cartwrights, beginning with planting diseased cattle among the Ponderosa livestock. First telecast April 9, 1960, "Bitter Water" was written by Harold Jack Bloom. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide