Bonanza - Silent Thunder | Episode 45 | TV WESTERN SERIES | Cowboy | English

Bonanza - Episode 45 - Silent Thunder - Angry with the way a beautiful deaf girl is treated by her father, a sheepherder living in a remote mountain cabin, Little Joe takes it upon himself to teach her sign language so they can communicate better.

Silent Thunder
Director: Robert Altman
Writer: John Furia (as John Furia Jr.)
Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 10 December 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Storyline:
Stella Stevens guest-stars as Ann Croft, a sheltered deaf-mute girl. Joe Cartwright tries to teach Ann sign language, only to be thwarted by the girl's fiercely overprotective father Albie (Albert Salmi). In the course of John Furia Jr.'s teleplay, Ann ends up saving her father's life, and also falls in love with Joe (the kiss of death for any Bonanza leading lady!) Also appearing are Kenneth McKenna as Sam, James Griffith as the Preacher, Sherwood Price as Eb and Harry Swoger as Tom. Written on rottentomatoes.com

Reviews:
"Characters: Sam and Ann Croft, Albie

Cartwright involved: Little Joe.

Missing: Adam and Hoss do not appear in this episode.

This is an interesting episode. I recall a Little House on the Prairie episode where Laura teaches a deaf friend sign language. Similar to this episode, he falls in love with her. He also almost gets hit by a wagon. I found myself comparing these two episodes.

I've decided I like LHOTP's version better. Why? Because I thought the whole "I get what your talking about" scene was absolutely cheesy and way over-played. I don't understand how she understood what he was doing. Laura showed door and window - things you can touch and then sign. Little Joe didn't have a clue. And the whole "Fell this and understand" concept...just cannot believe it..." Written by mitchrmp on IMDb.com

"This particular Bonanza episode, Silent Thunder is a very touching story that borrows no small measure from the classic film Johnny Belinda where Jane Wyman won her Oscar. The part of the deaf mute girl is played very touchingly by Stella Stevens.

Michael Landon as Little Joe takes center stage in this story. He's got the Lew Ayres role. Of course Landon is not a medical man, but he's taken an interest in her in a kindly way and sees that she's a great deal brighter than her father Kenneth MacKenna would care to see.

MacKenna in the Charles Bickford role is a hard bitten mountain trapper who lives in isolation despite occasional visits. MacKenna has a whole lot of issues himself dealing with the death of his wife giving birth to Stevens.

For a while I thought the story was going to venture into Rain country when preacher James Griffith visited, but it stayed with the Johnny Belinda model as fellow trapper Albert Salmi who can't get his itch scratched in town starts looking at Stevens for that service.

Silent Thunder works because of what Stella Stevens does with the part. Stevens usually played some dumb sex kittens, in this television episode the woman proved she could do more than that." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com

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