Product Details

• Actors: Michael Ansara, Joseph Campanella
• Directors: Ken Kennedy
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Studio: Trinity Home Ent
• DVD Release Date: April 4, 2006
• Run Time: 116 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• ASIN: B000E3LGUQ
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #115,312 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

This is the continuing saga of the Cartwrights featuring the sons of the original Cartwright brothers. Ben and Hoss have passed on and Little Joe is MIA; he went with Teddy Roosevelt and is currently missing. Ben's brother Aaron is now in charge of the Ponderosa and Little Joe's wife Annie also lives there. His son Benjamin has come back from the East. Charlie Poke is a man who owes his life to Ben Cartwright and is now the ranch foreman and is not exactly on good terms with Aaron. Aaron has allowed a mining company access to mine on the Ponderosa but the man in charge has other ideas. And Hoss' son Josh whom no one has seen before has come to the Ponderosa to kill Hoss cause he thinks Hoss deserted him and his mother not knowing his father died before he could go back to bring his mother and son back to the Ponderosa.System Requirements:Running Time 104 min.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: WESTERN/MISC. Rating: Pending UPC: 692865339335 Manufacturer No: T-3393

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8 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars 17th Century Religious Problems that Continue to Today, August 23, 2006

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This review is from: Father Kino Story (DVD)

Unfortunately, this is a very old movie and the DVD shows it. However, it is an important story in the Jesuit missions to North America. The story takes place from 1685-1699 in what is now Mexico. Fr. Kino and the other Jesuit missionaries worked diligently to bring those peaceful people to an understanding and love of God through Jesus. Like the Flathead Indians who cried for joy at Fr. DeSmet's arrival, almost two hundred years later, those Mexican Indian rejoiced at Fr. Kino's message and service.

Regrettably, it was difficult for the Indians to distinguish between the Spanish soldiers and miners, who also wore a cross and claimed to be Christian, and the heart felt, loving Christianity of Fr. Kino and the other Jesuit missionaries. The soldiers resorted to violence too quickly and indiscriminately and the minors turned the Indians into slaves to work their mines. So, they made enemies of the Church and Christianity among some of the Indians. This movie is the story of that conflict.

Traditional values families might wish to discuss this issue, that of people claiming to be Christian but who do not live with Christ's love. Today, Islam is facing the same issue; Moslems claiming it is a peaceful and loving religion, while other's claiming to be Moslems who are preaching terrorism and violence. Fr. Kino stood up against the soldiers and miners; will Moslems claiming peacefulness do the same against their Islamic terrorists? These are good issues for family discussion that arise in this old movie.