Bonanza - The Fear Merchants | Episode 20 | Classic TV Series | Western Movie

Bonanza - Episode 20 - The Fear Merchants - The Cartwrights come to the aid of a Chinese-American stable hand accused of murder. Opposing them is a manipulative mayoral candidate who wants all "foreigners" to leave Virginia City.

The Fear Merchants
Director: Lewis Allen
Writers: Frank Unger (story), Frank Unger (teleplay)
Stars: Michael Landon, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts
Genre: Western
Country: USA
Language: English
Release Date: 30 January 1960 USA
Filming Locations: Paramount Studios - 5555 Melrose Avenue, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA

Storyline:
"An unscrupulous prosecuting attorney hopes to become Virginia City's mayor on a nativist platform. His first step is to run all Chinese immigrants out of town and he falsely accuses a young Chinese man of murdering a girl who died after being accidentally shot by her father." Written by David Bassler on IMDb.com

Reviews:
"Occasionally Bonanza took on some serious subjects and you can't get more serious than racial prejudice. This episode, The Fear Merchants deals with an unscrupulous politician stirring up hatred against the Chinese which include Victor Sen Yung as Hop Sing, the Cartwright cook.

On an errand in town Hop Sing is beaten up by some toughs that include Ray Stricklyn and Christopher Dark and these two are in the employ of Gene Evans, a lawyer who's running for mayor on a Nativist platform. It's mentioned that earlier Evans had previously sought office running against the influx of Irish immigrants, a Know Nothing platform in keeping with the times.

Anyway when young Patricia Michon is accidentally killed in front of young Guy Lee, Evans seeks to whip up a lynch mob and turn the mob into voters for him. The episode really belongs to Evans, he's an incredibly evil man.

The Fear Merchants is one of Bonanza's best early episodes, a lesson about scapegoating whole groups of people that sadly we don't learn no matter how many examples are put in front of us." Written by bkoganbing on IMDb.com

"While this episode first aired on January 30, 1960, the message remains appropriate for the latter years of the twenty-teens. There has been a major outbreak of anti-immigrant sentiment around the world, nowhere more pronounced than in the country that has accepted more immigrants than any other, the United States. The premise is that a major candidate for mayor of Virginia City is campaigning on a strong and uncompromising dislike of people of Chinese descent. The episode opens with Hop Sing, the Cartwright's cook, being beat up by thugs in the employ of the candidate. When a Chinese boy in his late teens is falsely accused of murdering a teenage girl, public sentiment runs strong and the only allies the Sheriff has against a lynch mob are the three Cartwrights. Much of the dialog could be transplanted into the modern conversation, where several highly ranked politicians openly accuse immigrants of being non-American and criminals. Just as significant are the people that acquiesce in accepting the most inflammatory rhetoric. This is a superb episode, showing the Cartwrights as the upstanding and brave citizens they claim to be. Without them, Virginia City would have reverted to mob rule and an innocent man would have been killed by the actions of a cold and ruthless man." Written by cashbacher on IMDb.com

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