Season Six of
Bonanza was brought to a close on May 23, 1965, with another of the series' many "redeption" yarns. In "Patchwork Man,"
Grant Williams (best known for his star turn in the classic sci-fier
The Incredible Shrinking Man) is cast as Albert "Patch" Saunders, a self-deprecating loner living in a ghost town. Feeling a bit sorry for Patch, Hoss Cartwright hires him as a Ponderosa ranch-hand. Hoss soon discovers why Patch is such a recluse: The man is a craven coward, pure and simple.
Bruce Gordon, the former "Frank Nitti" on
The Untouchables, appears as Bronson, while
Sue Randall onetime "Miss Landers" on
Leave It to Beaver, is seen as Ann. "Patchwork Man" was cowritten by Don Tait and actor
Walter Koenig. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide