Bonanza: Under Attack

{{Short description|1995 television film directed by Mark Tinker}}

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| image = Bonanza- Under Attack poster.jpg

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| genre = Western

| director = Mark Tinker

| executive_producer = {{Plainlist|

• David Dortort
• Tom Sarnoff

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| producer = Kent McCray

| location = {{Plainlist|

• Ponderosa Ranch - 100 Ponderosa Ranch Road, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, Nevada
• Ponderosa Wagon Camp, Incline Village, Lake Tahoe, California
• Bowers Mansion Park - 4005 U.S. Highway 395 N., Carson City, Nevada
• Davis Creek Park, Carson City, Nevada

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| based_on = {{Based on|characters|David Dortort}}

| story = Denne Bart Petitclerc

| starring = {{Plainlist|

• Ben Johnson
• Jack Elam
• Dennis Farina
• Dirk Blocker
• Richard Roundtree
• Leonard Nimoy

}}

| music = Bruce Miller

| cinematography = Michael Meinardus

| editor = William B. Stich

| camera =

| company = {{Plainlist|

• Legend Entertainment
• NBC Productions

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| network = NBC

| released = {{Start date|1995|01|15}}

| runtime = 89 min.

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

| related = {{Plainlist|

• Bonanza: The Next Generation
• Bonanza: The Return

}}

}}

Bonanza: Under Attack is a 1995 American made-for-television Western film. It is a sequel to the 1959–1973 television series Bonanza and television films Bonanza: The Next Generation (1988) and Bonanza: The Return (1993).{{Cite book |last=Marill |first=Alvin H. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TrIspiOaqboC |title=Television Westerns: Six Decades of Sagebrush Sheriffs, Scalawags, and Sidewinders |date=2011-06-01 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-8133-4 |pages=63 |language=en}} The film was directed by Mark Tinker and features noted character actors Ben Johnson, Jack Elam (in his final appearance), and Richard Roundtree (reprising their roles from the 1993 film), as well as Leonard Nimoy and Dennis Farina. The film premiered on NBC on January 15, 1995.

The only leading actors from the original series who were still alive during production, Pernell Roberts and David Canary, do not appear in the film. However, the cast does include Michael Landon Jr. and Dirk Blocker, sons of the original series's actors who starred as Little Joe and Hoss Cartwright.{{Cite book |last=Brode |first=Douglas |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o8uLbvRWBSAC |title=Shooting Stars of the Small Screen: Encyclopedia of TV Western Actors, 1946–Present |date=2010-01-01 |publisher=University of Texas Press |isbn=978-0-292-78331-7 |pages=14, 197–198 |language=en}}

Nimoy and Farina portray real-life figures, outlaw Frank James (brother of Jesse James) and Pinkertons detective Charlie Siringo.