Fan CastingLife on the Ponderosa

An American western action film based on the 1960's television series of the same name. An orphan running away from a gang of outlaws that killed his mother, ends up on the Ponderosa ranch. The Cartwrights agree to help the boy. He has suffered from years of abuse by two sadistic slave owners that work for the outlaw kingpin, Cully Maco. It is later revealed that Cully and his gang are running an illegal gold mine. The Cartwrights save Jamie, the orphaned boy, from the gang and later adopt him. The film is loosely based on two episodes of the original show, The Gold Mine (Season 11/Episode 23) and The Trackers (Season 9/ Episode 15). read more